Andre Schmid

Head of Sales at xorlab

Andre Schmid has extensive work experience in sales and management roles. Andre is currently working as the Head of Sales at xorlab since 2023. Prior to that, they served as the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Joineer from 2022 to 2023. Before that, they worked as an Unternehmensberater at Privat from 2021 to 2022.

From 2007 to 2021, Andre held multiple roles at Namics – A Merkle Company, including Senior Principal Consultant, Partner, and Head of Sales, Partner. Andre also served as the Head of Sales at aspectra AG from 2000 to 2002 and at Bluewin AG Swisscom from 1997 to 2000.

Andre's early career includes working at Unisys from 1991 to 1997, where they held various sales and sales management positions in indirect channels.

Overall, Andre Schmid has a strong background in sales and management, with experience in various industries and roles.

Andre Schmid has a diverse education history. Andre began their academic journey in 1981 at KV Winterthur, where they pursued a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Economics. Andre successfully completed their studies in 1984. Following this, in 1989, they attended the SIB Swiss Institute for Business Administration and obtained an Eidg. dipl. Marketingplaner. After a brief educational hiatus, Andre returned to the SIB Swiss Institute for Business Administration in 1992 and completed a Höhere Fachschule degree in Economics in 1995. Continuing their education in the field of Information Technology (IT), they attended the ZHAW School of Engineering in 2007 and completed a CAS in Business Information Technologies. Lastly, in 2009, they pursued a Master in Business Information Management degree at FHS St.Gallen University of Applied Sciences, concluding in 2010.

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Zürich, Switzerland

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xorlab

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xorlab is a Swiss cybersecurity company providing specialized, machine-intelligent defense against highly engineered, sophisticated and targeted email attacks. Founded in 2015 and spun out of ETH’s Laboratory of Software Technology, xorlab has grown to a team of 14 dedicated security professionals and passionate software engineers. The company,with its ActiveGuard Defense Platform, now already protects more than 50k mailboxes from leading financial service providers and high-tech industrial companies in Germany and Switzerland, and processes more than 1.5 million emails per day. xorlab empowers its customers to detect and stop emerging attacks at first sight, resulting in a smaller risk of breach, fewer incidents and lower operating cost overall.


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