The forces behind Visium

Alen has a MSc in Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Management from Imperial College London, where he was awarded best-overall performance. Alen has founded five companies, which gave him the entrepreneurial experience and skills that talyzed the success of his latest venture, Visium. In 2018, Alen was named top 30 under 30 by Forbes for his accomplishments.

Timon has a MSc in Data Science from EPFL. Before co-founding Visium, Timon worked as a ML researcher at Schlumberger and Oracle. Timon won numerous hackathons, including Microsoft Challenge and Facebook Hackathon. In 2019, Timon was selected as part of the "Forum des 100", for his contribution to the dynamism of French-speaking Switzerland.

Matteo has a MSc in Bioengineering from EPFL and Stanford University. Subsequently, he completed his PhD in Machine Learning and Computational Biology at ETH. During his PhD, he pushed forward the state-of-the-art in Graph Machine Learning and had the honour of giving a spotlight presentation of his paper at NeurIPS, one of the world's largest ML conferences.

Lucas has a BSc in International Hospitality Management from EHL, where he finished 6th in his class. Prior to joining Visium, he worked for several years in the hospitality industry as a trained chef, waiter and sales advisor. Lucas’ hard-working, innovative and ambitious mind-set allowed Lucas to progress quickly throughout the organisation and fuel the growth of our company in the last few years.

Fady has a BSc with a double major in Finance and Business Administration and Management from the International Management School of Geneva. Fady’s unique range of professional experiences in different industries and functions allowed him to play a critical role in structuring some of our departments, before he became People Operations Manager in 2019.

Axel has a MSc in Computational Neuroscience from EPFL. Axel has experience as a Data Analyst at MindMaze and Data Scientist and Neuroengineer at Alpha.One. Axel joined Visium as a ML Solution Architect, prior to becoming an Engagement Manager, is now managing a major data driven transformation for one of our biggest clients.

Thomas joined Visium during his Bachelor's at EHL, where he finished 3rd in his class. Prior to that, he was Head of Finance for EHL’s Finance Board, and worked for several years in various companies, including Movenpick Hotels and Resorts as chef de rang. Thomas’ meticulous analytical skills have been crucial in allowing us to thrive in uncertain times.

Thibault has a MSc in Communication Systems from EPFL. Prior to joining Visium, Thibault worked at Coorpacademy as a Project Manager and completed his Master’s Thesis at Sony, building a ML system to automatically generate deep learning networks for image classification. Thibault’s impressive passion and expertise in machine learning has fueled much of our growth.

Gaétan has a Master’s in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from EPFL. Prior to joining Visium, Gaétan interned at NVISO, developing software for translation of Caffe models to custom machine learning framework for embedded devices. Gaétan completed his Master Thesis at Swisscom’s Digital Lab, on Speech emotion recognition and localization with neural networks.

Jana has a BSc in International Hospitality Management from EHL. Before joining Visium, Jana worked in Hospitality in Barcelona and Switzerland, event management in Germany and Diplomacy at the Swiss Embassy in Washington D.C. Her shift into the data science industry was the natural continuation of her career as a forward-thinking and purposeful individual.

Renato has a MSc in Physics from ETH Zurich, where he also co-founded the ETH Analytics Club. In 2019 Renato published a paper on Machine Learning for automated tuning of Quantum Dots which could be used to make initializing Quantum Computers more scalable. Renato's business and technical expertise has been a pivotal contribution to our team and our success in the last years.

Guillaume has a MSc in Computational Science and Engineering from EPFL. Before Visium, Guillaume worked as a Data Scientist at Dathena, seeking to speed up machine learning classification processes applied to Natural Language Processing. His Master's Thesis focused on Reinforcement Learning applied to Epidemiology at the Digital Epidemiology Lab of Geneva’s Biotech Campus.

Pelayo completed his BSc in Industrial Electronics and Automation in parallel with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering - one of the first students to do so at his university. He also gained a MSc in Robotics and automation in parallel with a MSc in Computer Science and Technology. Before Visium, Pelayo was a Software engineer at Synapticon and a Machine Learning Engineer at Cambrian Intelligence.

Adrien has a MSc in Computational Science and Engineering from EPFL, where he was teaching assistant, helping students in algorithmic analysis, numerical analysis, linear algebra and chemistry. Before Visium Adrien was a Machine Learning Engineer at SenSat and at CSEM, where he also completed his Master Thesis on 'Sample efficient Deep Reinforcement Learning for energy control in buildings.'

Charles has a MSc in Data Science from EPFL. During this time, Charles created a cloud print service, allowing students to print directly from their phones. Before Visium, Charles worked for multiple startups, including Apety, now acquired by Smood. At Visium, in addition to being a ML Engineer, Charles conducts much of our IT work, ensuring that all our technology is running smoothly.

Jimi has a MSc in Data Science from EPFL. Before Visium, Jimi launched his professional career with a range of technical experiences, including as a back-end and front-end developer at TasteHit and at Vlynt, as a Machine Learning Intern at Schlumberger, and a Research Intern at NEC Laboratories America in Princeton.

