Manuel Trachsler — CV

Zurich, Switzerland | currently Vancouver, Canada | available January 2027

• LinkedIn (best way to reach me): www.linkedin.com/in/manuel-trachsler/
• GitHub: github.com/MannuelTe
• Site: manueltrachsler.ch
• MCP server: manueltrachsler.ch/mcp
• Machine-readable: manueltrachsler.ch/cv.json

Education

UBC Sauder School of Business — Vancouver, Canada
Master of Business Administration | Finance, Strategy and Business Development | 2025–2026 (expected)

• Relevant coursework: Fundamentals of Analytics and Technology; Financial Technology; Applications of Statistics; Banking and Capital Markets; Climate Finance and ESG Accounting; Fundamental Finance.
• Quantitative methods: statistical analysis, scenario analysis, data validation and financial modelling.

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) — Singapore
Exchange term, planned | Oct–Dec 2026

ETH Zurich — Swiss Federal Institute of Technology — Zurich, Switzerland
MSc and BSc Mathematics | degrees awarded 2021

• Quantitative foundation: Probability and Statistics, Measure and Integration, Numerical Analysis I–II, Mathematical and Computational Methods, Algorithms and Complexity.

Selected projects

• Wasserstein HMM Replication (GitHub, 2026): replicated and audited a regime-aware investment strategy in Python.
• Minimal Entropy Theorem (GitHub, 2021): developed a constructive proof using Gromov hyperbolicity and Jacobian analysis.

Professional experience

FUTURi Power — Vancouver, Canada
Business Transformation Consultant | MBA internship, analytics and automation | Apr–Jul 2026

• Implemented a CRM system, migrating and cleaning customer data into a consistent reporting process.
• Automated recurring calculations in Excel and Python, significantly reducing turnaround time.

[Redacted] — Zurich, Switzerland
Technology Consultant | IT risk, security governance, AI and transformation | Feb 2023–Jul 2025

• [Redacted]

PwC / Strategy& — Barcelona, Spain
Junior Consultant Intern | Data and Analytics | Sep–Dec 2021

• Supported a Strategy&-led M&A due diligence review; built data workflows, Excel models and Power BI reporting, including geospatial analysis of 2,000+ EV charging points.

Additional experience

• [Redacted] — Data Science Research Intern, Aug–Oct 2022. [Redacted]
• [Redacted] — Aug 2023–present.

Skills, activities and interests

• AI and IT risk: AI governance, risk assessment, mitigation and controls monitoring, ISO 27001, BSI-Grundschutz, security governance, privacy, incident response and operational resilience.
• Technology and reporting: Python, SQL, Splunk, Bash, Excel/Power Query, Power BI, Pandas, NumPy, TensorFlow and PyTorch; data validation, process automation and senior reporting.
• Languages: German and Spanish (native); English (full professional); French (professional); Catalan (elementary).
• Leadership: Co-President, UBC Photography Club; ETH and Canton of Zurich student representation.
• Interests: alpine ecosystems; junior top-10 fencing; national-level road cycling racing (Canada/USA); skiing; photography.

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