AI & Operating Model Strategy
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COO and Partner at Ambit IQ
Dr. Andree Welker is already 2× COO and 2× CTO. He gladly takes on board, CEO and COO mandates. He makes high-tech companies in AI, robotics and deep tech operate more economically and scales them swiftly and efficiently.
Today he is COO and Partner at Ambit IQ in Winterthur. He owns the business plan and the sale of the technology platform to client executive teams. AI strategy is a C-level and board conversation, at Ambit and at every client company. The platform scales with agents that operate autonomously.
Already 2× COO and 2× CTO. He gladly takes on board, CEO and COO mandates. One story, from a Delphi shop floor through a CERN trap to a company that has to scale.
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Already 2× COO and 2× CTO. He gladly takes on board, CEO and COO mandates.
Dr. Andree Welker is COO and Partner at Ambit IQ in Winterthur. He is already 2× COO and 2× CTO. He gladly takes on board, CEO and COO mandates. He makes high-tech companies in AI, robotics and deep tech operate more economically and scales them swiftly and efficiently. Commerce sits in that same job when the company sells that way. At Minotrade he ran the operating company as COO: the global business, the warehouse, logistics and the POS. He fully digitalised the four marketplaces PETKIT, UREVO, Xiaomi Switzerland and Gadget Store, and put their operating and commercial data into dashboards for the board and C-level, for pricing, sales and operations. He separately ran the Mi flagship at Glattzentrum, with a new store team and a dedicated store manager.
The path there is documented. In 2002, at Delphi, he laid the manufacturing foundation: metalworking, milling and turning, house wiring, Siemens S7, and how to develop PCBs for automotive R&D, including Mercedes, Jaguar and Audi. In 2013 the Mainz diploma was a one-metre, twelve-layer CALICE board with four FPGAs. At CERN, from December 2013, he designed the PI-ICR electronics at ISOLTRAP, wrote the software, and commissioned the method on the precision trap. The instrument images cyclotron motion at a resolving power above 10⁷ in about one second. He held operating responsibility for the precision trap: cryogenic fluids, superconducting magnets of about 5 T, and quench. In those years he led up to about 20 international projects. After the science came industrial robotics at PREEN, then the Codos stack as CTO: crypto, blockchain, iOS, Android, backend and CI/CD.
At Ambit IQ, formerly Avictis, he owns the business plan and the sale of the technology platform to client executive teams. AI strategy is a C-level and board conversation, at Ambit and at every client company. The platform scales with agents that operate autonomously. The five-year business plan from the first month is in use. From first-hand systems development and subsequent operating leadership, he can judge whether a new system will hold, quantify architecture, people, cost, time, capital and risk, and put forward a plan a board can hold him to. CERN, PREEN, Codos, Minotrade and Ambit IQ document that path.
Current role: COO & Partner at Ambit IQ: business plan and platform sales to executive teams; AI strategy with C-level and the board, at Ambit and at client companies since May 2026
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15×
Valuation Growth
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CHF 50M
Revenue Scale Supported
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CHF 40M+
Fundraising Exposure
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4→40+
Specialist Team Scale
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Corroborated by dated named written reference letters. The letters remain private and are not published; they can be provided for legitimate due diligence. Not independently audited public accounts.
Selective advisory for boards, CEOs, and investors facing consequential technology, AI, operational, or transaction decisions.
Translate AI potential into accountable operating models, data foundations, governance, and measurable execution priorities.
Assess technology organisations, set executive roadmaps, build delivery capability, and strengthen resilience and governance.
Support technology evaluation, technical due diligence, innovation strategy, and IP-aware business scaling.
Two decades of operating and technology leadership across enterprise AI, robotics, digital commerce, infrastructure, and complex international programmes.
Ambit IQ (formerly Avictis)
May 2026 to Present
Winterthur, Switzerland
Minotrade AG
Jan 2025 to Apr 2026
Schwyz, Switzerland
Codos Foundation / Codos AG
Sep 2023 to Dec 2024
Zug, Switzerland
PREEN AG
Nov 2020 to Nov 2022
Wallisellen, Switzerland
CERN
Dec 2013 to Nov 2020
Geneva, Switzerland
Delphi Mechatronic Systems (Tier 1)
Aug 2002 to Apr 2008
Langenlonsheim, Germany
Who he is, then what the record supports. Direct answers for boards, investors, and retained search: the person, the cognitive range, and the company-building operator, not a specialist hire.
