Areas of Expertise
Business
Strategy
- Strategic Planning & Business–IT Alignment
- Business Models & Value Creation
- Corporate Finance & Fundraising
- Entrepreneurship & Startup Growth
IMD eMBA graduate and former startup CFO who connects business models, financing and strategic planning with technology decisions so that investments deliver measurable business value.
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Enterprise
Architecture
- EA Governance & Architecture Board Leadership
- Business Architecture & Process Modelling
- Operating Model & Organisational Design
- Application Portfolio & Target Architecture
TOGAF-certified Enterprise Architect who leads architecture governance to turn business strategy into coherent target architectures, operating models and a lean application portfolio.
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AI & Modern
Workplace
- AI & GenAI Strategy and Governance
- Agentic AI & Intelligent Automation
- Digital Workplace Migration
- Solution Design, Integration & Workplace Migration
Architect who turns GenAI and agentic AI into practical, secure business value, combining a pragmatic AI strategy with hands-on tools like Claude Code and Copilot on top of a Microsoft cloud workplace.
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IMD Executive MBA, with a career spanning engineering, consulting and executive roles. I bring a business-first lens to every technology decision.
Having worked on both sides of the table, as a startup CFO and as an evaluator of startups for investors, I know what makes a business model fundable, a funding strategy credible and a partnership valuable.
Today, as chair of an Architecture Board, I keep technology investments aligned with strategy, judging ideas on both feasibility and business value.
Enterprise Architecture
Certified in TOGAF, ArchiMate, IT4IT and Business Architecture, I specialise in architecture governance: steering technology and AI decisions across business domains in FINMA-regulated environments.
My strength is aligning business processes and functions with the application landscape, turning complexity into a shared view of capabilities, processes and technology that business and IT can both act on.
Architecture that drives action: managing obsolescence, rationalising the application portfolio and reducing technical debt, so every technology choice fits the target architecture.
AI & Modern Workplace
AI strategy and governance: I help organisations bring GenAI into everyday work, choosing the use cases that genuinely boost productivity and making sure Copilot and other AI assistants run on secure, well-governed data.
Hands-on agentic AI and intelligent automation: with tools such as Claude Code and OpenAI GPT, I turn ideas into working prototypes, automate processes and show teams what AI can concretely do for their work.
Modern workplace foundations: from VDI to Microsoft Entra ID, M365, D365 and Intune, I design hybrid workplace strategies, secure endpoints to regulatory standards and turn around complex migrations.
About Me
Benjamin Fontannaz
Business Strategist |
Enterprise Architect | AI & Modern Workplace |
eMBA
Bridging business strategy, enterprise architecture and AI, from the right technology choices to secure, integrated solutions that deliver measurable value. Bridging strategy, architecture and AI to deliver measurable value.
Need a business model investors will back? As an IMD eMBA graduate and former startup CFO, I closed two funding rounds and helped double a valuation in under 18 months. Former startup CFO: two funding rounds closed, valuation doubled in 18 months.
IT landscape too complex to steer? As a certified enterprise architect, I align applications and investments with strategy and cut technical debt. Certified enterprise architect aligning IT with strategy and cutting technical debt.
Workplace slowing people down? I design hybrid workplace strategies, secure endpoints to regulatory standards and turn struggling migrations around. Hybrid workplace strategies, regulatory-grade security and migrations turned around.
Want AI that delivers beyond the hype? Want AI beyond the hype? I drive secure, governed GenAI adoption, working hands-on with agentic AI such as Claude Code and Copilot. Secure, governed GenAI adoption, hands-on with Claude Code and Copilot.
Let’s talk about your next strategic or AI challenge.
Testimonials
"Benjamin is an architect who combines technical expertise with strategic vision […] a true trusted partner."
Stéphane Leuba
Infrastructure Architect @OCSIN
"Great professional, strategic thinker, hard worker, I loved to work with Benjamin."
Ezechiel Darvas
Head of IT @Tesa Technology
"[…] a generous mentor who lifts others up and fosters a culture of learning."
Michaël Mandrà
Workplace Engineer @Retraites Populaires
"I highly recommend Benjamin to any organisation looking to give its people a modern, secure and high-performing workplace."
Olivier Dransart
Team leader Service Desk & Logistique @Assura
Experiences
Enterprise Architect | Digital Workplace Architect
Participating in initiatives to bring Enterprise
Architecture and Business Analysis closer together (TOGAF,
IT4IT and BPMN), to automate with AI (OpenAI, GPT-4.0), to
integrate cloud solutions (EntraID, M365, D365 BC) and to
standardize the digital workplace (AVD, InTune, MECM and
Win11) :
• Managing the Architecture
Board Committee, Member of the AI Commitee.
