Master Computer Science, ETH Zürich (1981 – 86).

Activities: consulting corporates, public administrations and research institutiones on the fields of Open Data, My Data und Data Governance.

CV: IT project manager for Swiss based manufacturer (1979 – 87); IT project management and head IT domestic coporate banking of Swiss Bank (1987 – 98); founder and managing partner itopia ag, strategic IT consulting an IT project management for banks and public administrattions, open data consulting für public administrations (1998 – 2015); founder Golliez Open Data Consulting (2015)

Civil society engagements: President Swiss Informatics Society (2004 – 2009), Co-founder and president Opendata.ch (since 2012), member foundation board access-for-all (since 2006), Co-founder of Swiss data cooperative MIDATA.COOP, president SWISS DATA ALLIANCE.