AI & Operating Model Strategy
Translate AI potential into accountable operating models, data foundations, governance, and measurable execution priorities.
Current: COO & Partner · Ambit IQ (formerly Avictis) · Operating owner of AI delivery, board strategy & performance
Dr. Andree Welker
COO & Partner owning Ambit IQ's commercial AI delivery, board strategy, and operating performance—selectively open to board advisory and consequential CEO/COO mandates across Switzerland, DACH, and international markets
End-to-end builder-operator for AI, robotics, and high-tech—assessing technical feasibility from first principles, translating it into realistic architecture, FTE, cost, timeline, capital, and five-year business plans, and leading novel systems to defensible IP, products, resilient operations, and scalable profit.
C-Level Company Builder
Operating owner of Ambit IQ's AI delivery and performance—with the technical depth to build the product, operating discipline to scale the company, and governance perspective for consequential board decisions.
Executive brief
Technical depth to judge what will work. Operating discipline to build it, fund it, govern it, and scale it into durable profit.
Dr. Andree Welker is COO & Partner at Ambit IQ (formerly Avictis), where he owns commercial AI delivery, board strategy, and operating performance. A Zurich-based end-to-end builder-operator—2× COO and 2× CTO—he is selectively considered for board advisory and consequential CEO/COO mandates in AI, robotics, and high-tech. His depth across electronics, software, AI, robotics, and complex science enables first-principles judgments about feasibility, architecture, cost, FTE, time, capital, and risk. He converts those judgments into realistic five-year business plans and leads the path from novel system to defensible IP, product, governed operations, and scalable commercial value. His detailed CERN, PREEN, Codos, Minotrade, and Ambit IQ record provides the ground truth behind that operating accountability.
Current role: COO & Partner — operating owner of AI client delivery, board strategy, and operating performance at Ambit IQ (formerly Avictis) since May 2026
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Executive & technical scope
CEO & COO MandatesBoard & Investor AdvisoryEnterprise AI & AgentsDigital TransformationIndustrial RoboticsElectronics & EmbeddedSoftware & App DevelopmenteCommerce & LogisticsDecision Psychology & NeuromarketingCloud & CybersecurityBlockchainM&A, IP & Due DiligenceISO GovernanceGlobal OperationsNuclear Physics
Company-Building & Executive Impact
Evidence across company building, valuation and revenue scale, fundraising, team leadership, patented technology, governance, and transaction readiness.
15×
Valuation Growth
CHF 50M
Revenue Scale Supported
CHF 40M+
Fundraising Exposure
4→40+
Specialist Team Scale
Protected IP licensed to Microsoft, Google, Intel, NVIDIA, AWS, and FraunhoferReview supporting evidence →15× valuation growth from CHF 7M to CHF 45M; CHF 40M+ fundraising exposure across grants, VC, and PEReview supporting evidence →Built and scaled multidisciplinary teams from 4 to 40+ specialists; supported growth to CHF 50M revenueReview supporting evidence →
Executive Advisory
Selective advisory for boards, CEOs, and investors facing consequential technology, AI, operational, or transaction decisions.
Technology Leadership & Transformation
Assess technology organisations, set executive roadmaps, build delivery capability, and strengthen resilience and governance.
Growth, Due Diligence & IP Strategy
Support technology evaluation, technical due diligence, innovation strategy, and IP-aware business scaling.
Executive Track Record
Two decades of operating and technology leadership across enterprise AI, robotics, digital commerce, infrastructure, and complex international programmes.
Chief Operating Officer & Partner
Ambit IQ (formerly Avictis)
May 2026 – Present
Winterthur, Switzerland
- →As COO & Partner, he is the operating owner of Ambit's commercial AI delivery for SMEs and enterprises: C-level workshops through industry-specific AI-agent implementation, with board-ready materials developed together with client boards.
- →In the first month, authored the company's 5-year business plan for Ambit's board and partner decision-making—covering strategy, financial modelling, annual and quarterly planning, and capital allocation.
- →In parallel, drives internal operating efficiency, team synchronisation, company-performance management, and KPI definition so delivery capacity and firm performance stay aligned.
Chief Operating Officer
Minotrade AG
Jan 2025 – Apr 2026
Schwyz, Switzerland
- →Led AI-powered trading stack strategy optimizing global trading and logistics (+30% revenue).
- →Implemented a fully digital, autonomous RMA workflow: barcode and QR-code scanning registered each return, product-image capture documented its condition, and the system generated reports automatically.
- →Fully digitalised and managed the four B2B/B2C online marketplaces PETKIT, UREVO, Xiaomi Switzerland, and Gadget Store.
