Dr. Rico Schwendener
Angestellt, Head of Innovation, Swisscom
Ittigen, Schweiz
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Rico Schwendener
Responsible for innovation in Swisscom’s IT, Network & Infrastructure department. Responsible for a portfolio of initiatives from idea to market launch. Contribute to Swisscom’s group strategy. Lead and develop an agile tribe of experts with university level degrees and skills on hardware- & software development and networks. Setup of industry collaborations with international corporates, startups and universities (e.g. Ericsson, Huawei, Askey, Tibit, EPFL, ETHZ etc.)
Responsible for a portfolio of products and initiatives from idea to market launch. Lead and develop teams of experts with university level degrees and skills on hardware-, software development and networks. Software transformation in the network domain incl. setup of agile SW development methodology and tools. Contribute to Swisscom’s group strategy.
Lead and develop teams in the area of networks, security, Big Data and SW & HW development. Development and introduction of a Big Data platform including first applications on top of it. Innovation in the area of wireline broadband access in Switzerland as well as for Fastweb in Italy.
Lead and develop a team of engineers. Development of innovative network solutions. In particular the introduction of the world’s first MIMO Wifi solution in cooperation with the US startup Quantenna.
3 Jahre und 3 Monate, Okt. 2003 - Dez. 2006
Project leader
Swisscom Innovations
Manage innovation projects Specialist for ICT solutions Collaboration in a EU project
Ausbildung von Rico Schwendener
1999 - 2002
Informatik
ETHZ, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
1998 - 2003
Wireless communication systems
ETHZ, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
1993 - 1998
Information technology and electrical engineering
ETHZ, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Sprachen
Deutsch
Muttersprache
Englisch
Fließend
Französisch
Grundlagen