Head of the MELANI Operation and Information Centre (OIC) since 2010. This unit is part of the Federal Intelligence Service within the Swiss Ministry of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports. The MELANI OIC Unit is responsible for the analytical and operative parts of the Swiss Analysis and Reporting Unit for Information Assurance (MELANI), as well as for establishing the Situational Picture on Cyber-Threats. MELANI's mandate lays with supporting the Swiss Critical Infrastructures within their Information Assurance Process.

Strategic analyst for economic and cyber criminality within the Service of Analysis and Prevention from 2001 to 2003, before heading MELANI and part of the Cybercrime Coordination Unit (CYCO) from 2003 to 2009.

Studied at the University of Zurich Economic Science, as well as Media and Communication Management at the University of St. Gallen. Master of Arts in Foreign Service (National Security Studies) from the Georgetown University in Washington DC in 1999.