Members Introduction

Sébastien Garel - November 2024

Sébastien garel

Sébastien is particularly enthusiastic about expanding his knowledge through the various learning platforms, as well as contributing to discussions and collaborating to grow within this dynamic field while also sharing his own experience is something he values greatly.

Sébastien has been an Operation Director in the chemical industry for 6 years now. He supports the company in integrating sustainable practices into their operations, with a focus on optimizing processes and responsible resource management. His role is to supervise all operations and projects to ensure maximum efficiency and perfect execution of processes.

Outside of work, Sébastien continues to feed his passion for sport and culture. He is also a strong advocate of nature and environmental conservation.
For Sébastien, linking his career to his passion for the planet would be a great source of fulfillment.

Sébastien’s motivation to join the community of Switzerland PMI Chapter, especially in connection with the specialization of operations director, a role that deeply passionate him, is for Sébastien is an unique opportunity to exchange ideas and strategies with other professionals who share this passion for execution and project management.

One of the key competencies of Sébastien’s role is managing complex projects. Whether it’s to coordinate multiple teams, ensure on-time delivery, or manage relationships with diverse stakeholders. Process optimization and risk management are the other two areas of his daily life, whether they are related to project management or external variables and implementing strategies to mitigate them.

As Director of Operations, leadership and team management are at the core of Sébastien’s responsibilities. Joining the PMI Chapter would allow him to learn and exchange management techniques. He firmly believes that joining Switzerland PMI Chapter can help him to deepen his leadership skills and develop new approaches through proven tools and methodologies. Sébastien thinks PMI Switzerland Chapter offers a perfect framework to help him to refine his skills.

In short, Sébastien’s desire is to develop his operational management skills and to actively contribute to a community that values operational excellence.

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

Kirill Klimov - November 2024

Kirill Klimov

Kirill helps organizations leverage modern management methods and frameworks such as Flight Levels, Kanban, Leadership Circle Profile, and more to drive meaningful change, build outstanding workplaces, and deliver exceptional value to customers. With over 20 years of experience in digital product development, Kirill can coach and mentor both teams and individuals.

Originally from Ukraine, Kirill has also lived in Singapore and now resides in Lausanne. His focus is on evolutionary improvements, team management, enhancing work practices, and utilizing data for continuous growth.

Kirill has been a PMP since 2010 and PMI-ACP since 2012. Kirill joined the Swiss chapter to connect with new professionals in the field, collaborate, and learn.

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

 

Ruth Christine Lechler - November 2024

Ruth Christine Lechler

Ruth is a passionate project management researcher - bridging PM practice and research. Her current role is research associate at University of Basel.

Ruth has been in contact with PMI and PMI Switzerland some time (she has done research with PMI global), was a speaker at the last two PMI Switzerland conferences and has been part of the PMI SCNG.

Ruth teaches project management (and certification preparations) and she researches topics on motivation to work on projects, project careers. Before that Ruth was working as a project manager in different industries.

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

Charles Rabier - November 2024

Charles Rabier

Charles is a project manager with 15+ years international experience - PMP certified since 2013 – He delivered large outsourcing business projects and technology transformation in the asset servicing / private banking industry.

Charles is a former PMI UK chapter member and active in the mentoring program. He is an internal project methodology trainer since 2009 and PMP trainer since 2018 - currently transitioning into a franchise partnership with PMaspire to offer the full suite of PMI certifications in Switzerland focusing on Agile methodologies (PMI-ACP & DASM) in classroom training based in Nyon. His mission is to improve the project framework and make it a fun discipline accessible and scalable.

Charles is a dad of 2 children aged under 3 which doesn’t leave him much time. Charles is also a volunteer lifeguard in Nyon since 2019 and member of the traditional rowing team.

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

Francesco Bisceglia - November 2024

Francesco Bisceglia

Francesco has a master’s degree in electrical engineering, a 2nd level Master Oil and Gas Management and he is PMP certified since 2019.

Francesco has worked for about 15 years as Project Manager and Program manager in 3 different businesses ( Oil&Gas, Electrical Market and Railway), managing projects in different project phases ( design, construction and installation) with matrix and projectized organizations.

Francesco had the pleasure to work with different multinational company in Eni SpA as Program Manager, in Mermec as Senior Project Manager and then in AngelStar (a joint venture between Mermec SpA and Stadler Ag) as Commercial Project Manager for the ETCS applications in Switzerland and Europe.

Francesco is working now in Hitachi Energy as Service Project Manager for the High Voltage Service BU and thanks to this new challenge in his career, Francesco relocates himself in Zurich, where he is living since January 2024.

Francesco really likes Zurich as an international and multicultural city where the diversity is a fingerprint of the city! During his free time Francesco likes doing sports in nature, running and spending time with his family.

Francesco thinks that as project managers we have the ethical responsibility to change the present in a better future, every one of us can impact with his own sphere of competence on the present, trying to make the difference for the future.

Joining the Swiss chapter is a great opportunity for Francesco to explore a new country through the competences and the experience coming from a professional network like a PMI chapter.

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