Jérôme Zürcher
Course: AI for Executives, Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Executives
Jérôme Zürcher is a transformation specialist who helps startups and corporations realise the growth opportunities offered by technology and market disruptions. After spending ten years at the forefront of the mobile, IoT and AI revolutions, preceded by another decade riding the emerging market wave, he knows what truly drives transformation and tech ROI – and it’s not just how smart your algorithms are. It’s how well you redesign your organisation and operating model to make people and machines work together towards a common objective: delivering innovative value to customers.
Jérôme has held leadership positions as Vice President of Operations and Head of Transformation with Fortune 500 companies in the business services, manufacturing and FMCG sectors. He has launched joint ventures in China and India, and has turned around a number of business units. He has also worked with global tech startups, including an IPO in 2005, and directed the operations of two in-company ventures in the digital marketplace and big data spaces.
He holds a degree in physics engineering from EPFL Lausanne, and an MAS MTEC degree from ETH. Jérôme has also completed executive education programmes in leadership, digital transformation, and strategy execution at IMD, INSEAD and IESE.