Tom Debus - Co-founder & CTO

Q: Where is Tom based?

Tom is based in Zürich, Switzerland and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Tom speak?

Tom speaks the following languages: English (Advanced), German (Elementary) .

Q: What is Tom's latest experience?

Tom's most recent position is Leader of Start-up programs .

Q: What is Tom's education?

Tom attended University of Cooperative Education (DHBW) for Economics & Computer Science .

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Zürich, Switzerland

Experience

Basel, Switzerland

Leader of Start-up programs

Program Lead

Implemented post merger process integration, chart of accounts / product / policy harmonization and Finance & systems migration / consolidation across WM/IB/AM.

Program Lead

Implemented big data driven use cases for lead management, natural language processing and Accounts Payable fat-tail analysis.

Program Lead

Designed and implemented a new regulatory and risk reporting framework based on an integrated “data lake” harmonizing more than 130 interfaces.

Program Lead

Built advisory and client servicing “data products” to tailor information offerings to individuals based on product, geography and focus topic bias.

Program Lead

A Distributed Asset Manager / Family Office Aggregator

Implemented state-of-the-art portfolio management solution.

Program Lead

A Global Universal Bank

Increased sales pipeline for products desk for High Affluent universal bank by +40% using micro segment campaigns.
Included staffing & managing for 3 years.

Program Lead

A Global Universal Bank

Designed and implemented a global BI & Data Integration shared service organization.
Included staffing & managing for 3 years.

Manager of Integrated BICC and DWH CC

A Global Wealth Manager

Ran an integrated BICC and DWH CC across all functions (250 FTE & ~45m CHF annual budget).

Program Lead

A Global Wealth Manager

Supporting a cross-European and cross-Asian growth campaign using an internationally integrated data & decisions hub.

Program Lead

A Post-merger Organization

Assessment, evaluation and implementation of a new front-office solution integrating three formerly disparate WM organizations.

Program Lead

A Systemic Bank

Supported their move to segregate private & corporate banking business from their commercial & investment banking offerings.

Line Manager for large scale organizations and Program Lead for strategic transformations in Finance / Treasury, Compliance and

Credit Suisse

Program Lead

Credit Suisse

Designed and implemented a modular and evolutionary framework for asset-classification and the integrated maintenance of all product, contract and instrument data.

Program Lead

Credit Suisse

Implemented global Private Banking data warehouse for financial metrics and client, product & RM profitability.

Germany

Teacher

DHBW

Teaching "AI enriched business models".

Coach

EO Accelerator

Coaching of young start-ups.

Co-founder and CTO

Ferris Solutions AG and Ferris Labs AG

Focused on talent and product development as well as solution architecture.

Zürich, Switzerland

Founding member

Impact Hub ZH

Program Lead

Life Science Firm

Modernized regulatory affairs product registration system with composable data & reporting framework.

Switzerland

Program Lead

Swiss Insurer

Assessed and extended existing underwriting model with options for individualized tariffs.

Switzerland

Program Lead

Swiss Wealth Manager

Defined and implemented optimization algorithms to optimize capital underpinning.

Line Manager for large scale organizations and Program Lead for strategic transformations in Finance / Treasury, Compliance and

UBS

Program Lead

UBS

Implementing a Finance Transformation smart-sourcing program reducing the bank's cost & resource onshore footprint by 35% within two years.

Program Lead

UBS

Designed & implemented intra-day liquidity architecture across Group and Business Group functions.

Summary

Tom Debus enjoys integrating people, processes and data across all runs of organizations and technology stacks for 30 years.

He is the co-founder and CTO of Ferris Solutions AG and Ferris Labs AG focused on talent and product development as well as solution architecture.

Tom implements data driven business models and specializes in transformation, migration and integration programs that leverage technology to make smarter and faster decisions while converging organizations.

He worked as line manager for large scale organizations and as program lead for strategic transformations in Finance / Treasury, Compliance and Regulatory / ESG for both UBS and Credit Suisse.

Skills

Policy, Process And Data Integration For Finance, Risk, Regulatory And Esg Specific Domains
Composable Architecture And Hands-on Implementations On Api First, Event First And Ai First Tech Stacks
Data Driven Transformation, Big Data, Digitization, Data Management, Enterprise Dwh, Business Intelligence
Deep Banking, Health Care And Life Science Knowledge
It Strategy, It Architecture, Transformation, It Sourcing
Program Management And Managing Large Organizations

Languages

English

Advanced

German

Elementary

Education

University of Cooperative Education (DHBW)

dual degree · Economics & Computer Science · Germany

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 25

Global Experience

Countries worked in 2 (Switzerland, Germany)

Primary country Switzerland

Profile

Created

February 2022

Last Update

January 2026

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Where is Tom based?

Tom is based in Zürich, Switzerland and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Tom speak?

Tom speaks the following languages: English (Advanced), German (Elementary).

What roles would Tom be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Tom would be well-suited for roles such as: Leader of Start-up programs, Program Lead, Manager of Integrated BICC and DWH CC.