Understand
Start with the process, the people and the value.
NicoBlöchlinger
Strategic Project Lead · Strategy, Digital & AI
I turn ideas into progress people can feel.
Almost four years at Stöckli, Switzerland’s largest ski manufacturer, from the company-wide ERP rollout to the digital strategy with the CFO and AI in everyday work. Before that, ten years at Nidwaldner Kantonalbank, from private banking to business development.
StrategyAIImpact
8Years in strategy, business development and transformation
CHF 3mProgramme led, on time and on budget
330People moved to new processes and systems
−60%Planning effort with a tool I built myself
What I bring
Execution is the bridge between strategy and reality.
I translate ambitious initiatives into clear decisions, working systems and teams that carry the change.
Connect
Bring business, IT and partners together.
Deliver
Drive adoption, ownership and measurable results.
Selected work
Transformation that works in real life.
Four projects from industry and banking, from enterprise systems and strategy to AI in production.
01
The digital backbone
Stöckli Swiss Sports AG
Company-wide rollout of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central across all departments, on an integrated architecture of ERP, POS, PIM, middleware, webshops and CRM. I was responsible for the interfaces, for example between our Magento webshop, the PIM and the ERP, and designed the new POS system for our stores.
> CHF 3m330 end usersOn time & on budget
02
Strategy with the CFO
Stöckli Swiss Sports AG
Developed and embedded the digital and IT strategy together with the CFO, from role model and strategic principles through the organisation to a three-year target picture, including cyber-security governance. Plus a cross-functional analysis of the EU business for the executive board.
Strategy → target pictureGovernanceC-level sparring
03
AI for everyday operations
Stöckli Swiss Sports AG
Initiated the internal AI team that collects and assesses use cases from all departments. For the ski tests I analysed the event-management process and built my own tool, which is now in use.
AI team initiatedBuilt myselfIn use
04
Ten years at Nidwaldner Kantonalbank
Nidwaldner Kantonalbank
From the apprenticeship to private banking and business development. Responsible for the market monitoring on digitisation, part of the 2022–2026 strategy, project lead for FELFEL@NKB and support for the controlling of the bank-wide project portfolio.
Strategy 2022–2026FELFEL@NKBProject portfolio
Side projects
Not just talking about it. Building.
Two AI products I build in my own time. For me, that is the fastest way to understand what the technology can do, and where its limits are. Both publicly available.
CLRY
AI Editorial System · DACH
The essential AI news. In five minutes.
An automated German-language AI news pipeline: ingest global sources, cluster and rank stories, condense them editorially, pass multiple QA gates and deliver daily or weekly.
6–10 curated stories per edition, daily and weekly.
- Node.js
- Claude
- Supabase
- Resend
- Multi-stage QA
Career Intelligence · Switzerland
Which role truly fits you?
An adaptive career check for Swiss professionals. Short scenario questions create a WorkType profile and concrete role hypotheses for the Swiss job market.
From question bank and scoring to the personal report.
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Matching Engine
- Vitest
- Capacitor iOS
Journey
Banking → Business Development → Strategy & Transformation
One consistent thread: get to the bottom of complex questions, align people and turn decisions into reliable solutions.
MSc & BSc Business Administration · Lucerne University of Applied SciencesStrategic Project Lead
Stöckli Swiss Sports AG
Set up the AI team and built an event tool, IT strategy with the CFO, review of the EU business, HR system and integration of the US subsidiary.
ERP Project Lead
Stöckli Swiss Sports AG
Company-wide ERP rollout with responsibility for budget, quality and change, including the interfaces and the new POS system.
Project Manager Business Development
Stöckli Swiss Sports AG
Built Skiservice@Home from idea to market launch. Discontinued after one season. Since then I validate demand before scaling operations.
Business Development Manager
Nidwaldner Kantonalbank
Technology scouting and digitisation, sparring partner to the executive board, NKB 2022–2026 strategy and controlling of the bank-wide project portfolio.
Banking Foundation & Private Banking
Nidwaldner Kantonalbank
Commercial apprenticeship with vocational baccalaureate, then private banking: investment proposals, mandate controlling and specialist for the portfolio-management systems.
Outside the office
Movement creates perspective.
Raised in Ennetbürgen and living there again, deeply connected to the mountains. Tennis, padel, mountain biking, road cycling, golf, ski touring and freeriding. Currently travelling the world to experience new cultures, meet people and return with a fresh perspective.
Available from April 2027Ennetbürgen, Switzerland
Contact
Ready for what comes next.
I am available from April 2027 and looking for roles where strategy, digital and execution meet. Ideally in a company that moves fast, works with technology and AI, and cares about measurable results.
nico.bloechlinger@outlook.com