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  "basics": {
    "name": "Manuel Trachsler",
    "label": "Technology consultant (IT risk, AI governance), MBA candidate",
    "url": "https://manueltrachsler.ch",
    "summary": "Zurich-based, currently in Vancouver, available January 2027. MSc Mathematics (ETH Zurich), MBA candidate (UBC Sauder). Experience in IT risk, security governance (ISO 27001 / BSI-Grundschutz), AI transformation and analytics consulting.",
    "location": {
      "city": "Zurich",
      "countryCode": "CH"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "network": "LinkedIn",
        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuel-trachsler/"
      },
      {
        "network": "GitHub",
        "username": "MannuelTe",
        "url": "https://github.com/MannuelTe"
      }
    ]
  },
  "work": [
    {
      "name": "FUTURi Power",
      "location": "Vancouver, Canada",
      "position": "Business Transformation Consultant (MBA internship)",
      "startDate": "2026-04",
      "endDate": "2026-07",
      "highlights": [
        "Implemented the first CRM, migrating and cleaning 400+ accounts and consolidating a CAD 500K sales pipeline into a consistent reporting process.",
        "Automated load and cost calculations in Excel and Python, reducing turnaround time by at least 50%."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Eraneos Switzerland AG",
      "location": "Zurich, Switzerland",
      "position": "Technology Consultant (IT risk, security governance, AI and transformation)",
      "startDate": "2023-02",
      "endDate": "2025-07",
      "highlights": [
        "Co-led a subproject within a CHF 4M national program, coordinating delivery across state agencies, technical teams and cross-functional stakeholder groups.",
        "Led security consulting and ISO 27001 / BSI-Grundschutz-aligned ISMS implementation; translated assessments and penetration-test findings into mitigation measures and reported to senior leadership.",
        "Developed privacy and security-governance frameworks; built an AI documentation-QA workflow saving approximately 75% of manual copywriting effort."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "PwC / Strategy&",
      "location": "Barcelona, Spain",
      "position": "Junior Consultant Intern, Data and Analytics",
      "startDate": "2021-09",
      "endDate": "2021-12",
      "highlights": [
        "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."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "armasuisse Cyber-Defence Campus",
      "position": "Data Science Research Intern",
      "startDate": "2022-08",
      "endDate": "2022-10",
      "highlights": [
        "Solved graph-distance and classification problems; built reinforcement-learning and multimodal AI prototypes with an emphasis on model validation."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "[Redacted]",
      "startDate": "2023-08"
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "UBC Sauder School of Business",
      "area": "Finance, Strategy and Business Development",
      "studyType": "MBA",
      "startDate": "2025",
      "endDate": "2026"
    },
    {
      "institution": "Nanyang Technological University (NTU)",
      "studyType": "Exchange term (planned)",
      "startDate": "2026-10",
      "endDate": "2026-12"
    },
    {
      "institution": "ETH Zurich",
      "area": "Mathematics",
      "studyType": "MSc and BSc",
      "endDate": "2021"
    }
  ],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "Wasserstein HMM Replication",
      "description": "Replicated and audited a regime-aware investment strategy in Python.",
      "startDate": "2026"
    },
    {
      "name": "Minimal Entropy Theorem",
      "description": "Constructive proof using Gromov hyperbolicity and Jacobian analysis.",
      "startDate": "2021"
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "AI and IT risk",
      "keywords": [
        "AI governance",
        "Risk assessment",
        "ISO 27001",
        "BSI-Grundschutz",
        "Security governance",
        "Privacy",
        "Incident response",
        "Operational resilience"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Technology and reporting",
      "keywords": [
        "Python",
        "SQL",
        "Splunk",
        "Bash",
        "Excel/Power Query",
        "Power BI",
        "Pandas",
        "NumPy",
        "TensorFlow",
        "PyTorch"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "language": "German",
      "fluency": "Native"
    },
    {
      "language": "Spanish",
      "fluency": "Native"
    },
    {
      "language": "English",
      "fluency": "Full professional"
    },
    {
      "language": "French",
      "fluency": "Professional"
    },
    {
      "language": "Catalan",
      "fluency": "Elementary"
    }
  ],
  "interests": [
    {
      "name": "Alpine ecosystems, fencing, road cycling racing, skiing, photography"
    }
  ]
}