Mobility’s board of directors and executive board

Education

Master of Advances Studies in Coaching, FHNW
Marketing Management fed. dipl.

Current mandates

Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors Mahler & Co. AG - mahlerundco.ch
Chairman of the Board of Directors Freitag lab AG - freitag.ch
Member of the Board of Directors Competec Group - brack.ch
Member of the Board of Directors Bank Leerau- bankleerau.ch
Member of the Board of Directors and Co-Founder Preventica AG - preventica.ch
Shareholder KLAPP GmbH -  klapp.pro

Career

2012 – 2018
CEO BRACK.CH SA

2015 – 2018
CEO Alltron SA

2009 – 2012
Head of Corporate Development Competec Holding AG

2003 – 2007
CEO Eichberg Bio SA

2001 – 2003
Founder and CEO Bio Plus AG

1994 – 2000
Head of Marketing and Sales Eichberg AG

1988 – 1994
Real Estate Management Realit Treuhand

Education

University of St. Gallen, Master of Economics (lic. oec. HSG)

Current mandates
Chairman of the Board of Directors iNovitas AG
Member of the Board of Directors of Fenix Outdoor International AG
Member of the Board of Directors, Mobiliar Insurance Career

In his main occupation as a professional board of directors member, Rolf Schmid serves on other boards of directors in addition to the above mandates.

Career

Since 2017
Managing Director and owner, RS Mandate AG (Board-, Advisory- &Management Mandates)

1996 - 2016
CEO Mammut Sports Group and member of the Group Executive Board conzetta AG

1991 - 1995
Managing Director and Delegate of the Board of Directors, Corona Holidays

1989 - 1990
Deputy Director, CFC Management Consulting AG. Oversight of miscellaneous mandates, including restructuring a Swiss tour operator

1987 - 1989
Regional Marketing and Sales Manager, Tissot, Biel/Bienne. Responsibility for the German, Austrian, Spanish and Portuguese markets. Latterly MD of Tissot Spain and based in Madrid.

Education

PhD Candidate, thesis in progress on the urban impact of short- to middle-range elevated transportation infrastructure. Analysis of networked skybridges, urban aerial lifts and people movers in dense urban spaces in Asia and Latin America. Supervised by University of St.Gallen (Institute for Systemic Management and Public Governance), Co-Supervision by ETH Zurich (Urban Think-Tank Chair).

PhD studies in strategic management, University of St.Gallen

Physicist, MSc, ETH Zurich, specialization in particle physics, secondary subject: design and operations of public transportation systems 

Pianist, Certificate of Studies in Music, Federation of Geneva Schools of Music, class of François Creux

Key Current Mandates

Member, Standing Committees for Urban Rail Transit Systems (AP065) and Paratransit (AP060), Transportation Research Board of the U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, Washington, D.C. (USA)

Co-Chair, Strategic Advisory Board on Research, Technology and Innovation, Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

Vice Chair, Trolleybus Committee, International Association of Public Transport UITP, Brussels (B)

Member, Shared Mobility Committee, International Association of Public Transport UITP, Brussels (B)

Member, Working Group on Societal Implications of Autonomous Vehicles, French Ministries for Transport and for Ecological and Integrative Transition, Paris (F)

Member of the Board of Directors, Crearene AG, Frauenfeld TG (CH)

Career

since 2011

Consulting and Government Advisory with focus on mobilities and spatial development:

• Management and strategic development of integrated, multi-modal transit systems
• Regulation and policy guidelines for digitally enabled mobility business models
• Integration of new mobility modes with mass transit: shared, on-demand, elevated/cable and informal transport
• Data-driven last-mile connectivity integrating passenger and cargo logistics, walkability and accessibility
• Urban design and land use requirements for an autonomous vehicle age based on holistic socioeconomic analysis
• use of data in autonomous driving
• Urban Bus Electrification Benchmarking

Recent project leads including clients Swiss Federal Office for Roads ASTRA (Switzerland), United Nations Development Program UNDP (Cambodia), Ministry for Mobility and Public Works MMTP (Luxembourg), CetraRuddy Architecture (New York City, USA), NJ Transit Corp. (New Jersey, USA), Real Estate Developers (Germany)

Member of the working groups establishing the norm DIN SPEC 91340 on new smart urban mobility and SAE J3163 on digital and connected mobility

Teaching: Invited lecturer, organization of research field trips, co-supervision of bachelor and master students on projects in the field of urban form and new mobility (Europe, Asia, Americas)

2007-2011
Independent Business Consultant, Focus on Strategy Development for Small and Medium Enterprises

2004-2006
Trainee, Swiss International Air Lines, Corporate Strategy and Marketing

2003-2004
Project Manager International Relations, ETH Zurich

2002-2003
Coordinator and Co-Founder of National Student Association AES-VSH

2000-2002
Delegate on the Strategic Management and Controlling Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (ETH Board)

2000-2001
Trainee, Credit Suisse First Boston, Economic Research and Debt Capital Markets

1998-2002
President and Chairman, ETH Zurich Students' Union

Education

MA Mathematical Tripos, University of Cambridge

Current mandate

Founding member CITRAP-NE
Member of the board "Les Verts du Littoral Neuchâtelois"

Career

Since 2017
Member of the Board and Chief Financial Officer Coopsol

Since 1990
Managing director/owner Chisholm Informatique Sàrl

1984 - 1990
Project Manager Automated Language Processing Systems SA

1980 - 1983
Trainee Metal Box Limited

Education

Master of Arts in urban and regional development, University of Bremen, 2008-2012 
Bachelor of Science in environement sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA, 2004-2006 
Associate’s Degree, Maple Woods Community College, USA, 2003-2004 

Current mandates

Development of a national car sharing strategy Luxembourg

Career

2013 
Sustainable Mobility Officer, Bremen

2012 - 2013
Annual Assistant Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt

2008 – 2012
Project Management market research TheConsumerView GmbH (freelance)

2006 – 2007
Assistant regional environmental planning, USA

2006 – 2007
Research and teaching assistant University of Missouri-Kansas City