Enterprise Architecture Experts in Switzerland
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Vincent Verdet
Last position:
IT Business Partner & Enterprise Architect at Sulzer
- Established the Enterprise Architecture function from the ground up for Sulzer Group (~13,500 employees, CHF 3.6B revenue)
- Defined the Technical Governance framework, Target Operating Model, and IT PMO foundation now governing architecture decisions and portfolio demand across all divisions.
- Deployed SAP LeanIX as the authoritative application portfolio system of record - catalogued 500 applications group-wide (140 for Chemtech), onboarded business and IT stakeholders, and initiated integration with ServiceNow to embed architecture data into operational workflows.
- Led the divisional & group wide Application Rationalization initiative
- Decommissioned 15% of the 140 applications Chemtech portfolio, delivering CHF 627k in run-rate savings over two years and materially reducing licensing and support exposure.
- Defined and executed the divisional AI Roadmap in partnership with Sales, Legal, and R&D leadership
- Delivered 4 AI solutions into production (including Sales process harmonization and LLM-based IP conflict detection) from a portfolio of 7 prioritized initiatives.
- Built and owned the 3-year IT Strategic Roadmap for Chemtech
- Aligned cloud and technology architecture with divisional business priorities and a CHF 1.5M annual investment envelope.
- Delivered CHF 500k in cost avoidance by challenging and discontinuing funded but low-value initiatives, demonstrated governance discipline and executive influence, with zero implementation spend.
Tobias Wildi
Last position:
IT Consultant, Co-Founder at PRONT GmbH
- Technical product ownership for a global customer portal in the indoor climate sector, including API integrations, backend connectivity, and expansion of digital customer services
- Developed the solution architecture and AI use cases for a claims management platform, integrating it into the enterprise architecture for a leading insurance company
- Developed the target operating model and led the implementation of the global investment platform for an investment bank
- Developed the target operating model and platform strategy for a new digital health platform for a health insurance company
- Developed the platform strategy, defined use cases, and built the data architecture for a digital health platform of a health insurance company
Sam Lund
Last position:
Principal Consultant – Digital Strategy & Portfolio Governance at Independent Consultant
- Advise global organizations on enterprise transformation, digital operating models, and portfolio governance across safety-critical and highly regulated environments.
- Guided enterprise transformation of engineering and lifecycle governance at Alstom, Bombardier, and Thales, aligning enterprise-scale digital engineering practices across global development programs.
- Supported software-defined vehicle transformation at CARIAD (Volkswagen Group) by designing governance structures and lifecycle alignment for complex digital vehicle platforms.
- Translated Industry 4.0 digitalization strategy into capability-driven transformation portfolio at FLSmidth, enabling development of IoT-based industrial platforms.
- Applied AI-supported methods for large-scale engineering data analysis and validation, significantly reducing reporting and compliance cycle times.
Jürgen Müller
Last position:
Global Healthcare IT and Strategy Expert at Deloitte
Executive advisory for healthcare organizations focused on enterprise transformation, healthcare modernization, digital health strategy, AI strategy, enterprise ICT transformation and strategic EHR modernization.
- Advise healthcare organizations in Switzerland, Germany and Belgium on EHR strategy, enterprise transformation, digital health, AI and target operating models.
- Lead EHR platform selection and evaluation as well as RFI/RFP processes; define governance, vendor-assessment and decision methodologies.
- Develop EHR feasibility studies, transformation roadmaps, executive business cases, cost-benefit analyses and value-realization assessments.
- Assess Epic and alternative EHR platforms for strategic fit, operational excellence, AI enablement, interoperability, governance and long-term value.
- Design AI strategy scenarios and governance models and facilitate executive workshops on AI, data governance, operational excellence and future healthcare operating models.
