Urs Tanner, CEO

Urs is one of the founders and the CEO of Assentis Technologies AG. Prior to his current position, Urs was the CEO of an e-Business service company in Central Europe. In addition he served as chairman of the board for the Central European distributors of Excelon Corp. (today Sonic Software), Datajunction (today Pervasive) and Kintana Inc. (today Hewlett Packard). Urs holds a federal diploma in economics and computer sciences.

Martin Krähenbühl, CFO

Apart from Martin`s responsibilities for finance, he also heads legal and human resources. Prior to Assentis, Martin served in finance and management positions of financial services ( Swiss Re, Julius Bär ) and industrial companies ( SES Astra, Böhringer Mannheim ). He holds a masters from Bern University, with an emphasis on economics and law.

Christian Kriebel (Ph.D.), CTO

Bringing over 15 years of experience in information technology and management industry, Christian is the Chief Technology Officer of Assentis Technologies. Prior to his current position, he was a principal IT consultant in different industries, such as transport, private banking, healthcare and insurance. Christian is the chief technical architect of all Assentis products and manages the Assentis software development team. He holds a Ph.D from the university of Halle in Germany.

Christian Müller, VP Professional Services

Christian’s main responsibilities lie in the management of our IT Consulting, Training and Support Services.  Before joining Assentis Technologies, he spent over 5 years with Capgemini Consulting’s Business & Information Strategy Unit in the UK, where he focused on CIO Consulting and IT Programme Management activities. He started his career developing and consulting on solutions based on mobile and wireless technologies, first at a niche consultancy called AU-System and later through his own company. Christian holds a MSc in Information Technology  from University College London.

Ralph Walter, VP Product Management

As the VP Product Management of Assentis Technologies, Ralph is responsible for product management. Before joining Assentis Technologies, he was the CTO of an international B2B startup in the reinsurance industry sector. Ralph looks back to a long career with Accenture as a manager in IT consulting and integration with a focus on financial services industry companies. He started his professional career 15 years ago as a free-lance programmer. Ralph holds a masters degree in computer science and economics from the University of Berne.