Nicolas is a Swiss citizen. He is passionate about the energy transition and digital business models. He has a background in electrical engineering, an extensive experience in IT management, IT service delivery and project management with a focus on delivering added values to customers. He currently works for a Swiss utility as an IT business partner and manages several strategic projects. He obtained his PMP in March 2021.

Nicolas has 30+ years of initiating and delivering sustained results in enterprise software, processes, and profitability. He enjoys the close collaboration with business stakeholders, leading cross-functional teams, coaching individuals, and managing organizational changes both as a leader and expert consultant. Experience in corporates and start-ups. He believes in the power of dedicated people, diversity, and collaboration to innovate and overcome challenges.

Nicolas has 20+ years of working experience in Asia (Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and India) with a base in Japan.
Industries knowledge:
- power grid management, smart grids, VPP, microgrids, flexibility, IoT and energy market
- machining-tools industry (manufacturing and sales)

He is curious, flexible, highly adaptive, and a problem solver. He is fluent in French, English, German and Japanese

In his spare time Nicolas practices kendo, badminton, ocean activities (diving, beach cleaning...) and hiking.

You can learn more about Nicolas by visiting his LinkedIn profile.

Thiago is a Clinical Operations Manager with extensive experience in clinical trials in the Pharma sector. He has a wide range of experience in different therapeutical areas such as Oncology, Cardiovascular, Digestive System, Central Nervous System, Respiratory, and Urology. He is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, and English, and is currently studying to improve his Italian and German as well.

He has a degree in Chemistry as well as a master’s in Clinical Monitoring, Marketing & Sales, and Statistics.
He obtained the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification in July 2021 to further his leadership and project management skills.
Thanks to his career, he has been able to travel the globe and work with colleagues from all around the world, giving him the opportunity to work in diverse environments and learn from different cultures.
Thiago loves sports. He used to play basketball on a team in Allschwill (Basel – Land) until it was put on pause due to COVID-19. In his free time he also plays Tennis, Padel, or goes cycling.
You can learn more about Thiago by visiting his LinkedIn profile.

William is a Global leader with extensive international expertise leading strategic transformation projects and cross functional teams.

He has over 13 years of experience mainly in deploying strategic, tactical and operational programs and projects with expertise in operations and cross functional management as well as business excellence project management office.

He is currently the Global Deployment Leader of a chemical industry business. As a global leader of an operational and business process excellence team, he strives to deliver value via an international mobilized continuous improvement program, implementing strategic multidisciplinary value stream business improvement projects acting as a transformation office.

He possesses a MSc in Chemical Engineering, a MBA in Project Management and he’s currently pursuing a MSA in Management Technology and Economics at ETH Zürich.

He’s motivated to join the PMI Swiss chapter to network, to collaborate and to enrich his project, program and portfolio management knowledge.

He is very interested in languages/different cultures, cuisine and sports in general.

You can learn more about William by visiting his LinkedIn profile.

Giorgio is 47-year-old. Pragmatic able to work in team and focus to meet the project objectives.

He studied engineering and then soon started to work first as deputy PM, then gradually acquired know-how and become Project Manager in several Companies mainly in the Industrial sector. During the last years has worked in projects in the Medical, Aviation, Aerospace and Robotic industry.

With more than 15 years of experience of Project Manager, he got the PMP Certification in 2020. He considers the Certification essential to have a common language with all people involved. With projects involving hundreds of people distributed around the world, it is necessary a guide to follow.

He thinks that the projects are the same, but the tools and methodologies continue to evolve, so thanks to PMI he can continue to be aligned to the evolution.

You can learn more about Giorgio by visiting his LinkedIn profile

Linic holds a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from INSA Lyon, specialized in Lean Management, and with a solid background in Project Management, Supply Chain Planning and Process Improvement.

Linic is fluent in Portuguese, English and French with more than 4 years of experience in managing process improvement projects in supply chain and operations.

His biggest accomplishment is the delivery of a new distribution center for the EU region after the GE O&G merger with Baker Hughes.