Markus Fankhauser
Last position:
Logistics Expert/Coach at RAPID Technic AG
- Coaching, developing fundamentals and leading technical aspects in logistics transformation
- Extending SAP WM functionalities
- Efficiency measures in shuttle warehouse technology
- Setting up logistics operations reporting
- Comprehensive inventory planning and execution
- Preparing the technical and commercial foundations for cooperation with external logistics service providers
- Recommendations for the future process and organizational structure
Max Rosari
Last position:
ICT Solution Architect Senior at ewb, Energy, Water
- Questioning and discussion of technical requirements and coordination with the team
- Contributing to objectives of the Digital Transformation Services unit and implementation of objectives
- Analyzing, specifying, updating and delivering architecture models to implement digital solutions in line with business, data infrastructure and requirements
- Selecting suitable technical options for application design considering interoperability, reversibility, scalability, usability, accessibility and security and optimizing cost/quality ratio
- Creating and maintaining concept documents, architecture models and other technical documentation
- Reviewing services to be provided and other documents for solution development
- Collaborating with IT enterprise architect, business analyst, project manager, developers, testers and process owner in design and documentation of technical specifications for new and further developments
- Communicating and supporting concepts to relevant stakeholders
- Participating in enterprise architecture activities and ensuring compliance with principles, standards and guidelines
- Monitoring compliance with defined design at application, solution and enterprise level
- Developing and testing existing and new solutions as required
- Supporting and guiding development teams in implementation of new projects or maintenance of existing products, assuming product manager role if required
- Establishing and ensuring best practice in implementation, documentation, testing and packaging for distribution
- Contributing to handling of reported incidents and requests assigned to third level support and follow-up actions as required
Patrick Niederhauser
Last position:
SAP Real Estate Expert at RKW SE
- Compliance with IFRS 16 for all group companies
- Achieve efficiency gains through a centralized and standardized process and save time thanks to a single source of information
- Automatic calculation and posting of IFRS 16 and other relevant journals
- Simulations / planning of positions regarding rent/leasing (vehicles, equipment, real estate, etc.)
- Coordination of service fees, benchmarking, scheduling, etc.
Roland Sailer
Last position:
Independent Strategic Consultant at Uxyde / RS72-Roland Sailer
- CX and UX work as an independent strategic consultant
- Mandates for Sennheiser, Notation Creative, Julius Baer (on behalf of IBM), Avobis, Roche Diagnostics and other companies
Fabian Kostadinov
Last position:
Lecturer at HWZ University of Applied Sciences
- Co-teach in CAS AI Management and CAS AI Innovation programs for future AI managers
- Cover topics including data platforms, AI architecture, technology adoption foundations, and factors influencing enterprise AI initiative success
Yuri Gladkov
Last position:
Senior Security Devops Engineer at Swisscom
- Implementation and maintenance of highly critical IAM solutions for B2B clients (SSO, MFA, SAML/OIDC, Entra ID, PIM/PAM)
- Security administration of Linux systems (CentOS, Red Hat) in Docker and Kubernetes environments
- Migration from Docker Swarm to Kubernetes
- Infrastructure automation with Terraform
- Planning and execution of risk assessments, threat modeling, and compliance reports
- Development and management of B2B applications (Java, REST/SOAP, Angular) and CI/CD pipelines (Python, Ansible, Jenkins, GitLab)
- Leading integration tests and UAT (Cucumber, Selenium, Katalon)
- Implementing monitoring and observability strategies with Grafana, Prometheus, and Splunk
- Integrating SAST tools like Snyk and SonarQube
- Release management and project coordination according to Scrum and SAFe
- Mentoring and technical support of junior team members
Ferran Siles Vila
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at Personal time off / Private projects
- Took on and completed private/organizational projects.
- Continued self-training, e.g., in cloud and reactive architectures.
- Focused deepening of knowledge in areas like Kafka and modern Java 17 enterprise architectures.
Peter Stampfli
Last position:
Capgemini sd&m AG
- Consulting and coaching in the tendering process (RFI/RFP) to capture requirements and evaluation criteria
- Creating a business domain model based on the solution-neutral functional requirements
- Structuring the non-functional and system architecture requirements and defining the approach and structure for capturing requirements and evaluation criteria
Henning Klaßen
Last position:
Stream Lead at Self employed
- Defined the Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) organization including governance, process definition, collaboration model, training, workshops, job descriptions
- Led EAM tool selection (Alfabet, LeanIX, Archi, iteraplan)
- Utilized TOGAF, IAF, Scrum
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Statistics of experts using Enterprise Architecture
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
26 years
Position duration
3.8 years
Positions per freelancer
15
Top business areas
Information Technology, Strategy, Product Development
Top industries
Banking and Finance, Information Technology, Telecommunication
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
92%
Master's degree or higher
92%
Doctorate
17%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
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Average rates of experts in Switzerland using Enterprise Architecture
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The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
What it covers
Enterprise architecture, often called EA, sets the structure for business, application, data, and technology decisions. It helps teams map today’s landscape, define the future state, and agree on the path between them. Strong experts turn broad goals into clear principles and practical roadmaps.
