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Marcel Rapold.

Understand technology. Take responsibility. Connect people.

My career spans application development, digital platforms, IT project leadership and management. Entrepreneurship and teaching add a practical perspective to this work.

Marcel Rapold
TodayIT Project Lead & Deputy Head of ICT

Zürcher Verkehrsverbund · since June 2026

Professional experience

From hands-on development to responsibility for platforms, projects and organisations.

  1. June 2026 – present

    Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV)

    IT Project Lead & Deputy Head of ICT

    Deputising for the Head of ICT / CIO, representing ZVV in cantonal IT governance committees and sharing responsibility for IT financial control and budgeting. Continuing hands-on delivery of digital platforms, strategic projects and AI-enabled automation.

  2. Jan 2022 – June 2026

    Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV)

    IT Project Lead · AI Product & Platform

    Technical platform ownership for zvv.ch: architecture coordination, hosting, releases and quality assurance. Contributions to SwissPass and NOVA integrations and CMS modernisation with Adobe Experience Manager. Vendor coordination, public procurement and workflow automation.

  3. June 2016 – Dec 2021

    Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV)

    Application Manager & Product Owner

    Roadmaps, backlogs and continuous development of digital services. Technical project leadership for eTicketing, coordination of business teams and development partners, and planning and delivery of a SharePoint cloud migration.

  4. Jan 2019 – Dec 2021

    Tele Locher

    Consultant for Digital Innovation

    Digital channel and web platform initiatives for business clients. Customer process digitalisation, SEO and analytics, and connected solutions across web, smart-home and IT multimedia environments.

  5. Jan 2014 – Apr 2016

    WebComTV

    Head of Web Development

    Custom web projects from requirements engineering and business analysis through solution design, full-stack development, testing and delivery. Project leadership in agile and waterfall environments.

  6. 2007 – 2013

    Signorell GmbH / Signorell Films · Tele Locher · Mister Q AG

    Application development, IT & digital production

    Application development, IT consulting and infrastructure management. At Signorell, also on-set work as a Digital Imaging Technician for cinema and television commercial productions.

Entrepreneurship & engagement

Alongside my professional career: independent infrastructure, cross-border logistics and sharing knowledge.

  1. Since June 2026

    Dominicano Express GmbH

    CEO · Cross-Border Logistics & Digital Operations

    Strategy, operations and digital infrastructure for a family-run logistics company connecting Switzerland and the Dominican Republic. Digital workflows for booking, customer communication, payments and shipment coordination.

  2. Since May 2025

    HWZ University of Applied Sciences Zurich

    Lecturer · Bitcoin & Lightning Network

    Teaching the Lightning Network module in the CAS Bitcoin Economy: scaling, instant payments, wallets, nodes and routing markets.

  3. Since 2018

    ΛLPA.one

    Co-Founder & Information Officer

    Building and operating self-hosted Bitcoin and Lightning infrastructure. Virtualisation, containers, node management, payment workflows, backups and resilient operations.

  4. Nov 2023 – Oct 2024

    Bitcoin Association Switzerland

    Board Member

    Supporting a transitional period through operational stabilisation, knowledge consolidation and a structured handover to the incoming board.

Education & further study

A technical foundation, developed through business, strategy and leadership.

  1. Oct 2024 – May 2025

    HWZ University of Applied Sciences Zurich

    Executive MBA in Management

    Strategic management, leadership and digital transformation.

  2. March 2025

    University of Virginia · Darden School of Business

    International Management Program

    Executive education module in Charlottesville, USA.

  3. Jan 2018 – Oct 2021

    HWZ University of Applied Sciences Zurich

    MAS in Digital Business

    Master of Advanced Studies.

  4. 2018 – 2019

    HWZ University of Applied Sciences Zurich

    CAS Digital Leadership · CAS Digital Finance · CAS Disruptive Technologies

    Digital Leadership in 2018–2019; Digital Finance and Disruptive Technologies in 2019.

  5. 2013 – 2016

    IFA College of Professional Education

    Advanced Federal Diploma in Business Information Technology

    Higher professional education · Professional Bachelor ODEC.

  6. 2010 – 2013

    WISS

    Federal VET Diploma in IT · Application Development

    Vocational education specialising in application development.

Capabilities

Zurich, Switzerland

Platforms & architecture

  • Technical platform ownership
  • API-first architecture & system integration
  • Identity & SSO · OIDC / OAuth2
  • AEM / Enterprise CMS · React / Next.js

Delivery & governance

  • IT project leadership & product ownership
  • Vendor & stakeholder management
  • Public procurement
  • Release management, ITSM & documentation

Infrastructure & automation

  • AI-supported workflows · n8n
  • Proxmox & Docker
  • Cloudflare · Tailscale · Supabase · Vercel
  • Lightning Network · LND / LNbits

Languages

German
Native / bilingual
Spanish
Native / bilingual
English
Full professional proficiency
French
Elementary proficiency