Linic is currently working for a Pharmaceutical company in supply chain finance compliance and setting new processes after a spin-off. He wants to learn and exchange interesting discussions with other Project Managers across Switzerland.

In his free time, Linic loves running, skiing and travelling with friends.

You can learn more about Linic by visiting his LinkedIn profile.

James Heidrich is a change and execution leader who is committed to quality and business transformation. He brings a big-picture perspective and a unique problem-solving ability as a manager of diverse, cross-functional teams. He holds an MBA along with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and his Six Sigma certifications. Since joining PMI Switzerland he also holds the following PMI Certifications: PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-ACP and DASSM.

James’ passion about Project Management was the primary driver for him to join PMI Switzerland Chapter. He would like to increase his network and to learn from his Peers in Switzerland for the cutting-edge Agile techniques, and to "compare notes". Also, James hopes to become more involved with the organization.

James spends his free time with his three daughters and he enjoys downhill skiing.

You can learn more about James by visiting his LinkedIn profile.

Leandro joined PMI Switzerland Chapter in April and he is a volunteer for Event Team (Romandie). He is 31 years old and holds Swiss and Italian citizenship. Leandro is a pragmatic, team spirit and customer service oriented and organized person who can easily adapt to changes. He is fluent in French, Italian, English and German languages. Leandro holds a diploma of Confirmed Buyer and PMP credential since December 2020. He has more than 13 years of experience as Strategic and Technical buyer and site purchasing manager and now, he works as Head of Purchasing and IT in Mapei Suisse SA in Sorens.

Leandro has experience in all procurement categories and types of purchases, has managed several projects for ERP migration and has strong skills in MS Office, SAP, AS400, MS Dynamics 365 and E-tools.

Daniela has a strong background in the finance industry (banking, insurance) with eight years’ experience as a project Manager and Business Analyst. Her projects focus on digital transformation of Business Applications, Client-Facing-Applications and digitization of Business Processes to increase efficiency in the area of Output Management, Portfolio Management, Controlling, Legal & Regulatory Requirements. Daniela builds bridges across cultures by Offshoring/Outsourcing/multicultural collaboration and she successfully introduced collaboration models for project teams that were located both in Switzerland and India. Daniela also builds bridges across disciplines via Stakeholder Management where she puts strong effort to understand both Business and IT need in order to develop sustainable solutions by demonstrating strong skills in collaboration and communication at all levels, across different disciplines and lines of Business

Daniela currently works as a project lead for operational excellence topics at AXA in Switzerland. In the last three years, she supported the company’s digital strategy by developing and implementing new capabilities and features to foster digital output. She currently evaluates and implements a new reporting tool that automates and improves the current process for Balanced Score Cards.

Daniela holds a PhD of Science degree in Geography. She obtained the PMP certificate in December 2020 to strengthen her knowledge in project management. She is also completed her Scrum certification to improve her skills in agile methods. She joined the Swiss Chapter for exchanging knowledge and best practices in project management to learn from each other. She is also looking forward to meeting inspiring people to learn from their insights and update her practical experience.

Daniela’s heart beats for projects in dynamic, multicultural and innovative environments at the intersection of Business and IT, which requires open minded approaches, a strong end-to-end-perspective and where we seek new ways to solve problems

In her free time, Daniela loves being outdoors – with her white-water kayak, mountain bike, cross country skis or hiking boots. She has a passion for food and traveling – always looking for new dishes around the world.

You can learn more about Daniela by visiting her LinkedIn profile.

Katarzyna is a Senior strategy management consultant with 10 years of international experience in the banking sector within top multinational financial institutions in digital and regulatory transformations, product management and process optimization.

She is a driven, reliable and solution-oriented team player with excellent communication skills and ability to build a network of trusted partners in a global organization.

Katarzyna is an experienced university teacher, workshop facilitator and webinar host, author of several scientific publications in the area of finance, banking and family business.

You can learn more about Katarzyna by visiting her LinkedIn profile.