EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Thomas Glaus.
Data, AI & Transformation Leadership
Leadership experience across banking, insurance and retail. I connect data strategy, architecture and governance with the hands-on development of intelligent applications.
Career
Thurgauer Kantonalbank
Head of Data Management & AI
- Building and developing data management and AI at Thurgauer Kantonalbank. Shaping the data and AI architecture and supporting organisational transformation.
Schaffhauser Kantonalbank
Head of Data Management / Chief Data Officer
- Data strategy approved by executive management and the board.
- Defined and executed the enterprise-wide data strategy, target architecture and cloud roadmap.
- Led the migration architecture from on-prem data warehouse environments to Microsoft Fabric and Azure.
- Designed a US Cloud Act mitigation framework together with an external law firm.
- Established and chaired the bank-wide AI board — convening and leading it, inventorying AI use, risk classification, release logic.
- Reported to executive management, the Audit & Risk Committee and the board on data, cloud and AI risk.
- Defined AI and cloud risk appetite together with the CRO and the Audit & Risk Committee.
- Defined the IKS controls for data, cloud and AI, backed by several audits with consistently strong outcomes.
Cembra Money Bank AG
Head of Data Management & Data Platforms
- Led an international data value stream across Switzerland, India and Latvia.
- Steered data-platform modernisation and key AI-enabler initiatives.
- Owned international recruitment, restructuring and performance management decisions.
- Led a Microsoft Fabric proof of concept within a FINMA-compliant regulatory framework.
Denner AG
Head of Data Management
- Re-engineered the data operating model toward a Data-as-a-Product architecture.
- Consolidated BI silos and established scalable governance and analytics standards.
- Introduced real-time KPI reporting for CFO, supply-chain and sales steering.
Swiss Life AG
Head of BI & Data Analytics
- Provided technical leadership for the OneTrust implementation covering enterprise-wide consent and preference management.
- Led an advanced customer analytics platform including an R/Python-based modelling environment.
- Strengthened GDPR and revised Swiss data-protection structures in an enterprise setting.
Zürcher Kantonalbank
Head of Client Analytics
- Scaled numerous ML and deep-learning use cases across mortgages, advisory and investment banking, and built an advisor frontend.
- Operationalised data-driven models with measurable contribution to revenue, efficiency and steering capability.
- Designed and calculated simulation and pricing models for the shift to advisory-led models, in close coordination with product and asset management.
UBS AG
Senior Data Scientist
- Developed advanced ML analytics models for investment risk management and portfolio decisions.
- Contributed to building scalable enterprise data platforms in a tier-one investment-banking environment.
- Deputy Team Lead in the Business & Client Analytics department.
- Identified as an “AD Talent” within Global Products & Marketing (2008).
Education
04.2026 – 06.2027 · In progress
Executive MBA in Business Engineering
University of St.Gallen (HSG)
12.2014 – 03.2018
Master of Advanced Studies in Data Science
ZHAW School of Engineering
01.2006 – 01.2008
Master of Advanced Studies in Business Administration
ZHAW School of Management and Law
09.1999 – 12.2002
Dipl.-Ing. FH in Data Analysis and Process Design
ZHAW School of Engineering
09.1995 – 07.1999
Federal VET Diploma, Electronics Technician with Vocational Baccalaureate
Kistler Instrumente AG, Winterthur
Executive Education
06–10.07.2026
The Silicon Valley Experience — Innovation & Tech Trends: Lessons from Silicon Valley
University of St.Gallen (Executive MBA HSG), hosted by Prof. Dr. Stuart Evans (Carnegie Mellon University) and Prof. Dr. Homa Bahrami (UC Berkeley)
Learning & certifications
Data, Analytics & Cloud
- 2022 · Azure Data Scientist Associate (DP-100)
- 2021 · Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)
- 2020 · Power BI Data Analyst Associate (DA-100)
- 2019 · Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
- 2016 · SAS Certified Data Scientist, SAS Institute (Wallisellen)
Agile Delivery & Framework
- 2023 · SAFe® 6.0 Release Train Engineer (RTE)
- 2023 · SAFe® 6.0 Product Owner / Product Manager (POPM)
- 2021 · Professional Scrum Master II (PSM II), Scrum.org
IT Service Management
- 2020 · ITIL® 4 Foundation
Award years follow the existing profile; current validity has not been verified.
Languages
- German
- Native
- English
- Fluent (C1)
- French
- Conversational
Focus areas
- Banking, Business & Leadership
Strategy · Transformation · Leadership - Data, Analytics & AI
Enterprise Data · AI · Governance - Engineering & Digital Innovation
Software Engineering · Agents · Experiences