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Since his apprenticeship as an application developer, Andreas worked for several large organizations, such as the Swiss Stock Exchange, Nasdaq or Fisch Asset Management. He has now been working as an independent software and cloud architect for arch.cloud for more than three years.

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After her apprenticeship as an IT specialist and several other positions in IT, Anna took a detour into aviation. She looked after the server landscape of Edelweiss Air as well as the passengers above the clouds. This was followed by further exciting years as a system engineer at HRM Systems and further training as a project manager. For the last four years Anna has been at Puzzle ITC, making sure that all containers and CI/CD engineers, as well as the customers, are happy.

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After his apprenticeship as a computer scientist, Beat immediately completed a bachelor's degree in computer science while working. From Linux Engineering at DXC, he now works in the Kubernetes environment at Puzzle. There he accompanies many customers on their way to Kubernetes and also Observability, which is his passion.

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Besides developing new and delivering existing trainings, Benj has gained a lot of experience over 7 years at Puzzle ITC as an architect for various companies in the container and cloud native space. He has been supporting customers at tim&koko since 2023. He has a bachelor's degree in IT (2015) and several certifications, such as the RHCA and the CKA, which equip him perfectly as a trainer.

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After his studies in computer science, Christian gained almost 10 years of project and operational experience as a systems engineer in the network and security area. For more than 3 years he has now been working for Puzzle as a consultant in the area of containers and cloud native technologies.

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During his bachelor studies in computer science (2014), Christian gained a lot of experience with Java and Go as a software developer. Since 2020, he has been working as a consultant at Puzzle, helping customers to enable their software development with cloud native technologies.

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Christof started his IT apprenticeship around 2000, after which he completed his FH and MAS in Computer Science at Bern University of Applied Sciences. He also worked first as a systems engineer and then as a software developer and architect for many years. It is precisely this interface in the area of middleware with a preference for data that he likes best. He has been a Kafka specialist at tim&koko since 2024 and works a lot in the cloud-native environment for various customers.

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Already in 1996 Christoph started in the IT department of the Mobiliar, where he gained experience in many areas. At the same time, he completed his studies at the University of Bern with a Master's degree in IT. Since 2021 he is an architect and responsible for topics like observability, containers, messaging and other technologies.

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Christoph has been working in IT for 20 years, so almost no problem can surprise him anymore. He started as a software developer and graduated as a computer science engineer FH on the side. Today he works in the CI/CD area at Puzzle ITC. There he accompanies many customers on their way to qualitative pipelines.

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After his electrical engineering HF studies, he is based in computer science and has been working in different operation teams for more than 15 years. He relies on Python and brings experience from large production environments in Linux, Kubernetes, databases and monitoring. He also shares his great expertise on cloud native tools as a speaker at various conferences. He joined the Mobiliar in 2013 and currently works as a Cloud Engineer.

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David took his first steps in IT after his Bachelor in Business Administration at Swisscom. There he was responsible for the Dev Portal as PM and organized the Software Day. For more than 3 years now, he has been working for Puzzle as a Key Account Manager and explains to customers why they should rely on cloud native technologies.

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During his apprenticeship at Hewlett-Packard, he already came into contact with open source technologies from Red Hat and middleware topics. After further studies at the FHNW as BSc in Computer Science he dives deep into the Cloud Native world and works with topics like Vault, Kubernetes and OAuth.

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Since graduating with a degree in Business Informatics FH in 2007, Gabriel has worked for several years in IT at various companies as a developer, firewall, systems and cloud engineer. Continuing education is always important to him, so in addition to CISSP, RHCE and CKA, he also completed a CAS in Advanced Data Science. Since 2016, he has been working for Swiss Mobiliar, where he is involved in the development and operation of large container platforms.

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Johann studied Computer Science at the ETH and already has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. He has worked for numerous well-known customers and employers as an IT architect, coach, consultant and software engineer and is a Cloud Native Ambassador.

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After her studies in business innovation, Lena gained experience as a cloud engineer at Swisscom. After another stint as technical lead at a startup, she finally founded bespinian together with This in 2019. She holds various certifications from AWS, Cloud Foundry and more.

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Lorenz comes from the Puzzle ITC informatics forge. After his apprenticeship at Puzzle, he expanded his knowledge at the Bern University of Applied Sciences with a BSc of Science in Computer Science, which he then used in various customer projects. Among them are projects in the cloud environment with container technologies, automation and monitoring.

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Lukas has already studied various things: Geology, civil engineering and also has a teaching certificate. But he was always drawn back to IT, where he can now pursue his passion as a systems engineer. He has been doing this for over 10 years at Puzzle ITC, where he helps customers to set up their infrastructure automatically.

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In 1999, Marcel founded Puzzle ITC together with friends directly after his IT studies. Until today, he is working there full-time as CFO. In addition to his work as CFO, he has also completed an MAS in Online Marketing Management.

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After his PhD in computer science, Mathis worked as a software engineer at various companies and gained a lot of know-how in the cloud environment, especially as Head of Cloud Empowerment at Swisscom. In 2019, Lena and Mathis founded Bespinian, where they have been working as consultants in various topics ever since. Mathis has a certification as CKAD.

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After his bachelor's degree in computer science, Philipp gained several years of experience in the IT departments of large insurance and banking service providers. In 2021 he completed an EMBA in Digital Business, full-time he works as a Product Owner at the Mobiliar.

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Having started studying computer science almost 20 years ago, Philippe has already experienced many infrastructures and Linux distributions. Since the beginning, his heart has beaten for systems engineering, where he has currently been working at Puzzle for over 10 years. His specialty is automation, currently preferably with Ansible.

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From Sarnen, he studied computer science at the University of Bern. Since graduating, Raffael has been working as a software engineer, where he is most fascinated by the new frameworks and cloud native technologies such as Quarkus.

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As a consultant and expert for cloud native technologies, he designs and builds Kubernetes platforms for various Puzzle ITC customers. After graduating with a BsC in Computer Science (2017) and a major in Security, Sebastian led a team in Cybersecurity at RUAG Schweiz AG. Various certifications in the Cloud Native environment underline his expertise in containers and Kubernetes. CKA, CKAD, CKS

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Having spent years as a marketer, Simon transitioned into management and leadership. In addition to leading teams in the business world, he has also led teams in sports and is convinced that the athlete's mindset is highly relevant in everyday business. Since July 2024, Simon has been responsible for the further development of acend as CEO.

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After studying computer science at BFH, Stefan gained several years of experience in the Microsoft cloud ecosystem. Today he works as a Product Manager at Mobiliar Insurance. He has been a Microsoft Azure MVP since 2016 and co-organizer of Azure Bootcamp Switzerland. Stefan also holds an MAS in Digital Management and various Azure certifications.

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Thomas has played a formative role at Puzzle since 2011: After his bachelor's degree in Computer Science, first as a Software Engineer and PL, later as Head of Middleware he was able to establish the topic of Kubernetes at Puzzle, among other things. He was the CTO for several years and then founded his own company tim&koko in 2022. In his new role, as a cloud consultant, he helps customers on their way into the cloud.

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After his apprenticeship as a computer scientist, Tobias held various roles in automation at Swisscom for 15 years. For more than 4 years he is now at Puzzle and helps to drive the container topics forward. While working, he successfully completed first the HF and then the FH in business informatics and did a coaching training.