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Rui A.

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PMP-certified Technology & Transformation Leader

Zug
Rui A.

Last position:

Business IT Project & Program Manager, Salesforce CRM, Retail market at MET Holding AG

  • Defined and launched a major European digital transformation program, leading a six-bidder RFP, overseeing solution blueprint development and co-developing the business case, roadmap and multimillion budget. Secured board approval within five months.
  • Built and led a multidisciplinary delivery organization of nearly 50 people at peak, spanning internal teams and three external partners. Defined responsibilities, allocated resources, set priorities and oversaw vendor performance, coordinating 200+ stakeholders.
  • Led the two-year delivery of a common Salesforce CRM and digital sales portals across four EU subsidiaries, integrating local systems through MuleSoft Anypoint. Connected to Databricks for reporting, and embedded Databricks-based pricing and credit checks into the sales processes. Applied an Agile, business-first approach to evolving business needs, achieving adoption in France, Italy and Spain and business-validated technical go-live in Germany, within budget.
  • Established a sustainable post-program ownership and support model: appointed a Business Analyst as Product Owner and coached him over two years to take full ownership of the solution and the digitalization strategy. Built the functional delivery team, brought one of its Functional Analysts in-house as the business-side Application Manager to oversee functional management and future enhancements, and recruited two Salesforce Admins into Group IT for country-level user support and day-to-day technical operations.
  • Enabled further group-wide expansion through a reusable, scalable platform, securing board approval for a rollout to Czechia & Poland. Initiated both rollouts before completing the assignment.
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Banashankari N.

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Senior IT Project & Program Manager

Zürich
Banashankari N.

Last position:

Senior IT Project Manager, Data and Integration Platform at MCH Group, Group IT

Led implementation of an Azure cloud-based, event-driven enterprise integration platform connecting Salesforce, Momentus(event) and ERP applications. Reduced overall costs by 60%, lowered operational errors to under 1%, and delivered on time.

  • Led the full project lifecycle from initiation to delivery using agile and hybrid methods - platform vision, feasibility, technical blueprint, architecture, implementation, integration, testing, rollout and business adoption.
  • Built the engineering team from the ground up, leading teams across Switzerland, Bulgaria and India using Scrum and Kanban; established Jira, Confluence, Asana and SharePoint for delivery and reporting.
  • Established and managed frequent steering meetings, reporting that gave stakeholders transparency and drove key decision-making.
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Charles S.

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Data & Analytics Product Manager | AI-Augmented Data Products | Executive BI Delivery | Financial Services

Zürich
Charles S.

Last position:

Data Delivery Lead at Westpac

  • Owned and managed the product roadmap and backlog for the Consumer Banker reporting framework, prioritising features and driving iterative delivery of banker scorecards and network performance reporting in an agile environment.
  • Developed and iterated portfolio financial reporting on a weekly cadence based on stakeholder feedback, replacing manual PowerPoint packs and saving the program hours of effort weekly.
  • Integrated Generative AI (MS Copilot) to automate data lineage documentation across a large legacy codebase, eliminating est. 6 months of analyst effort and accelerating data governance outcomes.
  • Led a unified data delivery approach and standards across five UNITE initiatives (~CHF 115m portfolio) supporting consolidation of legacy systems into the Digital Banker platform.
  • Led cross-functional delivery team of 3 while also drawing on BA and DA talent pools, coordinating analytical resource across workstreams to accelerate data, reporting & governance outcomes.
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Constantinos S.

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ERP Solution Architect | IT Programme Director | AI Enablement

Geneva
Constantinos S.

Last position:

Managing Director at PrimeLogic Advisory Sàrl

  • Partnering with organisations to manage complex IT programmes, architect and implement ERP solutions, and embed AI where it drives measurable performance gains.
  • ERP solution architecture and hands-on delivery across the full lifecycle (Oracle Cloud, Infor LN, Cegid, iValua)
  • Programme and delivery leadership in both Waterfall and Agile environments (SAFe / Scrum / Kanban) - governance, stakeholder management, and execution at scale
  • Comprehensive assessment of business processes, organizational maturity, and technology landscape to ensure successful ERP adoption and digital transformation initiatives
  • Current mandate: Oracle Cloud SCM implementation for a Big Four consultancy
  • Geneva-based; operating across Switzerland and the EU
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Hanspeter J.

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Lead Consultant Salesforce DACH

Zug
Hanspeter J.