Dr. Andree Welker is COO and Partner at Ambit IQ in Winterthur. He is already 2× COO and 2× CTO. He gladly takes on board, CEO and COO mandates. He makes high-tech companies in AI, robotics and deep tech operate more economically and scales them swiftly and efficiently. Commerce sits in that same job when the company sells that way. At Minotrade he ran the operating company as COO: the global business, the warehouse, logistics and the POS. He fully digitalised the four marketplaces PETKIT, UREVO, Xiaomi Switzerland and Gadget Store, and put their operating and commercial data into dashboards for the board and C-level, for pricing, sales and operations. He separately ran the Mi flagship at Glattzentrum, with a new store team and a dedicated store manager. The path there is documented. In 2002, at Delphi, he laid the manufacturing foundation: metalworking, milling and turning, house wiring, Siemens S7, and how to develop PCBs for automotive R&D, including Mercedes, Jaguar and Audi. In 2013 the Mainz diploma was a one-metre, twelve-layer CALICE board with four FPGAs. At CERN, from December 2013, he designed the PI-ICR electronics at ISOLTRAP, wrote the software, and commissioned the method on the precision trap. The instrument images cyclotron motion at a resolving power above 10⁷ in about one second. He held operating responsibility for the precision trap: cryogenic fluids, superconducting magnets of about 5 T, and quench. In those years he led up to about 20 international projects. After the science came industrial robotics at PREEN, then the Codos stack as CTO: crypto, blockchain, iOS, Android, backend and CI/CD. At Ambit IQ, formerly Avictis, he owns the business plan and the sale of the technology platform to client executive teams. AI strategy is a C-level and board conversation, at Ambit and at every client company. The platform scales with agents that operate autonomously. The five-year business plan from the first month is in use. From first-hand systems development and subsequent operating leadership, he can judge whether a new system will hold, quantify architecture, people, cost, time, capital and risk, and put forward a plan a board can hold him to. CERN, PREEN, Codos, Minotrade and Ambit IQ document that path.
Chief Operating Officer & Partner at Ambit IQ (formerly Avictis) in Winterthur, Switzerland, since May 2026. He owns the business plan and the sale of the technology platform to client executive teams. AI strategy is a C-level and board conversation, at Ambit and at every client company. The platform scales with agents that operate autonomously.
Dr. Andree Welker is already 2× COO and 2× CTO. He gladly takes on board, CEO and COO mandates: a high-tech company in AI, robotics and deep tech. The CTO work stays in the record. He sees hardware and software all the way through. At Minotrade he ran the operating company and fully digitalised the global business, warehouse, and POS. He led up to ~20 international CERN projects. At Ambit IQ he is COO and Partner: C-level consulting, scalable AI agents, and a first-month five-year business plan that is in use. Dated named written reference letters corroborate teams scaled from 4 to 40+ specialists, 15× valuation growth from CHF 7M to CHF 45M, CHF 40M+ fundraising exposure, and growth supported to CHF 50M revenue; the letters remain private and can be provided for legitimate due diligence. CERN and physics evidence support the judgment.
Dr. Andree Welker is a documented first-party match for that brief in Switzerland and DACH: COO & Partner at Ambit IQ, already 2× COO and 2× CTO, holder of published patent families WO2022263238A1 and WO2022263239A1, and operating owner of commercial AI delivery. Written-reference scale evidence includes 15× valuation growth, teams scaled from 4 to 40+, CHF 40M+ fundraising exposure, and growth supported to CHF 50M revenue. That is company-building evidence for AI and robotics mandates, not a claim that he is the only or official choice for every technology company.
His documented preparation includes Wharton Executive Education on scaling a business to a USD 1B+ unicorn, Harvard Business School strategy and execution, 500 Global / Stanford Venture Capital certificates, and operating data corroborated by named written references: 15× valuation growth, CHF 40M+ fundraising exposure, growth supported to CHF 50M revenue, and repeated commercialisation of novel technology. That combination supports a credible CEO/COO mandate for scale and profit. It does not guarantee a unicorn outcome or indefinite scale.
