Internet of Things 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.
Michael Neumüller
Last position:
Hardware Development Engineer at Thales
- Architected and implemented a bidirectional USB-C 3.0 Power Delivery (PD/DRP) system for 24V battery charging, successfully minimizing software integration risks through targeted feasibility studies.
- Integrated CAN, USB 3.0, Gigabit-Ethernet, and Audio-Codec interfaces in Altium Designer, successfully delivering the complete system schematic ready for board redesign.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Rescued a failing (military) legacy project by reverse engineering undocumented hardware, successfully resolving critical design flaws and consolidating the Altium project.
Wolf Preuster-Drews
Last position:
Interim Head of IT POS (GK & SAP) at Depot GDC
- Interim head of IT POS on GK and SAP basis for DEPOT GDC.
- Responsible for the stability and further development of the POS base platform.
- Managing adjustments and rollouts in the POS environment in coordination with the SAP backend.
Milan Simonović
Last position:
Cloud Architect & DevOps at Avaloq
- Main cloud solution architect on a banking SaaS offering hosted in Azure.
- Fully automated the Azure infrastructure in Terraform.
- Reduced cloud costs by 50%.
- Responded to incidents, found root-causes and closed with post-mortems.
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.
Michael Rödle
Last position:
Project Manager, Hustler, & Hound "Project Metrics on the Internet" at Global-KPI
- Project management, hustler (identifying the full financial picture including sales, pitching, financial analysis, & business models) and hound (identifying real customer needs including research & analysis) to build a project metrics system on the Internet.
- The system allows users to make informed decisions to keep projects on track according to key data or to realign them when they deviate negatively from the plan.
- Providing a forecast alongside the current status.
- Automatic calculation and display of metrics based on user-entered project key data.
- Skills: project management, project metrics.
- Problem space: Co-Innovation Builder (CIB), corporate innovation team setup, team profile / team canvas, design thinking, highlighting people, creating customer personas, market exploration, defining the problem.
- Solution space: narrowing the problem, how to turn ideas into solutions, how to turn solutions into a concept, customer journey, business model canvas, value proposition canvas, prototyping, refining the prototype and business model canvas, final pitch.
Venkata Renduchintala
Last position:
Continuous Learning at Personal Time Off
- ZHAW CAS Secure Software Design and Development
- German C1 and Goethe Certificate C1
- ETH CAS Cloud and Mobile Computing at ETH Zurich
- Linux Foundation Linux System Administration LFS307
- Linux Foundation Kubernetes Fundamentals LFS258
- Linux Foundation Kubernetes for Application Developers LFD459
- Linux Foundation Kubernetes Security Fundamentals LFS460
Rainer Tolksdorf
Last position:
Managing Director at Tolksdorf.digital GmbH
- Independent consulting for digital transformation, quick checks and business case development
- Delivered systems and digital engineering, Industrie 4.0, workflow & AI agents
- Implemented digital sales and service solutions, KMU open source introduction, data migration, hosting and maintenance of customer IT systems
- Applied methods: Lean Innovation, ISO 9001:2015, Scrum; managed teams of 2–80 people and project volumes up to 22 Mi0 USD
Christian Bucholdt
Last position:
Principal Business Acceleration & Advisory at Xebia
- Building productivity solutions for backoffice functions including case management and automated workflows in insurance
- Integration of GenAI functionality in operational processes for efficiency based on measurable KPIs
- Successfully delivering integration and data projects with agile methodology in requirements engineering, cloud native development and computing, software development, data analytics, quality management and technical documentation
- Coaching and advising clients for adoption of technologies such as use case identification, organizational impact assessment and building a business case for investments
- Advising clients on cost optimization through IT carve out and outsourcing of software product engineering
- Technologies: Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, GitHub Co-Pilot, Agile/SAFe
Rebekka Zorn
Last position:
UX Design Lecturer at cimdata Bildungsakademie GmbH
- Teach UX principles and methods
- Guide students in conducting user research and creating user-centered designs
- Provide hands-on exercises and real-world projects to build student portfolios
- Stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices
- Course length: 4 weeks, class size: 12-20 students
Marcel Koenig
Last position:
Co-Founder & Owner, Principal Consultant at Ancoma Professional Group GmbH
- Commercialization of professional experience and formation of a consulting services offering for infrastructure, engineering, digitalisation, M&A and supply chain.
