Team

About us

Swiss Cyber Storm is a non-profit organisation running the annual Swiss Hacking Challenge and the annual Swiss Cyber Storm Security Conference. The Swiss Cyber Storm association was founded on November 15, 2012, by a group of cybersecurity enthusiasts. The purpose of this association, as stated in the bylaws, is to promote young cybersecurity talents and to regularly carry out cybersecurity events for security professionals and decision-makers.

Conference Management Board

Dr. Adrian Bachmann

Dr. Adrian Bachmann

Vice President CFO
Managing Director, Security Consultant at TEMET AG
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As an experienced security expert and risk manager, I support my clients in key areas such as Identity and Access Management (IAM), authentication, federation, risk management and the internal control system (ICS). My expertise as a security architect extends across complex and heterogeneous IT landscapes, in which I develop customised security solutions.
Dr. Christian Folini

Dr. Christian Folini

Program Chair Moderator Arena
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Christian Folini is a security engineer with twenty years of experience defending web applications and the infrastructure behind them. His work has increasingly moved from the technical trenches into the political arena: he is a vocal contributor to Swiss debates on e-voting, e-collecting and the governance of cybersecurity. He represents civil society on the steering committee of the National Cyberstrategy. A PhD in medieval history taught him to explain hard technical problems in plain language. As program chair, he curates the Swiss Cyber Storm lineup and moderates it every year.
Alessandro Monachesi

Alessandro Monachesi

Media Relations Marketing
Lukas Bürki

Lukas Bürki

Partners
Founder & Managing Director at TwoToTango GmbH
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As an independent IT Advisor and Security & GRC Consultant, I support organizations in strengthening their Information Security Management Systems (ISMS), IT risk management, audit capabilities and SAP Security. My expertise spans Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Identity & Access Management (IAM) and the assessment of complex IT environments across diverse industries. Combining technical understanding with a strong appreciation of people, processes and organizational dynamics, I help organizations turn complex requirements into practical controls, effective security frameworks and sustainable change.

Swiss Hacking Challenge

Marc Bollhalder

Marc Bollhalder

Swiss Hacking Challenge Lead
Manuel Bürge

Manuel Bürge

Swiss Hacking Challenge Organizer
Carlo Field

Carlo Field

Swiss Hacking Challenge Organizer
Axel Vanoni

Axel Vanoni

Swiss Hacking Challenge Organizer
Zelda Hodel

Zelda Hodel

Swiss Hacking Challenge Organizer

AI Village

Dr. Peter Berlich

Dr. Peter Berlich

AI Village Organiser
Prof. Luca Haab

Prof. Luca Haab

AI Village Organiser
Full Professor and Co-Lead of the Institute of Smart and Secured Systems - iSIS
Shaadhanaa Manviannan

Shaadhanaa Manviannan

AI Village Organiser Webmaster
Prof. Dr. Andrei Kucharavy

Prof. Dr. Andrei Kucharavy

AI Village Organiser
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Prof. Dr. Andrei Kucharavy is the Assistant Professor at the Informatics Institute of HES-SO Valais-Wallis and the co-director of the HES-SO Gen Learning Center. He is also the Cyber Defence Campus Distinguished Post-Doctoral Fellow and 2024 CYD Outstanding Postdoc.

Working on the impact of Generative AI on cyber defence since 2020, he has led the redaction of the 2023 public report on the impact of Generative Large Language Models on Cyber-Defense in the Context of Swiss Operational Environment, and was the scientific editor of the “LLMs in Cybersecurity” reference Springer handbook.

Moderators

Dr. Christian Folini

Dr. Christian Folini

Program Chair Moderator Arena
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Christian Folini is a security engineer with twenty years of experience defending web applications and the infrastructure behind them. His work has increasingly moved from the technical trenches into the political arena: he is a vocal contributor to Swiss debates on e-voting, e-collecting and the governance of cybersecurity. He represents civil society on the steering committee of the National Cyberstrategy. A PhD in medieval history taught him to explain hard technical problems in plain language. As program chair, he curates the Swiss Cyber Storm lineup and moderates it every year.
Dr. Raphael Reischuk

Dr. Raphael Reischuk

Program Support Moderator Scenario
Anouk Geene

Anouk Geene

Moderator Panorama
Senior Consultant at Priverion
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Anouk Geene is a Senior Consultant at Priverion, helping organisations turn complex regulatory requirements into practical, technology-enabled solutions to data privacy, cybersecurity, and AI governance. With a legal background and hands-on experience in technology risk and compliance management, she works at the intersection of technology, law, and business.
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