About

I’m an ML engineer in Zurich. I care most about ML systems that are useful, simple and reliable.

At Dira GeoSystems I lead machine learning: models that find buildings and roads in aerial imagery, the service that runs them, and the benchmark that shows whether a new model is actually better. I also use LLMs to find errors in existing map data. Before that I was a senior ML engineer at Datahouse and tech lead of its AI team, building document AI and computer vision systems.

My background is in geospatial data science. I studied geography and physics at the University of Zurich, and my master’s thesis on deep learning for map generalization led to a paper at GeoAI 2026. I started a PhD at ETH Zurich, but left to build and ship systems in industry.

When I’m not at the computer, I’m usually climbing. For fun I run 404-clothing.com. I’m also the former drummer of the rock band Annie Taylor, with whom I recorded two albums and played shows around Europe.