Philipp Schmid is Sales Director and Head Manufacturing Industries at Swisscom, where he leads the technical strategy and industry business for the manufacturing and pharma sector. Before joining Swisscom, he headed the research and industrialization of Industry 4.0 and Machine Learning technologies at CSEM.

He holds an engineering degree in Microtechnology and a MAS in Management, Technology and Economics from ETH Zurich. His career includes roles at Roche and a research fellowship in Australia.

He serves on expert committees, acts as an innovation coach, and has been recognized twice as a Digital Shaper. Philipp is regarded as one of Switzerlands key figures in digital transformation.