Summary
Thomas Rutzer is an initiative manager and seasoned technology executive with over 30 years in financial services, known for scaling complex organizations and delivering technology-driven operating model transformations across wealth management, capital markets and Swiss banking. At UBS he has led large multi-cultural IT and operations teams (300–550+ people), built offshore support centers, and steered major outsourcing, infrastructure and digital product initiatives. He blends deep hands-on experience in payments, mainframe and middleware platforms with strategic skills in vendor management, IT strategy and change leadership. Fluent in English and German and based in Zurich, he pairs pragmatic delivery focus with a track record of designing productivity and cost-efficiency improvements that persist beyond project cutovers. An uncommon strength is his ability to translate regulatory and market constraints into practical technical solutions that enable growth and service introduction at scale.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
German, English