team

Andreas Hüppi CEO

Dipl. Inf.-Ing. FH
Project Manager / Senior Consultant / Senior Developer

Andreas is the headmaster of bitforge. Together with Reto he founded bitforge in 2004 after his studies in computer science. He is responsible for planning and preparing all projects – thinking them through from idea to upload. From the basics of usability until the UI design he sets all out for the follow-up works to come.

He’s a perfectionist. Every product has to pass his desk and suit his eye of perfection until it’s released. The final judgment will come from him and if there is something within the application that shouldn’t - he’ll find it!

Reto Senn COO

Dipl. Inf.-Ing. FH
Project Manager / Senior Consultant / Senior Developer

Reto founded bitforge together with Andreas in 2004. He gained the necessary experience during his studies of computer science while he programmed and developed Java-Games and published them successfully. Founded on his work during university he developed further knowledge in software architecture of games and applications.

He likes to communicate and talk to our customers as well as giving advice to all subjects around mobile applications. And he’s always near if there’s fun in the office. So he’s able not only to give information and advice within our team but also is the one with advice and information for our customers. Because there’s nearly nothing he knows nothing about.

Adrian Nägeli CTO

Dipl. Inf.-Ing. FH
Senior Developer

Adrian joined the team in 2005 after he finished his studies in computer science. As lead developer he’s responsible for the whole technical issues of an application. The heart of the product – the programming. So every project will hit his desk sooner or later.

As soon as he is left with work to do and he starts to hit his keyboard with codes there is only silence left. Except for the clattering of the keyboard. He for himself is of a quieter nature. He leaves the talking to others and it’s hard to break through. But he’s always first to agree for an afterwork-beer.

Claudio Bomio

Concept Art & Design

Claudio is filled up with madness and creativity. And he keeps that up every day. He paints everything you need within seconds and within no time his sketchbook is filled up to the last page with first impressions and drawings, sketches, inspirations and figures. If you need a graphic, a drawing, a background, a character – doesn’t matter. He’s the man for it.

Since march 2011 he’s in the team and since then we’re actually all a bit jealous of his Wacom Tablet PC on his desk. It’s huge. And it’s awesome. But he needs it to paint his awesome drawings!

Cornelia Zogg

Bachelor of Arts in Communication FH
Project Manager / Game Design / Kommunikation

Cornelia is our female sidekick. She joined the team in January 2011 after her studies of journalism and communication and is since then responsible for all our writing stuff. As an active gamer she also provides useful knowledge when it comes to game design and game structure as well as storytelling and gameplay.

But she’s not only the one who’s writing. She’s also the one who’s talking. A lot. Therefore she’s our communication specialist. And there’s always to expect some advice from her to any application or game that’s in the pipeline. Because she concepts and designs the app as a UI and game designer and does nearly everything except the programming part itself. And there’s only one question unanswered: how the hell can someone type so fast?!

Jonas Widmer

Bachelor of Arts in Game Design ZHdK
Game Design

Jonas is our game designer! He finished his studies in game design in 2011 and joined bitforge right after. With his education and his experience he makes our existing apps and games even better.

During his time at university he learned everything about game design there is to know. And: he’s the one coming up with the missing point most of the time. He programs, designs, plans, creates, paints, develops, mixes together and rips it apart again and and and. So he’s basically our “jonas for everything”. Except for the coffee making. That’s something we all can do on our own.

Michael Kägi VR-Präsident

Dipl. Ing. Lm HTL
Senior Consultant

Michael has built up many companies in recent years. Among those was Minick – today net-m Switzerland. He has seen the potential of bitforge and supported the company from the beginning. Michael is an entrepreneur who’s most important point in a company is its sustainability. His company Klangwandel in Zurich is one of them.