Summary
Tobias Wildi is a senior consultant and archival studies lecturer based in Baden, Switzerland, specializing in digital preservation, information management and the semantic modeling of archival data. With over two decades of practical leadership—founding and running an archive services firm before joining docuteam—he blends hands-on consultancy with academic research and teaching. His work focuses on metadata and semantic technologies that make archives resilient and interoperable in digital transformation processes. Tobias studies how archives underpin civil society, politics and the economy, bringing a policy-aware perspective to technical solutions. He also provides independent training for institutions aiming to preserve digital cultural heritage, pairing scholarly rigor from a PhD in history with applied IT architecture credentials. An unexpected detail: he holds a classical culinary diploma, reflecting a pragmatic, craft-oriented approach to complex, long-term preservation challenges.
7 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
CAS Verwaltungsrat - Certified Board Member, CAS Verwaltungsrat - Certified Board Member at Rochester-Bern Executive Programs
Certificate, Zertifikat in Archiv- und Informationswissenschaften, Certificate, Zertifikat in Archiv- und Informationswissenschaften at University of Lausanne - UNIL
Diplôme de Cuisine, Diplôme de Cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu Paris
IT Architecture (CAS) -- Enterprise- and Software Architecture, IT Architecture (CAS) -- Enterprise- and Software Architecture at HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, History, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, History at University of Zurich