Reto Frei becomes new Head CIO Office at Tamedia
From September, Reto Frei will take over the management of the CIO Office and act as deputy Group CIO of Tamedia.
Reto Frei will take over the role of Deputy Group CIO next fall and will also head the CIO Office in this function. Together with his team, Frei will support the Group CIO in his operational tasks and take on important strategic and coordinative management tasks.
"I am delighted that we have been able to appoint an outstanding expert and leader in Reto Frei. With his many years of broad experience, he will make a significant contribution to further intensifying and advancing the successful transformation process to a digital media company in the areas of technology and process innovation," says Franz Bürgi, Group CIO of Tamedia.
Reto Frei has worked for Swisscom since 2012, starting as Chief Operating Officer of Alphapay AG (a Swisscom Group company). Since 2015, as Head of Sales & Service Excellence and Enterprise Customer Care, he has been supporting the transformation of Swisscom's key account business and managing up to 500 employees. Prior to this, he held various management positions for 10 years: Among others, at the energy supplier BKW, the IT service provider NCR Worldwide Customer Services and Zurich Insurance.
Frei, 50, is a business economist (lic.oec.HSG) and holds an Executive MBA in Business Engineering HSG. He has also completed various further training courses in IT service management and coaching. He is married, has three children and lives in the canton of Zurich near Schaffhausen.