Last position:

Lead Consultant Salesforce DACH at DXC Technology

  • Recording, validating and coordinating customer requirements
  • Analyzing commercial processes at customers, as well as designing and implementing solution designs in Salesforce
  • Designing and developing Salesforce architectures based on Sales and Service Cloud
  • Maintaining and expanding own competence in order to know the new functions of Salesforce
  • Taking an active role in the pre-sales phase and working closely with the sales and pre-sales teams
  • Building and consolidating maturity within the team in new topics
  • Actively helping to define and align own role within the DXC Best Practice
  • MC Growth implementation
  • AI Agentforce Agents Builder
  • Agent Designer with elements.cloud
  • Salesforce ORG assessments
  • Process configuration mining
  • Single point of contact for SFDC contacts global
  • Project coordination with the EMEA and global head
  • Proposal presales work with Salesforce AE and client partners for global accounts
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Bojan A.

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Full Stack Developer with Angular

Opfikon
Bojan A.

Last position:

Full Stack Developer with Angular at Further Education

  • Highest level achieved: Certified Mid-Level Angular Developer
  • 13 technologies newly learned or refreshed with (re-)certifications
  • Current: Docker, Azure, Quarkus
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Christian Z.

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Software-Architect / Engineer

Sursee
Christian Z.

Last position:

Software-Architect / Engineer at applyo gmbh

  • Scalable platform for children and parents to discover future skills and technologies in a way that suits them
  • React web frontend with microservice architecture in the backend (.Net Core, Azure Storage, Azure Entra ID, REST API)
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Reinhold S.

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Senior Software Developer

Risch-Rotkreuz
Reinhold S.

Last position:

Senior Software Developer at Hitachi Energy

  • Support and further development of the Leegoo Builder
  • Handling ad hoc requests
  • Definition of rules/attributes and their rules
  • Optimizing and managing SQL queries
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Thorsten O.

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Program / Project / IT Controller (ICT Controller)

Morschach
Thorsten O.

Last position:

Program / Project / IT Controller (ICT Controller) at Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport

  • Project Management Office: analysis and setup, master plan, standardized project planning (generic work breakdown structure according to HERMES), earned value management, milestone trend analysis.

  • Finance management at portfolio, program and project level.

  • Resource management and single point of contact for resource procurement (human resources / operating costs / investments).

  • Process management.

  • Implementation of a program management tool for unified program and project management.

  • Program controlling: finance management, earned value management, milestone trend analysis, consolidation of project budgets, actual costs and forecasts at the program level.

  • Variance analyses at program level.

  • Transition from total cost view to commitment credit view (federal administration terminology).

  • Calculation of available reserves (rolling), forecasts and scenarios.

  • Monthly, quarterly, half-year and annual reports, preparation of annual planning at program level, special analyses / ad-hoc reports.

  • Project controlling: support for project managers in project planning, earned value management, milestone trend analysis.

  • Review of projects for budget compliance, adherence to phases and schedules, deliverables, resource planning and deployment.

  • Variance analyses at project level, special analyses / ad-hoc reports.

  • Resource management: resource planning based on program and project plans, review of timesheets.

  • Supply chain (until April 2022): single point of contact for resource procurement (human resources / operating costs / investments).

  • Change management: involvement in change management for cost-relevant changes (change requests), tracking of service contract price for contract-related changes, participation in change control boards / decision boards at management level.

  • Establishment of controlling structures in a new Swiss federal agency (becoming a federal office as of January 1, 2024) since April 2022.

  • Credit monitoring with validation of actual costs and commitment values.

  • Resource management: cross-project resource planning (HRP).

  • Earned value analysis and milestone trend analysis for key ICT projects of the federal government.

  • Participation in the introduction of the JIRA Tempo module.

  • Tools & methods: HERMES 5.1 / Agile HERMES, Sciforma 7, JIRA, Confluence, Tempo, Signavio, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office Prof., Excel-VBA.

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Dariusz K.

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Business System Analyst

Zürich
Dariusz K.

Last position:

Business System Analyst at Zurich Insurance

  • Participating in a strategic enterprise project to introduce a centralized customer data platform ("Single Source of Truth") to eliminate redundant data storage and accelerate digital services

  • Analyzing and documenting business and system requirements for migrating large, heterogeneous data sets (ETL) and for continuous data synchronization between core systems and the new platform

  • Close collaboration with business units, data engineers and architects to gather and validate requirements, and to ensure data quality, consistency and regulatory compliance

  • Defining the migration strategy, specifying ETL processes and synchronization mechanisms, and documenting technical interfaces

  • Developing and executing test cases for migration and synchronization processes, and performing defect analysis to ensure data integrity and system stability

  • Technologies: SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure DevOps, Confluence, UML, RESTful Services, Swagger, Postman

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Michael T.

