Professional Data Science Interviews & Portraits Learn more about what data scientists actually do

Career opportunities for newly-minted data scientists come in all shapes and sizes: Many industries need data scientists for their research, energy and environmental projects, management, logistics or consulting. Here’s an overview of where our graduates have ended up after having completed the programme.

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Education | Science | Research

Research Associate

As a graduate, Sarah Schneeberger continues relying on her data science skills to realise her dream of a CO2-neutral world. In this interview she explains what she does in her current job as a research associate at HSLU.

PhD student

Daniel Barco wants to use his data science skills to improve our lives by using AI technologies. As a doctoral student at the Centre for Artificial Intelligence (CAI/ZHAW), he is in daily combat with diseases like malaria and cancer.

Research Associate

As a research associate at the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland, our graduate Michael Schmid works on research projects designed to benefit the Swiss economy.

Nature | Environment | Energy

Specialist

As a specialist in the ancillary services and analytics team at Swissgrid AG, Xiying Liu helps ensure that our electrical grid is secure and stable – and is very successful in doing so. Read more about our graduate’s daily work.

Chief Revenue Officer

Jan Allemann took a big step in his career when he was promoted to chief revenue officer (CRO) at Cowa Thermal Solutions AG. He now manages all stages of production as well as the sales strategy.

Economy | Management | Finance

Data Scientist

Leo Rettich explored a wide range of topics while doing his Master's. Now he works as a data scientist at Zürcher Kantonalbank.

Analyst Credit Mgmt. Office

Carmen Moreno is versatile, talented and always eager to try new things. Learn more about what her day at Julius Bär looks like.

Internal Audit Manager/Data Analytics Leader

Pascal Himmelberger works at the Swiss National Bank as an internal audit manager and data analyst. Read more about Pascal's daily work life.

Specialist in Data Analytics

Patrick Sommer works at Valiant Bank AG as a data analyst in the Data & Analytics Competence Centre. Learn more about Patrick's daily work life.

Industry | Technology | IT

Lead Data Scientist

Kail Kuhn describes himself as open, adventurous, active and intense. He is a co-founder of Syntera GmbH and the lead data scientist at this start-up based in Lucerne.

Data Analyst

Read about Irma Glatt's astonishing world of numbers, data and code and the things she spends hours poring over as a BI consultant/data analyst at Bison Schweiz AG.

Data Scientist

From financial expert to passionate data scientist: Tracey Etheridge tells us why creativity and intuition are so important in her job as a data scientist at TX Group.

Solutions Architect

As a trainee at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Camille Nigon has a passion for AI. Here, she shares her insights into the most exciting part of her current role and offers some tips for those just starting out.

Digital Solutions Engineer

Cornelia Gruber usually has challenging working days as a digital solutions engineer at VMware in Barcelona. Read more about her daily work life and her time in our programme.

Controlling Professional & Data Science Specialist

Lisa Becker is a professional controller and data science specialist at Siemens, where she not only manages several databases and business intelligence systems but also supervises AI pilot projects.

Data Engineer/Data Scientist

Stephan Wernli strongly believes that continuous learning, especially in IT, is essential. Learn more about what he does during his working day as a data engineer/ scientist at Endress+Hauser Flow.

Media | Information | Communication

Principal Data & AI Consultant

As a principal data and AI consultant at Swisscom, Tim Giger loves to explore his topics in detail. Read all about the variety of Tim's job and what he is planning for the future.

Decision Scientist

Niclas Simmler works as a decision scientist at Sunrise UPC GmbH. He believes that change harbours opportunities to prevent us from falling into a rut. Read more about Niclas' professional profile.

Chief Digital Officer

Maurice Willen is chief digital officer (CDO) at Connect Com, where he manages strategic and operational projects and heads innovation management. In this interview he shares his first and foremost passion for his work.

Transport | Vehicles | Logistics

Data Analyst

Michèle Odermatt is a data analyst at Swiss Post, where she and her team work on challenging data science projects to help the company with its digitalisation.

Services | Consulting

Senior Consultant

Christina Sudermann is a senior consultant in the multishore tax reporting team at KPMG Switzerland. As an able graduate of the programme, she enjoys taking on new challenges and managing complex projects. 

Data Science Consultant

Philippe Walliser is a data science consultant in PwC's data analytics team. He is passionate about programming and extracting information from large data volumes. You can read more about what he does here.

Health | Sport | Social Affairs

Malatec – collect some karma points!

HSLU graduates Stephana, Silvan, Daniel and Benjamin have founded Malatec, a company dedicated to developing new ways to diagnose malaria quickly and easily.

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