Pablo Pfister

Fractional CTO

Pablo Pfister
Lausanne, Switzerland

Experience

Nov 2022 - Present
2 years 5 months
Switzerland

Tech & Product Advisor

FUMEX SA

Advising the CTO and tech team on the product development best practices, software architecture and team management.

Oct 2018 - Present
6 years 6 months
Lausanne, Switzerland

Chief Technology Officer

Utluna Solutions Ltd

  • Utluna is a multi-asset class and multi-currency investment portfolio monitoring software, linked to 70+ financial institutions.
  • As CTO assembled and lead a team of 3 software engineers, designed the architecture of the system, and put in place the best practices to ensure a reliable software development process.
Sep 2017 - Present
7 years 7 months
Switzerland

CEO & Co-founder

5W155 SA

  • Founded a company providing tech staff augmentation and custom software development.
  • Drive 25+ employees in achieving ambitious goals. Strive to create a passionate and dynamic team.
  • Managed the design and implementation of more than 40 web and mobile projects.
Jan 2014 - Dec 2020
6 years
Lausanne, Switzerland

Software Engineer & Tech Advisor

Startups, Established Companies & Academia

  • Tech Advisor at Ufity SA: Advised the startup on software development matters.
  • Software Engineer at Edge Laboratories SA: implemented an API-based engine to compute combinations and compositions of technical indicators based on financial time series.
  • Software Developer at Multimedia Signal Processing Group: developed a multimedia sharing mobile application and a proof of concept based on blockchain technology.
  • Software Developer at Baseline Wealth Management: developed a desktop application to generate performance reports for the clients of the family office.
  • Project Manager & Head of IT at Junior Enterprise EPFL: managed 12 IT projects and consulted the 33 members on technical matters.

Summary

Passionate entrepreneur and software engineer with a proven track record of building successful remote software development teams. I bring expertise in software development outsourcing and a deep understanding of remote tech talent management. By leveraging technology, I've created multiple companies delivering outstanding and efficient services: - 5w155 SA, a company helping to work with remote top-notch software developers. The company has a complete offering, including recruitment, HR management, payroll management and talent retention. - Utluna Ltd, a SaaS software to aggregate, analyze and visualize investment portfolios. Connected to more than 70 financial institutions worldwide, investment transactions are aggregated and quantitative analytics calculated and proposed to the user. - Cryptoro Capital, a Luxembourg-based Alternative Investment Fund providing access to the cryptocurrency and decentralized finance markets. The company takes care of the administrative and compliance burden to operate several portfolios, whose management is done in collaboration with third parties.

Languages

French
Native
Italian
Native
English
Advanced
German
Elementary
Spanish
Elementary

Education

Sep 2018 - Jul 2021

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Master of Science · Computer Science and Engineering · Lausanne, Switzerland

Sep 2014 - Jul 2017

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Bachelor of Science · Computer Science and Engineering · Lausanne, Switzerland

Certifications & licenses

Introduction to Digital Currencies

AML / CFT - Luxembourg

An Entire MBA in 1 Course: Award Winning Business School Prof

AML for Luxembourg Investment Funds Directors & Senior Executives