The Future of Swiss Cloud | Geneva

Adrian Kosmaczewski leads the developer relations department at VSHN - The DevOps Company. Since 1996 he is software developer, trainer and author. Adrian has a master’s degree in information technology of the University of Liverpool. When he is not developing or teaching, he spends his time with his wife Claudia and his cat max; and his Olivetti Lettera 22 typewriter.

Raphaël focuses on the automation of infrastructure and the implementation of DevOps practices, in particular in the contexts of Puppet, Docker / Kubernetes and Terraform.

After his legal training at the universities in Freiburg, Berlin, Sydney, London and Berkley Dennis G. Jansen worked as legal advisor, lawyer and lecturer with a focus on IT law and international data privacy. He also founded the digital forensic enterprise Devidence.

Mathias Nöbauer, CEO and member of the Exoscale board, has more than 20 years of experience in the IT business. Within the last 5 years he significantly influenced the growth of Exoscale. His aim is to build and develop a rock-solid, innovative European Cloud for everybody, who want to operate Cloud-Native software. Mathias is driven bei the endless opportunities we have and the chance to create our future together.

Antoine Coetsier is co-founder and COO of Exoscale. He dedicates himself to the creation and development of high industrialized and safe innovative businesses. With more than 20 years of experience in the service provider business, Antoine manages the business and operational aspects of Exoscale. Previous to the foundation of Exoscale in 2011, he has been responsible for driving innovations for IT resources in the telcom sector at the Bouygues Telecom. In 2009 he started one of the first European Cloud Computing offerings specialized for press and media.

Sébastien Pittet is the trusted entry point for our clients.

After spending the last 15 years designing, implementing & operating GNU / Linux environments supporting international Web / E-Commerce platforms with a strong focus on performance and security aspects, Alex became one of the founders of Ducksify, a Swiss company providing expertise in the fields of security & Web performance, infrastructure automation and Modern Workplace solutions.

Marc-Elian Bégin is CEO and co-founder of SixSq. Marc-Elian holds a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, specialising in Aerospace, from Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal and has been working in the software industry since 1994. During this time, he has worked with the Canadian and European Space Agencies, as well as CERN, on distributed software systems, grid and cloud computing development projects. In 2007, inspired by a drive to evangelise cloud computing, he co-founded SixSq. His current focus is edge computing technologies and hybrid cloud solutions. With software and an amazing team at SixSq, he helps customer build edge-to-cloud solutions to deliver real and tangible benefits to society. He regularly talks at local, national and international events. Marc-Elian enjoys living and working in Geneva, Switzerland, while trying to keep up with his two fast-growing sons.