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Senior Consultant, Developer, Business Analyst

Lignières
Michael T.

Last position:

Senior Consultant, Developer, Business Analyst at Swiss Army, Federal Office for Informatics

  • Maintained PeopleSoft HCM 9.2/Tools 9.59.08 for batch and interface programs
  • Used Application Designer, Application Engine/Packages, PeopleCode
  • Developed BI/Excel reporting and proof of concept
  • Performed business analysis, SQL reports and documentation
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Matthias I.

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Fractional CTO (Principal Engineer / Technical Architect)

Zürich
Matthias I.

Last position:

Fractional CTO (Principal Engineer / Technical Architect)

  • Designed large-scale systems and APIs serving thousands of concurrent users.
  • Refactored a 650k-LOC monolith and led full AWS migration for stable performance.
  • Introduced SLO-based observability, improving reliability and recovery flow.
  • Optimised cloud and databases, achieving significant cost and latency reduction.
  • Delivered LLM, RAG, and document-automation pipelines adopted in production.
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Reto B.

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Managing Director

Brittnau
Reto B.

Last position:

Managing Director at Atsoft GmbH

  • Consulting in ICT, business processes, system architecture, web integration, client-server computing, cross-platform development, responsive web design, social media integration, GUI
  • Custom and specialized solutions
  • Applications for small and medium-sized enterprises
  • Web services, web applications, portals, application extensions (add-ins, plug-ins)
  • Database design, interface solutions
  • Outsourcing in various industries
  • Solutions for other software houses
  • Project management and project support (software engineering, coding)
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Csaba K.

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ServiceNow Consultant

Zumikon
Csaba K.

Last position:

ServiceNow Consultant at DXC

  • Worked in mixed teams with several clients
  • Performed requirement engineering, proposal and time estimation
  • Developed ACLs, business rules, flows, workflows, catalog items, various scripts, UI actions, policies, scoped applications
  • Customized mobile apps: Now Agent and Now Mobile
  • Implemented integrations using the Integration Hub
  • Coordinated continuously with clients during development
  • Performed testing and helped clients with testing
  • Deployed to production and applied main version upgrades and patches
  • Managed CMDB, domain separation and asset management
  • Integrated between instances at different clients
  • Developed GlideScript: business rules, scripted REST endpoints, extension points, fix scripts, background scripts

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Statistics of experts using ETL

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

25 years

ETL experts in Switzerland have 25 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

2.6 years

ETL experts in Switzerland stay in a single position for 2.6 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

14

ETL experts in Switzerland have completed 14 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Business Intelligence, Project Management

ETL experts in Switzerland have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Business Intelligence, and Project Management.

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing

ETL experts in Switzerland are most in demand in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Manufacturing.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

ETL experts in Switzerland earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.

Bachelor's degree or higher

90%

90% of ETL experts in Switzerland hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

70%

70% of ETL experts in Switzerland hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

5%

5% of ETL experts in Switzerland have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

6

ETL experts in Switzerland hold 6 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

English, German, French

ETL experts in Switzerland most often speak English, German, and French.

Speak two or more languages

100%

100% of ETL experts in Switzerland speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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8% of ETL experts in Switzerland charge less than €640 per day.
8% of ETL experts in Switzerland charge between €640 and €800 per day.
27% of ETL experts in Switzerland charge between €800 and €960 per day.
19% of ETL experts in Switzerland charge between €960 and €1120 per day.
12% of ETL experts in Switzerland charge between €1120 and €1280 per day.
15% of ETL experts in Switzerland charge between €1280 and €1440 per day.
12% of ETL experts in Switzerland charge €1440 or more per day.
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The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Switzerland are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.

Average rates of experts in Switzerland using ETL

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 1016 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 1000 €

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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

ETL experts industry focus

See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.

  • Information Technology (86%)
  • Banking and Finance (82%)
  • Manufacturing (61%)
  • Professional Services (54%)
  • Government and Administration (46%)
  • Healthcare (43%)
  • Insurance (39%)
  • Telecommunication (36%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

Core principles of extract, transform, load

ETL forms the foundation of enterprise data integration. It extracts raw data from operational systems, cleanses and reshapes it to fit strict domain models, and loads it into downstream analytical storage. Well-designed pipelines ensure auditability, transactional consistency, and predictable processing windows.

