New CIO for the Y&R Group Switzerland
Bruno Rambaldi is returning to Y&R Group Switzerland as CIO, replacing Ivan Kellenberger, the long-time Head of IT. With this move, the Y&R Group is consistently focusing on expanding its digital offerings and building a strong in-house IT team.
After almost 20 years at Futurecom interactive and Y&R Group Switzerland AG, CIO Ivan Kellenberger is leaving the Y&R network. Kellenberger is taking a career break before taking on a new challenge.
Kellenberger has been with Futurecom and the Y&R Group since 1996, during which time he has shaped not only the company but also the Swiss interactive market. The Y&R Group owes Ivan Kellenberger a great debt of gratitude and is delighted that he will continue to support the company in an advisory capacity over the coming months.
Kellenberger will be succeeded as CIO by Bruno Rambaldi in August. Rambaldi is no stranger to the Y&R Group: He headed Futurecom's IT department until 1999. Bruno Rambaldi completed an engineering degree at ETH Zurich before joining Futurecom in 1996. Rambaldi then obtained an MBA from the renowned INSEAD Business School in Fontainebleau and worked in various IT and general management positions at Swiss companies, including OC Oerlikon, Michel Präzisionstechnik and Swisscom IT Services.
Expansion of the digital offering
In Bruno Rambaldi, the Y&R Group has gained an insider with an external perspective. His know-how of the processes in a digital agency is invaluable. At the same time, the external perspective guarantees exciting impulses for the further expansion of the Group's technology and digital offering. This expansion of the digital offering will be Bruno Rambaldi's primary focus. The marketing and communications agency of the future must have strong IT. For years, the Y&R Group has successfully relied on a large in-house IT department, supported by near-shore resources in certain areas, in order to be able to develop faster and more efficiently. Today, the range of services includes not only the development of web and mobile applications, but also data analytics, performance marketing and proprietary products such as the social media monitor Brandalizzer or the sales solution Easypush.
