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Who we are & what we stand for

We are a team of skilled and motivated individuals who dream of better, more efficient underground technologies. We come from a wide variety of backgrounds and find each other by challenging the status quo.

BOARD & LEADERSHIP

Alexandra Walser

President

Noel Kompalla

Treasurer

Stefan Nikolov

VP of Engineering

Manuel Richarz

VP of Business

Philippe Kientsch

Head of Mechanical & Civil Engineering

Laurent Emmenegger

Head of Electrical & Software Engineering

ENGINEERING DIVISION

EROSION

Hejwan Reshid

Erosion Lead

Fabio Eiholzer

Testing Engineer

Anete Antuanete Kalnina

Geotechnical Engineer

Efe Gürbüz

Geotechnical Engineer

TUNNEL LINING

Arthur Wieninger

Tunnel Lining Lead

Jil Gillmann

Mechanical Design Engineer

Philipp Vargas

Mechanical Design Engineer

Lasse Thoma

Mechanical Design Engineer

Nicola Ritter

Mechanical Design Engineer

Fabian Rüegg

Mechanical Design Engineer

PROPULSION

Fabian Gut

Propulsion Lead

INFRASTRUCTURE

Cael Tschobokdji

Infrastructure Lead

Albert Vallotton

Mechanical Design Engineer

OPERATIONS

Davide Ferrari

Logistics and Heavy Equipment

MATERIAL SCIENCE

Dimitar Dimitrov

Material Scientist

ELECTRICAL

Tamas Lovas

Electrical Lead

Sarp Doruk Gerenli

Electronics

Fabio Eiholzer

Electronics

Ludi Zhang

Electronics

SOFTWARE

Noah Mäschli

Software Lead

Elian Isac

Backend & DevOps Engineer

Luca Pedrocchi

Fullstack Engineer

CONTROLS

Laurent Emmenegger

Controls Lead

Cristina Muñoz

Erosion Control Engineer

Caspar Schneider

Highlevel Control Engineer

Jingqi Li

Propulsion Control Engineer

Rongshun Wang

Control Engineer

BUSINESS DIVISION

DESIGN & COMMUNICATION

Manuel Richarz

Head of Partnerships

Lara Matijevic

Human Resources

FUNDRAISING & PARTNERSHIPS

Manuel Richarz

Lead of Fundraising & Partnerships

Christoph Ott

Partnership Manager

David Schaeffert

Partnership Manager

Muhammed Kaya

Partnership Manager

Eugenio Valli

Strategic Advisor

Stefan Kaspar

Accountant Consulting/Assistance

Noel Kompalla

Accountant