Modern pipeline architecture and orchestration

Organizations rely on diverse architectures spanning traditional batch processing to modern ELT and stream ingestion. Tooling varies widely across ecosystems:

  • Orchestration platforms like Apache Airflow, Dagster, and Prefect
  • Cloud integration suites including AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, and Google Cloud Dataform
  • Transformation engines such as dbt, Apache Spark, and SQL mesh
  • Enterprise tools like Informatica PowerCenter and Talend

Typical data initiatives across Swiss industries

In Switzerland, robust data pipelines are critical for financial services, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing. These sectors operate under strict data handling regulations and demanding performance SLAs. Freelance specialists build pipelines that unify core banking records, harmonize clinical trial data, and aggregate telemetry from industrial hardware.

When enterprises bring in outside specialists

Companies bring in dedicated professionals during system modernizations, cloud migrations, or warehouse restructuring. Warning signs include broken transformation jobs, runaway pipeline latency, and manual workarounds for missing records. External specialists resolve these issues by refactoring data lineage, implementing idempotent loading, and establishing automated regression tests.

Technical criteria for senior practitioners

Top specialists combine deep SQL mastery with strong Python or Scala programming skills. They understand data modeling methodologies like dimensional modeling, Data Vault, and third normal form. Beyond writing transformations, they excel at query optimization, schema migration management, and building observability into distributed pipeline runs.

Data governance and local collaboration

Data projects in Switzerland often require strict isolation, multi-tenant compliance, and precise governance policies. Experienced professionals design workflows that uphold access controls, support automated cataloging, and meet local hosting requirements. They adapt smoothly to hybrid setups, combining remote execution with on-site planning sessions.

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Frequently asked questions

Key details about ETL, drawn from the questions we get asked most.

A seasoned ETL professional demonstrates deep expertise in relational database tuning, advanced SQL, and pipeline orchestration frameworks like Apache Airflow. They design resilient pipelines that handle schema drift, late-arriving records, and transient network errors gracefully. Beyond writing transform logic, they emphasize rigorous automated testing and data lineage tracking.

Classic extract, transform, load processes transform data on a dedicated server before writing it to a target system. Modern ELT shifts transformations into cloud data warehouses using tools like dbt and Snowflake. Senior specialists choose the right pattern based on source formats, hardware constraints, and compliance requirements.

Most data integration environments rely on tools such as Apache Airflow, Prefect, or Dagster for scheduling and task execution. Transformation tasks often leverage dbt, Apache Spark, or managed services like AWS Glue and Azure Data Factory. Enterprise stacks frequently also maintain systems built with Informatica or Talend.

Organizations in Switzerland, especially within banking, healthcare, and insurance, operate under strict data residency and compliance rules. Strong ETL specialists design architectures that maintain rigorous audit trails, automate pseudonymization, and cleanly separate development from production environments without leaking sensitive records.

Most ETL pipeline architecture, query tuning, and code development works efficiently in remote setups. However, complex projects benefit from occasional on-site alignment meetings in Switzerland for architecture sign-offs, security audits, and domain mapping sessions with business stakeholders. High fluency in English along with local languages like German or French is common.

Effective data pipelines incorporate automated data quality checks directly into the ingestion run. Professionals use tools like Great Expectations or Soda to validate row counts, null constraints, and value distributions before loading into production tables. This proactive validation prevents corrupted metrics from reaching analytical dashboards.

A qualified ETL practitioner can begin optimizing queries, standardizing schedules, and building unit tests within days. Navigating complex business logic or enterprise data dictionaries takes longer, which is why senior specialists actively pair with internal domain experts to clarify business rules before refactoring critical pipelines.

Teams transition from scheduled batch ETL to streaming pipelines using Kafka or Apache Flink when downstream consumers require sub-minute latency for actions like fraud detection. For standard management reporting, financial closing, and inventory forecasting, well-structured batch jobs remain simpler, cheaper, and far easier to maintain.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used ETL in their recent projects is 127 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,016 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used ETL in their recent projects, 90% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 70% hold at least a Master's degree, and 5% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used ETL in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.6 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used ETL in their recent projects are English (100%), German (86%), and French (43%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used ETL in their recent projects are Information Technology (86%), Banking and Finance (82%), and Manufacturing (61%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used ETL in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Business Intelligence (82%), and Project Management (82%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used ETL

Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

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