Philippe Mesot.
Experience that connects.

September two thousand and twenty-three to February two thousand and twenty-six

CH Media Regionalmedien AG · Aarau

ADAM Programme Manager · ICT Transformation

Took over the ongoing programme at a critical stage, with responsibility for a complete ICT renewal and separation from NZZ. Established robust governance, reporting and planning, and reshaped collaboration between business teams, ICT and partners.

• Led a transformation programme comprising multiple projects and numerous subprojects, and provided decision support for executive management and the board of directors.
• Completed the separation on schedule, built the internal ICT organisation and transitioned the results into operations.
• Established a cloud-first target architecture and significantly reduced the planned data centre footprint.

Operating costs: rounded comparison for an equivalent scope of services. Infrastructure: planned capacity reduced from thirty-eight racks to eight.

Two thousand and eighteen to August two thousand and twenty-three

Worldline / SIX Payment Services · Zurich / Europe

Head Project Management · Program Manager · Head PMO United

Joined as an external project manager, then took on internal leadership, programme and governance responsibilities during an international integration and carve-out phase.

• Led senior project managers and subsequently PMO United, managing resources, quality and governance across the project portfolio.
• Led the joint Worldline and PAYONE programme, with responsibility for the commercial and legal transfer of more than three hundred and fifty thousand merchants without losing a single credit card transaction.
• Completed the transition of international call centres to NIXXIS softphones during the pandemic and managed a group-wide efficiency programme.

March two thousand and sixteen to August two thousand and eighteen

ISPIN AG · Bassersdorf

Head of Operational Services · Management team member

Responsible for managed security, internal ICT and a service-oriented operations organisation.

• Led Operational Services, the helpdesk, infrastructure, budget and Change Advisory Board.
• Developed ITIL processes, monitoring and ERP, and helped establish the NOC/SOC and Cyber Defence Center.
• Secured the delivery of agreed services and recurring operational revenue.

January two thousand and fourteen to February two thousand and sixteen

Atos AG and ITech Consult AG · Zurich / Bern

Head Cyber Security Services · Senior Program Manager

Helped shape cyber security delivery and the eIAM standard service for the Swiss federal administration.

• Led IAM delivery, internal and external specialists, resources and suppliers, with responsibility for proposals and contracts.
• Managed parallel HERMES integration projects at the Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication, and established the service offering, quality management and controlling.

February two thousand and eleven to October two thousand and twelve

Feintool International Management AG · Lyss / international

Group Chief Information Officer

Led global ICT for around two thousand users across sixteen production and sales locations.

• Responsible for strategy, architecture, information security, delivery and sourcing, reporting to the CFO, group management and board of directors.
• Harmonised the SAP landscape and data models, led international rollouts and established ICT and SAP for the new production site in Taicang.
• Delivered an SAP carve-out during a business divestment, worldwide standardisation and data centre consolidation.

January two thousand and six to January two thousand and eleven

Swiss Armed Forces Logistics Organisation and Armed Forces Staff · Bern

Head of IT / CIO · subsequently SAP Process Coordinator

As CIO and a member of the Logistics Organisation's executive management, responsible for IT services, information security, budget, contracts and SLAs for four thousand two hundred users across sixty-eight locations.

• Shaped strategic planning, incident and change processes, and collaboration with committees at armed forces and departmental level, including the DDPS.
• Led LOGISTIK@V and the transition of the new SAP system into operations.
• Took on defence SAP business process coordination within the Armed Forces Staff and wrote the organisational handbook for SAP change and process management.

LOGISTIK@V: Swiss Logistics Award in two thousand and six and European Award for Logistics Excellence in two thousand and seven.

January two thousand and two to December two thousand and five

Novartis Pharma AG and pro-informatik GmbH · Basel / Zurich

Functional Information Manager F&A · Senior Project Manager

Responsible for IT services, portfolios and migrations in the global pharmaceutical industry and the insurance sector.

• Aligned business and IT strategy for Basel Pharma Affairs and managed services, applications and projects.
• Led the ENGINE platform migration and Ophthalmics integration.
• Supported the migration of workstations and servers at Swiss Life.

Nineteen eighty-eight to two thousand and one

swiftbit sa, Pinck Softech, CBS, Swiss Bank Corporation and others

Entrepreneur · Business Unit Manager · Software Engineer

From junior programmer to entrepreneur and business unit leader.

• Founded and led swiftbit for around six years, with responsibility for software products, client engagements and an international team.
• Developed DDC-Credit for credit administration and risk analysis in C/C++ and implemented it internationally with different database systems.
• Developed “HouseSitter”, an object-oriented Smalltalk prototype for property management. The project was not taken to market due to funding constraints.
• Led a CRM business unit comprising project managers, consultants and engineers.