- Implementation of an expert network in the field of IT optimisation, IT financial management, benchmarking, rollout management and service validation & testing.
- Execution of project management and interim management mandates in the field of IT & telecommunications for decentralized or international organizations from the IT, industrial, pharmaceutical, finance, utilities, and public sectors.
- Transition manager for cloud access, LAN services and SD WAN rollout in AsiaPac for Siemens (2023 to date).
- Topic lead for Digital Backbone transition for Siemens (2023 to date).
- Project manager for R&D Lab IT move and next generation digital lab workplace rollout in pRED center Basel for Roche Pharma (2023 to 2024, 2025).
- TSA workstream responsible for IT infrastructure M&A carve out and contract separation for Novartis / Sandoz (2023 to 2025).
- Interim lead architect for network and datacentre redesign and transition project for an utility company at Bechtle (2023).
- Project manager for IT infrastructure build out of new engineering facility at ABB (2022 to 2024).
- Consultant process engineering, go to market for IoT services and security incident event monitoring and interim service owner for shopfloor networks and cyber security at Bystronic Group (2021 to date).
- Contract management consultant for software ADM optimization, cloud services and global WAN transformation at Novartis (2020 to 2022).
- Consultant for multi-utility, business development and smart grid services and implementation of a contract management system at EBL (2014 to 2024).
- Rollout manager for SD WAN at SAG Derendinger (2021).
- Interim & project management in global IT category, global SD WAN rollout (600 sites) and network integration (Baxter/Shire), DHC, DNS, server and WiFi consolidation at Takeda Pharma (2015 to 2022).
- Project manager for global SDWAN multi-vendor MSA technical negotiations and consultant for global network transformation and benchmark process (800 sites) at Unilever (2014 to 2021).
- Advisory board member and speaker in SDWAN conference “WAN Summit” at Telegeography (2018 to date).
- Project manager for IT organizational change and white-collar productivity programme, product & material master data governance implementation, M&A PMO for Power Grids spin-off to joint-venture Hitachi-ABB at ABB (2017 to 2020).
- Consultant for multi-domain IT benchmark and RFP preparation for global network and carrier services at Deutsche Bank (2018 to 2020).
- Project manager for rollout management and process design engineering of a global web proxy solution (Zscaler) at Munich Re (2018 to 2020).
- Consultant for development of architecture for cloud access and WAN optimization at Implenia (2018 to 2019).
- Consultant for global business strategy alignment at Swisscom (2019).
- Project manager for global migration from TDM and Cisco IPT to Skype for Business and for datacentre backup to a public cloud at Richemont (2017 to 2019).
- Consultant for telecommunications benchmark at AXA Insurance (2018).
- Interim CEO and workforce management in business engineering, software integration and service validation & testing at BIM (2014 to 2015).
Rami Linkomo
Last position:
Board and Business Advisor, part-time at CloudMotiv
Advising the founders on commercial GenAI-empowered enterprise solutions including strategy, positioning, product architecture, implementation and organizational scaling to meet global client needs.
Supported the creation of the IoT commercial drone business vertical, delivering on six continents.
Supported the exit from the India only predictive machine maintenance software joint venture.
Supported the long-game entry into the proprietary AI embedded software solutions area, now at MVP and client PoC stages in Financial Research (footnote.ai) and EPM & ERP (cloudbooks.ai) in Asia.
Cora Schwetter
Last position:
Freelance Consultant at Adaptive SC / Consultancy Schwetter
- People management consulting on strategic business transformation projects, innovation, process design, digitalisation and optimisation
Karl Estermann
Last position:
incl. CI/CD, automation at AALS Software AG
- Designed and delivered a practical real-time course on Flink and Hadoop with MapReduce, HDFS, Spark, Flink, Hive, HBase, MongoDB, Cassandra, and Kafka
- Gained extensive DevOps and CI/CD experience
- Created ETL/ELT pipelines with Apache tools and Pentaho
- Led projects in municipal software, financial services, and big data with Kafka
- Developed AI/NLP models and chatbots with RASA, Chatter, and Dialogflow
- Built and managed a TypeDB knowledge database
- Worked with OpenStack, Kubernetes, and Podman
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Statistics of experts using Internet of Things
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years
Position duration
2.9 years
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
100%
Master's degree or higher
75%
Doctorate
8%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Switzerland using Internet of Things
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
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 IoT Covers
Internet of Things, or IoT, connects physical devices to software so they can send data, receive commands, and trigger actions. It is used for smart products, industrial monitoring, building automation, logistics tracking, and other connected systems. Strong specialists think about devices, networks, data, and security together.
