Board

Andreas Kellerhals is a historian who first worked at the University of Bern, before he joined the Swiss Federal Archives for 27 years, where he was instrumental in driving the digital transformation during his 13 years as director. The Federal Archives also hosted the first Open Data Conference in Switzerland, in 2011, and led the creation of the opendata.admin.ch portal, now opendata.swiss. In 2018, as Commissioner for Open Government Data at the Federal Department of Home Affairs, he drafted the Confederation’s new OGD strategy for 2019-2023.

JP is currently responsible for developing the Data Governance framework for the Canton of Zurich. Previously, JP played a significant role in advancing open data initiatives at both federal and cantonal levels. Notably, he established and led the Open Government Data (OGD) Office at the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) during its formative years and spearheaded the implementation of the federal OGD strategy until 2021. More recently, Juan Pablo focused on data and open data topics as a Business Developer and Product Owner at Liip. His current priorities include promoting data literacy and fostering a community of practice around Data Governance and Management.

Mario Cacciatore is the founder and managing director of BillCare AG, which provides administrative support to freelance caregivers and healthcare organizations, from sending invoices to filing tax returns. As a former nursing professional with a degree in business administration, he is familiar with the high administrative demands and would like to digitize these with BillCare AG. In doing so, BillCare AG relies on innovative open source products and is committed to a smooth data exchange between service providers and invoice recipients.

Andrina Frey has been active in Swiss foreign policy for more than ten years, in positions that have taken her, among other things from Addis Ababa to New York to Bern. In her current role as Deputy to the Delegate of the Federal Council for the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the availability and accessibility of high-quality data plays a crucial role – both in Switzerland and globally. As Product Owner of the FDFA’s digital platform SDGital2030.ch, she has helped to increase transparency towards the general public in the field of sustainability and strengthen the coherence between quantitative data and qualitative information. She is particularly interested in global capacity building in data and how digitalization can support and accelerate this.

Christian Gutknecht is a data engineer at Glue Software Engineering AG, where he has been working with parliamentary data since 2021 and launched the Open Parl Data project. He previously worked at the Universities of Zurich and Bern, at the SNSF and at the publishing house MDPI to promote open access to scientific publications. He blogs about open access and his diverse experiences with the Public Access Act on wisspub.net.

Andrea Scheller is a social geographer with many years of experience in statistics and data management. She worked for the Federal Statistical Office, was seconded to Eurostat as a national expert, headed the EFTA Statistical Office in Luxembourg and until recently the Office of Statistics of the Principality of Liechtenstein. Shaped not least by her experience in technical cooperation, her main focus is on free and equal access to data as well as on data literacy, both of which are essential prerequisites for a vibrant and informed culture of debate and thus for democracy in its very essence.

Charlotte van Ooijen Falce is a Dutch data policy expert with over 15 years of experience in researching and advising public authorities across different countries and government levels on data-driven public value creation. For the official European data portal data.europa.eu, she contributed to community building and research on open data reuse and impact. She also worked on several European projects on the twin green and digital transition, led the analytical work on the data-driven public sector at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and collaborated with the World Bank on a Interoperability how-to-note for data sharing in the public sector. In her current role as data strategist and client partner at Swiss digital agency Liip, she aims to support the federal government, cantons, municipalities and other public organisations to leverage data to fulfill their goals, be it for social, economic, environmental or governance impact.