Common work
- Current-state and target-state architecture views
- Application portfolio and capability mapping
- Data, integration, and platform standards
- Roadmaps for transformation and consolidation
- Governance for design reviews and exceptions
Where it fits
Companies bring in freelance specialists when landscapes are messy, many teams need alignment, or a major change is underway. That includes cloud moves, ERP changes, M&A integration, platform rationalization, and security-driven redesign. In Switzerland, they often work with distributed teams across business, IT, and compliance.
Useful methods
Good professionals work with widely used EA methods and artifacts, not theory alone. They may use TOGAF, ArchiMate, capability maps, application inventories, and standards catalogs to make decisions visible. The best ones keep the method light enough to support delivery.
What strong specialists do
- Align strategy, process, and systems without adding noise
- Explain trade-offs in plain language for leaders and teams
- Spot overlap, risk, technical debt, and missing ownership
- Document decisions so programs can move consistently
Why companies hire freelancers
Freelance enterprise architecture experts are useful when internal capacity is tight or a neutral view is needed. They can lead a review, support a program office, or help define the architecture governance model. The right specialist leaves clear decisions, not just diagrams.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about Enterprise Architecture? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
A strong Enterprise Architecture expert connects business goals to the application, data, and technology landscape. They define target states, guide roadmaps, and help teams make consistent decisions across programs. The work is as much about alignment and governance as it is about diagrams.
Bring in Enterprise Architecture support when you face major change, unclear ownership, or too many overlapping systems. It is also useful when leadership needs a neutral view for prioritization, consolidation, or cloud planning. External specialists can move quickly without being tied to local silos.
Enterprise Architecture looks across the whole organization and sets the direction for many domains at once. Solution architecture focuses on one product, system, or initiative and its immediate design choices. In practice, the two work together: EA sets guardrails, and solution architecture fits within them.
Many Enterprise Architecture specialists use TOGAF and ArchiMate, plus capability maps, roadmaps, and portfolio views. Tools vary by company, but the important skill is turning complex information into a clear model that leaders can use. Good experts adapt to the toolchain instead of forcing one way of working.
A good Enterprise Architecture specialist usually brings business analysis, data understanding, integration thinking, and governance skills. Familiarity with cloud platforms, security, and operating models helps them make realistic recommendations. They also need strong facilitation skills to handle conflicting views.
A Enterprise Architecture assignment can be small, such as a review of one domain, or broad, such as a transformation roadmap. The right level of experience depends on scope, stakeholder complexity, and how much decision-making authority the specialist needs. For larger programs, look for someone who has already worked through similar change.
Enterprise Architecture work can often be done remotely because many tasks are analysis, workshops, and documentation. On-site time helps when leadership alignment is sensitive, the landscape is complex, or language and culture matter across Swiss teams. A blended setup is common when a freelancer needs access to many stakeholders.
A strong Enterprise Architecture expert produces clear decisions, not vague slides. Look for evidence of practical roadmaps, stakeholder alignment, and the ability to handle trade-offs between speed, risk, and standards. Ask how they keep architecture useful for delivery teams, not just for governance.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Enterprise Architecture in their recent projects is 145 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,162 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used Enterprise Architecture in their recent projects, 92% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 92% hold at least a Master's degree, and 17% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used Enterprise Architecture in their recent projects have 26 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Enterprise Architecture in their recent projects are English (100%), German (92%), and French (69%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Enterprise Architecture in their recent projects are Banking and Finance (69%), Information Technology (69%), and Telecommunication (69%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Enterprise Architecture in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Strategy (77%), and Product Development (69%).
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