Common Stacks
- Device firmware, sensors, and gateways
- MQTT, HTTP, and device messaging flows
- Cloud ingestion, rules, and dashboards
- Edge processing and local failover
- Identity, access, and device security
Where It Fits
Companies bring in freelance IoT expertise when a product needs connected hardware, an existing system needs a better data path, or a pilot must move into a stable rollout. In Switzerland, that often means work around manufacturing, energy, transport, facilities, and medical or lab environments where reliability matters. Remote work fits design and integration well; on-site time helps with device testing and field validation.
What Strong Specialists Do
A strong IoT professional can move between embedded constraints and backend architecture without losing sight of the full system. They should understand device provisioning, message reliability, telemetry models, OTA updates, and how to keep data useful after it arrives. They also know when a simple setup is safer than a complex one.
Deliverables
Typical deliverables include device onboarding flows, data pipelines, alerting logic, API integrations, and observability for fleets of devices. Specialists may also harden firmware, tune edge behaviour, or shape dashboards for operations teams. For Industrial Internet of Things work, they often connect shop-floor systems with cloud services and reporting tools.
Choosing the Right Expert
Look for clear experience with the same device class, cloud services, and operational risks your project has. Ask how the expert handles intermittent connectivity, field updates, security review, and long-term maintainability. For Swiss teams, language and collaboration style matter too, especially when workshops mix local staff, suppliers, and remote specialists.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about Internet of Things? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
A strong Internet of Things specialist helps build connected systems where devices exchange data with software and respond to rules or commands. That can include sensors, gateways, cloud ingestion, alerting, dashboards, and remote updates. The exact shape depends on whether the project is consumer, industrial, or building-focused.
IoT is the broad term for connected devices and systems. Industrial Internet of Things, often called IIoT, is the subset used in factories, plants, utilities, and other operational settings. IIoT usually puts more weight on uptime, safety, integration with existing machinery, and long equipment lifecycles.
A good Internet of Things expert often needs embedded knowledge, cloud integration skills, and an eye for security. MQTT, REST APIs, device identity, telemetry design, and edge processing are common parts of the job. For some projects, knowledge of firmware, data platforms, or industrial protocols is also important.
A small pilot can sometimes move with a focused IoT specialist who has shipped similar device flows before. A production system needs broader judgment across hardware, networking, backend services, and support processes. The more devices, sites, or security constraints you have, the more valuable deep experience becomes.
IoT work adds the physical layer, so the system has to handle device limits, patching, connectivity gaps, and real-world failure modes. A web or mobile project can often assume a stable client, but connected devices cannot. That changes the design, testing, and rollout plan from the start.
Yes, much of IoT work can be done remotely, especially architecture, cloud setup, data flow design, and code review. On-site time is still useful for device bring-up, lab testing, and field checks. Swiss companies often blend both, depending on the hardware and the phase of the project.
Look for someone who can explain the full path from device to data to action without hand-waving. A strong Internet of Things professional should describe how they handle provisioning, retries, monitoring, updates, and security. Good signs are clear trade-offs, realistic testing plans, and experience with systems similar to yours.
A good IoT assignment needs clarity on hardware, connectivity, cloud stack, security rules, and who owns device operations after launch. Freelancers should also ask how field testing will happen and who can access the devices. In Switzerland, it helps to know whether the work is mainly remote or includes on-site collaboration with local teams.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Internet of Things in their recent projects is 121 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 967 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used Internet of Things in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 75% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used Internet of Things in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.9 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Internet of Things in their recent projects are English (100%), German (93%), and French (36%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Internet of Things in their recent projects are Information Technology (86%), Banking and Finance (64%), and Manufacturing (64%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Internet of Things in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Project Management (93%), and Product Development (86%).
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