Elli has a MSc in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics from the ETH Zürich, where she was awarded a certificate of Advanced Studies in Computer Science. Elli's passion for Machine Learning and Data Science pushed her to explore various industries and sectors, including in EM Imaging, Behavioural Sciences and Legal Tech.

Greg has a MSc in Data Science from EPFL. At EPFL, Greg co-founded two ventures, including a successful web development company. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Greg used his resourcefulness to create a web app for his family’s bakery, allowing for online orders and enabling them to continue operating safely.

Arnaud is completing his Master’s in Computational Neuroscience at EPFL. As a Research Assistant at Campus Biotech, Arnaud developed a web-based brain imaging analysis dashboard, for dynamic mode decomposition analysis of fMRI data. Furthermore, as VP of the Marketing team at AIESEC in Lausanne, Arnaud led the marketing team in developing all aspects of the marketing strategy.

Maxime has a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Laval University in Quebec, and a MBA from the Renmi University of China. Before joining Visium Maxime launched his professional career with a variety of experiences including as a Business Development Manager, where he managed international sales operations and marketing campaigns, as well as as a Business Engineer.

Alyssa has a Bachelor in Economics and a Master in Strategy and International Management from the University of St.Gallen. Alyssa's interest in tech motivated her to pursue an Android Basics Nanodegree by Google. Being passionate about sustainability, she has been a board member of a consultancy for sustainable ventures for two years, which allowed her to develop strong business acumen.

Silvia has a BSc in Neuroscience and a MSc in Business Management from the London School of Economics. Before joining Visium she interned at a Digital Marketing Agency, and was Head of Marketing for the RCC Conference Club at the LSE. Her passion to combine neuroscience techniques and knowledge with marketing has generated a unique contribution to our marketing team.

Simon has a MSc in Physics from ETH, and is completing a PhD in AI for the Study of Environmental Risks at the University of Cambridge. At ETH, Simon co-founded the Analytics Club, and founded Hack4Good. Simon’s strong social consciousness and desire to use ML for good, pushed him to develop and lead our sustainability strategy and lead for our pro-bono projects.

Lucas has a Bachelor of Science in International Hospitality Management from EHL, where he received an Alpha Sigma Gamma Honour in Real Estate Finance, and finished among top 6 of his class. Before Visium, he gained professional experience through various international internships, including Revenue Management at The Hoxton in London.

Karthigan has a MSc in Data Science with a specialization in Deep Learning from EPFL, complemented by various Machine Learning internships. He wrote a paper, with Professor Francois Flueret and Vincent Micheli from the University of Geneva, on ‘Multi-task Reinforcement Learning with a Planning-Quasi Metric’, presented at NeurIPS 2020 - the world’s largest ML Conference.

Hugo, one of our youngest team-members, has a High school diploma from the Lycée Madame de Staël, in France, specialising in computer and digital sciences. By the time he was 17, Hugo had built a personal assistant in Go, which reached 1000 stars in 10 days, was at the top of the GitHub global trend page, and was cited in multiple renowned sites, including HackerNews.

Baris has a MSc in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Strasbourg. Before joining Visium, Baris completed an internship at Electricite de Strasbourg, where he used neural networks and NLP to solve classification problems. He also completed an internship at HEIG-VD, building probabilistic and statistical model.

Leonard has a Master’s in Computer Science from EPFL. Prior to joining Visium, Leonard worked on an electronics project at DomoSafety, building a device to simulate user input on an IoT device for debugging purposes, as well as at AXA, where he also wrote his Master Thesis on Information Retrieval in Contracts using NLP Techniques.

Frédéric has a MSc in Robotics, Systems and Control from ETH. Frédéric has a strong interest in neuroscience and the possibility to decode brain patterns into actions to help restore damaged brain function. Before joining Visium, Frederic worked at ETH’s NCM Lab where he explored the use of neural networks in real-time brain signal classification.

Razvan is currently completing a MSc in Computer Science from ETH. Prior to joining Visium Razvan worked as a researcher at the Romanian Institute of Science and Technology. He also worked on a project using IoT integration, computer vision techniques and web and mobile support to build a smart fridge aimed at cutting food waste.

Olivier is finishing a MSc in Robotics, Systems and Control at ETH. Before joining Visium Olivier used his interest in Engineering and his passion to contribute to society, to work on a project aimed at preventing deforestation using deep learning methods. He also used AI models to help IMPACT Initiatives improve estimate-accuracy of cash-aid in conflict regions.

Hugo has a MSc in Data Science from the Université Paris-Saclay, one of France’s top-ranking Master’s of science in Machine Learning. Prior to joining Visium, Hugo gained extensive experience as a Data Scientists at Credit Suisse, where he prototyped and developed an industry-leading unauthorized trading detection model and trader risk monitoring pipeline.