Wiesenstrasse 10a
8952 Schlieren (Zurich)
Switzerland
phone +41 44 733 6611
fax +41 44 733 6612
zuerich@zuehlke.com
Wiesenstrasse 10a
8952 Schlieren (Zurich)
Switzerland
phone +41 44 733 6611
fax +41 44 733 6612
zuerich@zuehlke.com
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The Zühlke Ventures management team comprises three long-standing Zühlke Group partners. Over a number of years in their various capacities, they have put together and managed top-class teams, implemented innovative projects (often with start-ups), built up customer networks, defined marketing strategies and shaped the strategic approach not only of business units, but of the Zühlke Group as a whole.
Patrick Griss
Executive Partner
Dr. Patrick Griss is a co-founder of Zühlke Ventures AG and has worked for Zühlke since 2006. Before he moved to Zühlke Ventures in 2010, he was Business Unit Manager in the Product Engineering Department. He has been a partner in the Zühlke Group since 2009. From 2002 to 2006 he managed a development department at Roche Diagnostics.
Dr. Griss studied Microtechnology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Lausanne, and earned a Ph.D. at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.
Walter Hürsch
Executive Partner
Dr. Walter Hürsch is a co-founder of Zühlke Ventures AG and a member of the group management team. He has worked for the Zühlke Group since 1995. In 2000, he was actively involved in the Zühlke management buyout, subsequently becoming President of the Board of Directors until 2007. He was then Manager of the Software Engineering Department until 2010.
Dr. Hirsch studied Physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, and earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science at Northeastern University, Boston. He also completed a course in Mastering Technology Enterprises at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne.
Martin Rutishauser
Executive Partner
Dr. Martin Rutishauser is a co-founder of Zühlke Ventures AG and has worked for Zühlke since 1998. Before he moved to Zühlke Ventures in 2010, he held various management positions in the Software Engineering Department. Since the Zühlke management buyout in 2000, he has been a partner in the Zühlke Group and a member of the group management team.
Dr. Rutishauser studied Electrical Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, where he earned his Doctorate. Furthermore, he has an Executive MBA from the International Institute of Management Development (IMD), Lausanne.