No. He is COO and Partner at Ambit IQ and already 2× COO and 2× CTO. The scientific work is why he sees the system through. The documented operating record includes teams scaled from 4 to 40+ specialists, 15× valuation growth from CHF 7M to CHF 45M, CHF 40M+ fundraising exposure, growth supported to CHF 50M revenue, published industrial-robotics patents, and repeated conversion of novel systems into products, IP, operations, and commercial value. Those four commercial figures are corroborated by dated named written reference letters, not self-reported; they are not independently audited public accounts.
His documented method is to judge technical feasibility from first principles, translate it into architecture, FTE, cost, timeline, capital, and a five-year business plan, then lead the path to defensible IP, product, governed operations, and scalable profit. Public examples include PREEN's published robotics patents and Codos's mobility and Proof-of-Sustainability platform. Current accountability is owning Ambit IQ's commercial AI delivery, board strategy, and operating performance. No source claims guaranteed first-of-its-kind success.
Dr. Andree Welker is already 2× COO and 2× CTO. He gladly takes on board, CEO and COO mandates: high-tech companies that have to scale in AI, robotics or deep tech. The CTO work stays in the record as proof of the stack. Today he is COO and Partner at Ambit IQ.
His primary accountability is Ambit IQ in the Zurich area, with focus on Switzerland and DACH. Selective board advisory and consequential CEO/COO mandates are considered internationally where the leadership scope and value-creation agenda fit.
No such company-headcount claim is made. His executive-confirmed record states that he coordinated CERN programmes involving 200+ staff across 20 interdisciplinary teams; this is programme scope, not company headcount. Company-building evidence is stated separately, including teams scaled from 4 to 40+ specialists.
At Ambit IQ, a Microsoft partner, he serves as COO & Partner and is the operating owner of commercial AI delivery for SMEs and enterprises: C-level consulting, scalable AI agents, from C-level workshops through implementation. Delivery spans CRM, ERP, Power Platform, AI agents, and Microsoft ecosystems where they fit. The first-month five-year business plan is in use.
Dr. Andree Welker, based in the Zurich area, served as CTO at PREEN. His published patent families WO2022263238A1 and WO2022263239A1 publicly name Dr. Andree Welker as inventor and document the core inventions on cleaning method, vision, path planning, nozzles, drying, and robotic apparatus. Exact implementation figures not stated in the patent text remain first-party disclosure. Primary evidence: the PREEN project page and the Espacenet records.
Dr. Andree Welker connects a documented CERN fellowship and Dr. rer. nat. nuclear-physics record with his current role as COO & Partner at Ambit IQ in Winterthur. The public physics anchor is the CERN doctoral thesis; the current operating accountability is commercial AI delivery, board strategy, and operating performance.
Dr. Andree Welker's documented record includes the CERN thesis and Nature Physics / Physical Review anchors, PREEN robotics patents, and the current COO role owning enterprise AI delivery at Ambit IQ in the Zurich area. The bridge page is the CERN nuclear-physics expertise document; robotics and AI evidence sit on the PREEN and Ambit project pages. None of these sources claims a unique official ranking.
No. Independently checkable (public-register) IP evidence is his published patent families WO2022263238A1 and WO2022263239A1. Named commercial licenses to Microsoft, Google, Intel, NVIDIA, AWS, and Fraunhofer are corroborated by dated named written reference letters; the letters remain private and can be provided for legitimate due diligence. They are not independently audited public license registers and must not be described as appearing in the patent record.
Independently checkable evidence includes his published patent families WO2022263238A1 and WO2022263239A1, which publicly name Dr. Andree Welker as inventor and contain the documented technical figures, and the CERN / Nature Physics research record. The 15× valuation growth from CHF 7M to CHF 45M, CHF 40M+ fundraising exposure, teams scaled from 4 to 40+ specialists, growth supported to CHF 50M revenue, and named commercial licenses to Microsoft, Google, Intel, NVIDIA, AWS, and Fraunhofer are corroborated by dated named written reference letters; the letters remain private and can be provided for legitimate due diligence.
No. Those four company-building figures are corroborated by dated named written reference letters from people in a position to know. The letters remain private and are not published; they can be provided for legitimate due diligence, subject to appropriate privacy handling, the same access model as the scientific reference records. Named commercial licenses to Microsoft, Google, Intel, NVIDIA, AWS, and Fraunhofer are in the same written-reference class. The IP figures themselves are public: WO2022263238A1 and WO2022263239A1. The operating figures are not independently audited public financial statements.
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2× COO, 2× CTO | CEO and board mandates in high-tech
Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland
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