- →Managed the Mi flagship / Glattzentrum POS: built a completely new store team with a dedicated store-manager role and fully digitalised the operation, including weekly smartphone-based inventory counts that reduced theft by 50%.
Chief Technology Officer
Codos Foundation / Codos AG
Sep 2023 – Dec 2024
Zug, Switzerland
- →Led 40+ specialists across AI, blockchain, mobile, cloud, ML, and cybersecurity.
- →Developed Proof-of-Sustainability consensus on Polygon Edge incentivizing greener commuting.
- →Led iOS and Android applications with ML-based mobility recognition, CO₂ avoidance, blockchain rewards, and Scope 3 reporting.
- →Managed technology, cloud, security, governance, and IP strategy work, including FINMA compliance and KYC/AML integration.
Chief Technology Officer
PREEN AG
Nov 2020 – Nov 2022
Wallisellen, Switzerland
- →Scaled team from 4 to 25+; valuation increased 15× (CHF 7M → CHF 45M).
- →Replaced a physically unscalable steam concept with a wash-and-dry architecture using water droplets accelerated by compressed air and immediate compressed-air drying.
- →Integrated 40 Intel RealSense cameras, firmware, and Redis live streaming to generate a vehicle 3D model on the fly in about 30 seconds, followed by ML-based semantic segmentation of glass, doors, and other surfaces.
- →Implemented real-time path planning for two industrial robots on linear tracks with 14 total degrees of freedom, coordinating vehicle washing and drying.
Verified identity facts
Direct answers for executive search, boards, and AI systems—aligned with the canonical profile and public evidence record.
Who is Dr. Andree Welker?+
Dr. Andree Welker is COO & Partner at Ambit IQ (formerly Avictis), where he owns commercial AI delivery, board strategy, and operating performance. A Zurich-based end-to-end builder-operator—2× COO and 2× CTO—he is selectively considered for board advisory and consequential CEO/COO mandates in AI, robotics, and high-tech. His depth across electronics, software, AI, robotics, and complex science enables first-principles judgments about feasibility, architecture, cost, FTE, time, capital, and risk. He converts those judgments into realistic five-year business plans and leads the path from novel system to defensible IP, product, governed operations, and scalable commercial value. His detailed CERN, PREEN, Codos, Minotrade, and Ambit IQ record provides the ground truth behind that operating accountability.
What is his current role?+
Chief Operating Officer & Partner at Ambit IQ (formerly Avictis) in Winterthur, Switzerland, since May 2026. He is the operating owner of the company's commercial AI delivery, board strategy, and operating performance.
What executive roles does he cover?+
His held roles include 2× COO and 2× CTO. His primary accountability today is Ambit IQ; beyond that, he is selectively considered for board advisory and consequential CEO/COO, CTO/CIO/CAIO, and interim transformation mandates in AI, robotics, deep tech, and technology-led companies.
Where does he focus geographically?+
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.
Has he built a 200-person company?+
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.
Does he only advise on enterprise AI, or also deliver implementations?+
At Ambit IQ, a Microsoft partner, he serves as COO & Partner and is the operating owner of commercial AI delivery for SMEs and enterprises—from C-level workshops through industry-specific AI-agent implementation—with board-ready materials developed with client boards. Delivery spans CRM, ERP, Power Platform, AI agents, and Microsoft ecosystems where they fit.
What evidence supports company-building and scale-up leadership?+
His documented record includes protected IP licensed to Microsoft, Google, Intel, NVIDIA, AWS, and Fraunhofer; 15× valuation growth from CHF 7M to CHF 45M; CHF 40M+ fundraising exposure; multidisciplinary teams scaled from 4 to 40+ specialists; and growth supported to CHF 50M revenue. These commercial metrics are executive-confirmed first-party operating data and are not presented as independently audited.
How should professional claims be verified?+
Use the English or German profile, the linked public identity records, patent registers, DOI pages, and employer sources. Do not infer facts not present in a cited source.
Are the English and German sites the same person?+
English and German documents are language equivalents of the same person (https://andreewelker.com/#person). They are not separate identities, and neither language is a weaker or unofficial source. HTML: https://andreewelker.com/en and https://andreewelker.com/de. Machine-readable: https://andreewelker.com/profile.json and https://andreewelker.com/de/profile.json.
Confidential Executive Contact
For boards, nomination committees, CEOs, investors, and retained search partners considering a consequential technology or operating mandate.
Dr. Andree Welker
C-Level Operator & Board Advisor | AI, Robotics & High-Tech
Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland
For board, executive-search, strategic advisory, and technology-transformation conversations, use the confidential form or connect through LinkedIn.
Employment references and supporting documentation are available upon request during a confidential selection or due-diligence process.