Industries
Technology problems look different in a trading house, a pharma company or a canton. These are the industries in which Faysal Cherradi has worked, the situations we meet there, and the services that fit.
Public administration and social insurance
Federal offices, cantons, communes and social insurance institutions run long projects under HERMES and procurement law, with several suppliers and many stakeholders.
Typical situations
- A study or concept has to pass the next phase release.
- An IT tender must be prepared under BöB or IVöB.
- Several cantons or offices share a platform and its governance.
- Citizens and businesses should log in with the state e-ID.
Experience: lead architect of an inter-cantonal e-government platform; Swiss federal IT projects with budgets up to CHF 6 million; supervision of a modernisation programme of more than CHF 12 million in invalidity insurance.
Services that fit
- HERMES documentation review An independent check of HERMES project documents before the steering committee, quality assurance or an audit sees them.
- IT procurement and tenders Requirements, award criteria and tender documents for IT procurements under Swiss public procurement law.
- Vendor governance Bring a supplier back on track with measurable deliverables, clear acceptance and evidence.
- Identity and access architecture Who may log in, see and do what: IAM architecture with Keycloak, OpenID Connect, the Swiss e-ID and AI agents.
Energy and utilities
Utilities run grown landscapes in which grid, metering, customer and billing systems meet operational technology, under regulation and steady cost pressure.
Typical situations
- Nobody can explain the application landscape from end to end.
- The architecture function needs a method, a model and a mandate.
- Interfaces between metering, billing and customer systems keep breaking.
Experience: enterprise architecture for a Swiss energy utility: maturity assessment, ArchiMate training, EA blueprint and coaching of architects.
Services that fit
- Enterprise architecture Make your IT landscape understandable and decidable: assessment, blueprint, roadmap and an architecture practice that lasts.
- Integration architecture Connect systems so that data flows reliably: API and event design, integration platform choice and interface governance.
- Architecture review A second opinion on a design, a platform choice or a supplier's architecture, before you commit.
Pharma and life sciences
In pharma and life sciences, computerised systems that hold GxP data must stay validated, and their records must remain complete, unchanged and readable for years, including after a system is retired.
Typical situations
- A validated system must be connected to new platforms without breaking data integrity.
- An AI feature in a product or process has to be classified and documented under the EU AI Act.
- Data integrity findings point to fragile interfaces and manual workarounds.
Experience: work on validated systems in life sciences, including user acceptance testing and reporting with the client's teams.
Services that fit
- EU AI Act readiness Find out whether the AI Act covers your AI systems and in which risk class, then build the documentation it requires.
- Integration architecture Connect systems so that data flows reliably: API and event design, integration platform choice and interface governance.
- Architecture review A second opinion on a design, a platform choice or a supplier's architecture, before you commit.
Commodity trading
Trading houses run specialised trading and risk systems, buy and sell business units, and must keep trade and accounting records for auditors and tax authorities long after a system has changed hands.
Typical situations
- After a carve-out, you must leave the seller's trading system before the transitional service agreement ends.
- A trading or risk platform decision needs an independent second opinion.
- Interfaces between trading, logistics and finance systems are fragile.
Experience: a carve-out project for a commodity-trading system used in two countries, completed before the transitional service agreement ended.
Services that fit
- Integration architecture Connect systems so that data flows reliably: API and event design, integration platform choice and interface governance.
- Technical due diligence Before you buy a software company: the technology risks that should change the price, the terms or the decision.
- Architecture review A second opinion on a design, a platform choice or a supplier's architecture, before you commit.
Manufacturing and industry
Manufacturers modernise ERP and production systems in waves, and every wave leaves old systems, interfaces and data behind.
Typical situations
- A new ERP and older production systems have to work together during the transition.
- Production, ERP and logistics systems are connected point to point.
- An acquisition or a sale needs a plan to integrate or separate the IT.
Experience: two hands-on ERP introduction projects for manufacturers of rail vehicles and industrial equipment.
Services that fit
- Integration architecture Connect systems so that data flows reliably: API and event design, integration platform choice and interface governance.
- Enterprise architecture Make your IT landscape understandable and decidable: assessment, blueprint, roadmap and an architecture practice that lasts.
- Fractional CTO Senior technology leadership a few days a month: strategy, architecture, suppliers and team.
Software companies and their buyers
Owner-managed software companies change hands as founders retire. Buyers, investors and lenders need to know what the code, the team and the customer contracts are really worth, and who will lead the technology afterwards.
Typical situations
- You are about to buy a software company and only have the seller's presentation.
- The founder is the only one who understands the code.
- After the acquisition, nobody leads the technology.
Experience: 18 years in software, from developer and architect to team lead of software consulting; software risk assessment and cost and productivity analysis as a transformation consultant.
Services that fit
- Technical due diligence Before you buy a software company: the technology risks that should change the price, the terms or the decision.
- Fractional CTO Senior technology leadership a few days a month: strategy, architecture, suppliers and team.
- Architecture review A second opinion on a design, a platform choice or a supplier's architecture, before you commit.
This experience was built over 18 years in employed and contracted roles, not all of it at Bit2Board. Clients are named only where they have agreed.