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) · Enterprise AI & C-Suite Advisory
Dr. Andree Welker
Selective CEO, COO, and technology-executive mandates plus board advisory 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
CEO/COO mandate fit with the technical depth to build the product, operating discipline to scale the company, and governance perspective to lead through consequential 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.
Current role: COO & Partner, Enterprise AI & C-Suite Advisory, 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
- →Microsoft partner advising C-suite leaders on AI readiness, agentic AI, intelligent automation, data architecture, governance, and scalable implementation.
- →In the first month, authored the company's 5-year business plan covering strategy, financial modelling, annual and quarterly planning, and capital allocation.
- →Runs C-level workshops that test which AI strategies create durable value, which do not, and where industry-specific agents should be built next.
- →Builds industry-specific AI agents that can operate autonomously in complex environments and deliver reproducible results—beyond one-off chatbot deployments.
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.
- →Consolidated operating and commercial data from four eCommerce websites into board and C-level dashboards supporting pricing, sales, and operating decisions.
- →Fully digitalised and managed four B2B/B2C online marketplaces—PETKIT, UREVO, Xiaomi Switzerland, and Gadget Store—alongside physical point-of-sale (POS) and the Mi flagship store.
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.
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.