At 17 Alex had and run his own small business, coordinating all activities from supplier management to hiring and training staff to client acquisition and financial planning. Then he decided to take on new challenges, graduating on a technical training in Chemistry, and a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy in Brazil, pursuing internships in molecular biology, pharmacology, pharmaceutical technology, and cosmetic development.

This was followed by a 3-years hands-on master’s degree in biotechnology in an interdisciplinary project connected to microbiology and nanotechnology at an internationally renowned vaccine-producer institute in Sau Paulo. At that time, he started teaching different languages, which contributed to developed more the presentation skills and intercultural competencies.

On moving to Germany, he pursued a PhD in pharmaceutical technology and moving between Brazil and Germany afterwards while teaching, contributing to different projects and coordinating a scientific book project with a team of scientists across 10 countries and working as a communication instructor for scientific topics and assisting in patent disputes.

Again in the lab, he worked on molecular diagnostics and took a project manager role where he contributed to advance research creation and implementation within the framework of the Horizon Europe project from the European Commission to advance therapies for cancer, HIV, arteriosclerosis, and neurodegenerative diseases.

Lastly, he has been busy with the edition of a new scientific book for a world-class publisher while performing a role as consultant for the life science industry, taking part in regional, continental, and global projects in computerized system validation, data integrity, among others.

Alex enjoys many sports (from winter to summer ones), art, writing (and publishing) poetry, traveling and interculturality. He joined the Swiss Chapter because he will be moving close to Basel and that makes sense, besides, he likes Switzerland a lot

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

Raka is a sustainability and environmental specialist with a PhD in environmental engineering from ETH Zurich. He has over eight years of combined academic and industry experience in life cycle assessment (LCA), research and development (R&D)/innovation, project management, and business analysis. He is passionate about accelerating progress in decarbonization and supporting companies as well as society to achieve future climate goals.
During his career, Raka has worked on assessing the technology implications of various industries, ranging from energy, chemicals, and metals to renewables, circular manufacturing, and ICT/electronics. Moving forward, he aims to implement solutions at scale by bringing my background in science and business to collaborative, professional settings.

He joined the PMI Switzerland Chapter to expand his professional spheres and find opportunities for collaboration in any overlapping sustainability topics and project-management areas.

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

Scott is an American who has worked in IT since 2000 and lived in London for many years. He moved to Zurich in 2019, where he worked for Google as a senior program manager on improving support of cloud products and bringing a new private-cloud product to market.

Scott has expertise in the fields of digital sovereignty, the technical-support process and CRM software. He enjoys cooking and hiking in the mountains.

Scott joined PMI to help formalize his project-management knowledge and look forward to getting to know others in the field across a range of industries. Scott received his PMP credentials recently.

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

Panagiotis works as an Initiative Manager in the Group Risk Technology of UBS in Zurich and has 15 years of experience in project management, program management, and product strategy. He has a proven track record of leading and implementing high-impact projects with cross-functional agile teams in various locations such as Zurich, London, Athens, India, and New York. His project management expertise spans across different industries, including credit risk technology for the banking sector, mobile marketing and advertising technology solutions for agencies and brands, and the delivery of SaaS platforms for lotteries and sports betting operators.

Panagiotis is a certified Project Manager (PMP) and has been certified in Agile methodologies, including Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I), Professional Scrum Master (PSM I), and Professional Agile Leadership (PAL I). He holds a Mathematics degree from the University of Crete, a Master of Science in Analysis, Design, and Management of Information Systems from the London School of Economics (LSE), and an M.B.A from the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB).

In his spare time, Panagiotis enjoys snowboarding, biking, reading books, hanging out with friends and running marathons. Panagiotis joined the PMI Switzerland chapter to further engage with the community of project managers, exchange ideas and further explore networking opportunities.

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