Advisory Board

Our Advisory Board members.

NICK BARRAUD

Advisory Board Member
Bio

KEITH CARTER

Advisory Board Member
Bio

ECKHARD FRANK

Advisory Board Member
Bio

CIARAN QUINN

Advisory Board Member
Bio
Nick Barraud

Advisory Board Member

After managing the family tour operator and travel company, Nick opened Motivation, a conference & corporate event agency in 1991 to serve the Swiss and multinational corporate communications markets. Nick has also been actively involved in designing and marketing software solutions capable of handling complex delegate registration and management processes. He is a creative, out-of-the-box storyteller who believes that the events Motivation designs are there to drive home the corporate message whilst surprising, entertaining and, hopefully, educating the audience. His investment in humanitarian & development projects help him put corporate jungle life in perspective.

KEITH CARTER

Advisory Board Member

Keith is an experienced business leader with a strong financial background and knowledge of (bio)pharmaceuticals, healthcare, IP development, finance and investment banking. An entrepreneurial self-starter with public and private, mature and start-up company experience, Keith is highly numerate and articulate, independent and computer-literate. A good communicator and negotiator, fluent in English and French. In addition to internal CEO roles of building and changing the business, experienced in external plc roles of dealing with investor relations and PR as well as professional advisors. Keith holds a MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Eckhard Frank

Advisory Board Member

German-born Eckhard Frank was raised in France before returning to his homeland to obtain his engineering degree. His experience in multicultural environments as well as his varied business experience – from heavy-duty machinery to high-resolution mass spectrometers – laid the foundations for his hiring by the world’s largest watchmaking corporate The Swatch Group (TSG). Being an executive manager and/or board member of major TSG companies such as Longines, Swiss Timing, ETA, plus others, today, Eckhard dedicates his time to support various organizations linked to his past activities on a freelance basis and to his many further hobbies.

Ciaran Quinn

Advisory Board Member

Ciaran Quinn is an international media and technology executive with a strong background in sports. He has worked as a C-level executive, most recently as Chief Commercial Officer of deltatre; founded companies; helped buy and sell companies; been a board member of public and private firms, and an external advisor for technology companies. With extensive global experience in digital media and technology dating to 1995, he has worked on ground breaking digital projects that have changed and improved the ways people access media. Currently he operates his own boutique advisory company, VEO2, which advises C-Level executives on matters including commercial strategy and business growth. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley where he was student body co-President, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from R.P.I. A dual Irish and US citizen he has lived in Europe since 1992.

SAAD

Developer / Consultant

Born in India, raised in U.A.E. and currently residing in Toronto, Saad has completed his Bachelor in Applied Science degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from University of Windsor, Canada. He has 10 + years of experience in systems engineering, SDLC, and project management. He has worked as a Project Manager supporting the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Torch Relay. Prior to this he worked as a System Administrator for the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games during which he managed the overall functionality of applications required to successfully execute the Torch Relay. In his role he trained, mentored, and supervised coordinators, partnered across organization on joint projects, and integrated innovative solutions across multi-disciplinary teams.

JOHANN

CEO

As the founder and CEO of Wiz-Team, Johann has been a part of this adventure long before the start of the organisation 10 years ago. This dynamic and fast-growing company was born out of gap in the market Johann and his colleagues experienced as event managers in the early 2000s.  With little tools available to effectively manage the demands and challenges of data management for complex events, they decided to build their own solution. 

Shortly thereafter Johann created Event-Works and later Wiz-Team with the vision to deliver world class digital solutions built by event professionals for event professionals. From Wiz-Team headquarters in his hometown Lausanne, he oversees a global network of developers and experts, who support the organisations mission to empower event professionals through smart, intuitive, and innovative digital solutions. 

Johann’s expertise in event data management is outstanding.  He has delivered innovative event management solutions to every Olympic Games edition since 2004 alongside a range of other international events. Having worked across many sectors, including sports federations, the medical congress industry, corporate companies, and government agencies, he has acquired a wide-ranging background and an exceptional experience in various types and sizes of events. Before he set up Wiz-Team, Johann specialised in web and database development, as well as project management in the luxury industry, and teaching.

Johann holds an MBA in international management and speaks English, French and some German. In his spare time, he enjoys scuba diving, discovering the world on a motorbike, gaming and exploring new technologies.