• Managing obsolescence and rationalization of the
application portfolio
• Actively
participating to the cloud and modern workplace strategy
Business Strategist | Enterprise & Solutions Architect
I support startups and SMBs with their digital strategy, business development, innovation and technology choices. I assist in the design and integration of new technologies that best serve strategy.
Independent Startup Expert
Evaluating startups raising funds on Bloomio platform through a rigorous due diligence process as one of their independent experts.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Co-defined strategy, business models and funding with the CEO. Setup technology and products roadmap with CTO. Created investment decks, presented financials to investors and supported marketing activities for shows and exhibitions.
Solutions Architect Senior Advisor
Technical authority for Dell tools and services, supporting sales & pre-sales activities. Swiss Product Lead of "Kace" deployment tools. Architecture, integration, migration and virtualization expert, leading a technical team of 5, while interacting with multiple clients, departments, vendors and third parties on various projects.
Systems Engineer | Solutions Integrator
Microsoft, Apple, Citrix and SCCM Specialist leading a team of 3, while interacting with multiple clients, departments, vendors and third parties on various projects and deliveries.
Experiences
Enterprise Architect | AI & Modern Workplace Architect
Enhancing collaboration between Enterprise Architecture and business stakeholders to align technology with strategic goals, while driving cloud integration and AI adoption across a Microsoft-centric environment (M365, EntraID, D365 BC, Intune, Copilot, OpenAI GPT)
- Managing the Architecture Board Committee, Member of the AI Commitee.
- Managing obsolescence and rationalization of the application portfolio
- Actively participating to the cloud and modern workplace strategy
- Defined the company's 2024-25 Future Workplace Strategy
- In less than 6 months, stabilized endpoints security to meet FINMA security standards
Enterprise & Solutions Architect
As an independent consultant, delivered enterprise architecture guidance and resolved complex integration challenges across a range of clients and industries.
- Guided companies in their enterprise architecture initiatives, by evaluating and recommending best fit EA frameworks and software solutions.
- Successfully resolved to client satisfaction an initially faulty 28 schools SharePoint sites implementation.
- Successfully consolidated the infrastructures and desktops (PC and MAC) of six schools, transitioning them from separate, independent Active Directories (ADs) and infrastructures to a unified, centralized AD and infrastructure.
Independent Startup Expert
As a business consultant and technology specialist, joined Bloomio's network of independent experts to evaluate startups seeking to raise funds on the platform through a rigorous due diligence process.
- Successfully evaluated multiple startups, that applied to raise funds on the Bloomio platform, through a rigorous due diligence process.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Defined with the CEO the startup business models and funding strategy. In collaboration with the CTO established the products roadmap. Presented financial data and supported fundraising campaigns and marketing activities
- Successfully closed 2 investment rounds and 2 strategic partnership agreements with key players of the art market.
- Actively participated to double the startup valuation in less than 1.5 year.
Solutions Architect Senior Advisor
Technical Authority supporting Dell tools, services, sales and pre-sales activities. Swiss product lead of Kace (SCCM competing Dell Tool). Architecture, integration, migration and virtualization expert leading a technical team of 5, while interacting with multiple clients, departments, vendors and third parties on various projects
- Lead technical authority of the most profitable EMEA contract for Dell Services in 2012.
- Successfully designed UEFA 2016 Next Digital Workplace, enabling venue employees with distant on-boarding capabilities.
- Took over several struggling workplace migration and integration projects for clients such as UEFA, ILO, TUI and MMV and still managed to achieve customer satisfaction at their closure.
- Coached and mentored junior resources to become more technically savvy and autonomous with each delivery.
Systems Engineer | Solutions Integrator
SCCM and Citrix Specialist interacting with multiple clients from various industries (NESTLE, MCDONALDS, L'OREAL, TOTSA, ING BANK, PMI, AXA, AMPCO METAL, LUNDIN PETROLEUM, MICRO CRYSTAL), departments, vendors and third parties on various projects and services deliveries
- Eased customer retention and renewal of services by consistently exceeding clients' expectations on project deliveries, solution integrations and support phases.
- Successfully participated in the set up of the required processes for a new 24/7 centralized Service-Desk to support Nestlé Globe initiative (at the time the world largest SAP project).
- Coached and mentored junior resources to become more technically savvy with each delivery
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