Matthias Schaller

39 years   /   Zurich    

FinTech Innovator & Visionary Leader. With a Ph.D. in Finance and a strong technological background, I fuse deep academic insights with real-world tech savvy. At Onloan GmbH, my leadership as CTO & Co-Founder catapulted us to remarkable SaaS success, revolutionizing tools for leading Swiss banks. Formerly, as a trailblazing Data Scientist at Risk Solution Network AG, I spearheaded pioneering credit risk models and navigated complex data landscapes.

Professional Experience

CTO & Co-Founder

Since 2020

Fully bootstrapped six-digit recurring SaaS-revenue within two years. | Managed teams of up to five developers. | Conceptualization, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of anonline SME-lending suite that is productive at a large and nationally operatingSuisse bank. | Design, development, deployment, and maintenance of a web-based SME-advisory tool that is used by hundreds of relationship managers at Suisse banks.

Senior Data Scientist

2013 - 2019

Improvement of existing as well as development of new credit rating models forSMEs and larger corporates. | Conceptualization and taking to MVP-stage of advanced machine-learning creditrisk tools focusing on the client’s bank transactions. | Implementation of regular data feeds. Collection, merging and management ofdatasets from multiple different institutional clients, in total largely exceedingone billion datapoints.

Research Assistant

2009 - 2012

Research: Different projects focusing on liquidity requirements of banks, deposit insurance schemes, and the efficient design of credit rating models. | Teaching: Support in various undergraduate and graduate level lectures inbanking and economics.

My Services

Ph.D. in Finance

2009 - 2013

Thesis: “Aspects of Stability inthe Financial Sector”

Master in Bus. Administration & IT

2009 - 2013

Business Major in Financial Managementand Entrepreneurial Finance.