Management Team

Urs-Peter Oehen, Chairman & CEO

Urs-Peter Oehen has served as Member of the Board of Directors of Whitestein Technologies since 2002, as its Chairman since 2007, and as its CEO since 2008.

Urs-Peter Oehen is Co-founder, Chairman & CEO of Expersoft Systems AG, a leading provider of innovative software solutions for portfolio, asset, and wealth management. Founded in 1992, Expersoft currently serves over 200 clients worldwide from its headquarters in Switzerland and through its subsidiaries and distributors in Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and North America. Prior to founding Expersoft, Urs-Peter Oehen was portfolio manager at the global retail group METRO. Besides his engagement on the Board of Whitestein Technologies, he is Member of the Board of Directors of various other companies.

Stefan Brantschen, Chief Technology Officer

Stefan Brantschen has been with Whitestein Technologies since its inception in January 1999.

From 1997 to 1998, Stefan was Vice President Management Services of GfAI Group for Applied Informatics AG, a major Swiss software and service provider. From 1989 through 1997, he held several management positions within GfAI, among them Head of Business Development and Quality Management, and Head of CASE/Methodology Consulting. Before joining GfAI in 1989, Stefan Brantschen was with Disetronic AG, a major Swiss provider of medical equipment, where he was responsible for the development of miniaturized equipment for diabetes diagnosis and therapy, in cooperation with the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Prior to that, Stefan held positions of systems engineer and project manager in Ascom AG, Switzerland, a by then leading provider of telecom and other high-tech products and services, in the area of fail-safe, distributed real-time software and hardware for digital telephone exchanges.

Stefan Brantschen holds a Master of Science degree from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland.

Patrick Brunschwig, VP Logistics & Control Systems

Patrick Brunschwig joined Whitestein Technologies in 2001.

From 2001 through 2008, Patrick first served in the role of Project Manager in the logistics and telecom area, then as Senior Project Manager and Product Manager for Whitestein's LS/ATN offering. He took responsibility for all of the company's Logistics & Control Systems business in 2009. Prior to 2001, Patrick was a Team Leader and Project Manager of SWX, the Swiss stock exchange (now SIX Swiss Exchange). In this position he was in charge of several key IT projects relating to the specification and development of the exchange's market supervision and surveillance system and its data warehouse.

Patrick Brunschwig holds a Master's degree in Computer Science and Economics from the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Dominic Greenwood, VP Telecom Systems

Dominic Greenwood joined Whitestein Technologies in 2003.

From 2000 through 2003, Dominic was a Member of Research Staff in the Network Agent Research group of Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc., based in Sunnyvale, California. In this position he was involved in several key software agent-related research and technology to business transfer activities, including the development of international standards. Prior to that, Dominic was with Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Ltd. in the role of Senior Research/Development Engineer with responsibility for all distributed network management product innovation and research activities.

Since joining Whitestein Dominic has transitioned from managing business-oriented innovation to leading the telecoms systems line of business. He regularly publishes in renowned journals and at international conferences, especially those with relevance to the telecommunications business domain.

Dominic Greenwood holds a Ph.D. in Communications Systems from Staffordshire University, United Kingdom.

Peter Neurath, VP Nearshore Center

Peter Neurath has served as Country Manager of the Slovak subsidiary Whitestein Technologies s.r.o. and as project manager of key projects since March 2000.

From 1998 to 2000, Peter served as Business Unit Manager of Aitecon s.r.o., the predecessor of Whitestein Technologies s.r.o. He was responsible for the management of various projects for technology products in the area of distributed systems and object-oriented databases. Prior to that, he held positions of software engineer and project manager in the same company. Since 2000, Peter Neurath works as a lecturer at the faculty of mathematics, physics, and informatics of Comenius University, Bratislava, concentrating on the areas of architecture of distributed systems and project management.

Peter Neurath holds a Master's degree in informatics and artificial intelligence from Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic. 

Monique Calisti, Head of Innovation and Technology Relations

Monique Calisti joined Whitestein Technologies in 2002. 

From 1997 to March 2002, Monique was research scientist and lecturer at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL). Her main area of activity covered coordination and negotiation techniques between distributed (and eventually self-interested) software agents controlling distinct resources. During her period at EPFL, Monique has attended the Doctoral School in Telecommunication Systems (1997), and she obtained a postgraduate diploma in multi-agent systems (1999). From 1996 until 1997, before joining EPFL, Monique was a research assistant at the Electrical and Computer Science Department at the University of Bologna (Italy), where she worked on packet switching in optical networks.

Monique regularly publishes articles and papers in renowned journals in the area of network management and multi-agent technology. 2001 to 2005, Monique was a member of the FIPA board of directors and the chair of the FIPA Image Committee. Since 2007, she is member of the Board of Directors for the Autonomic Communication Forum (ACF).

Monique Calisti holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), and a Ph.D. in Telecommunications from Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy.