Julian Yves Richard Corbet

Excellence proven by four scholarships, three university degrees (summa cum laude), experience in two global corporations, and building one software startup. My background spans M&A (Covendit, Corporate Finance), Management Consulting (Nexgen, Enterprise IT), PMO (Swisscom, Cloud & AI), and Machine Learning (Airbus, Defense), giving me cross-domain perspective to translate across silos, align stakeholders and lead diverse teams & projects.

Known for intellectual velocity & first-principles problem solving, I isolate root causes & pioneer innovative, tech-enabled solutions. Shifting the frame from complexity to clarity, I facilitate smart capital allocation & aspire to build a durable career in a forward-thinking firm that prizes curiosity & execution; growing as a leader while compounding financial engineering & management skills (MBA, CFI, AI – ops, cloud & specialized).

Technological change is permanent and unavoidable. The right timing is key to success; else underutilization, painful change cycles, and missed opportunities in products, profit & growth loom. I have an ambitious vision: As a force multiplier teams I join surface high-impact tools & employ productivity innovations; I get domain depth. Together we scale what works, deliver ROI & compound value; empowering an improving organization that wins.

I’m a child of the Internet - I built my first PC at the age of 12. Today, in my 30s a growing consensus among leaders envisions a world driven by Agentic AI¹, where work shifts from people executing tasks to system architects designing systems² that prioritize frictionless and scalable end-to-end execution³. Over the next decade, this might extend the winner-takes-most dynamic that is inherent to digital spaces to even more professions and industries⁴. I aim to shape that future & translate this insight into measurable ROI for my sponsor⁵ — and durable career-capital for me.

Connecting with a team that shares my values is essential for me to deliver my best work. I often begrudgingly had to observe that breaking those principles leads to subpar work outcomes.

• ⚜ Trust & Loyalty — I show up and speak politely but plainly. When trust is high, politics drop, and performance rises. ¹
• 💻 Curiosity & Experimentation — I dedicate at least 20 % to exploring. Executives that invest in people and learning outperform. ²
• 📖 Humility & Learning — We’re all fallible. I invite challenge, own mistakes, and am not afraid to let everyone teach me. I hate pretenders. ³
• 🧩 Simplicity & Modularity — Simple, composable parts are easier to evolve & change. Robust complexity emerges from combining simple systems. ⁴
• 🦎 Teamship & Collective Stewardship — Great teams always outperform great individuals. As a chameleon I facilitate balanced participation, clear roles, and respectful debate so diverse strengths compound. ⁵

I want to join a company that refuses silos. Technology isn’t a back-office concern; it’s a shared mandate to design systems that shape outcomes. Put capable people close to customers and let cross-functional teams own problems end-to-end—because systems are destiny¹. The culture I seek treats capability as a compounding asset: invest early, protect teams, and let learning happen in the flow of work³. It runs on partnership, not turf—clarity of roles, transparent decisions, and psychological safety to debate, decide, and execute. AI does not “belong” to the IT department; it belongs to all of us to co-create resilient platforms that feed the business that feeds us². I do not seek to be promoted over my peers but to belong to the most high-performing team I could ever imagine because it is the people that influence me every day at work that will decide who I will grow up to be.

That’s the culture I want to help build: customer-proximate, cross-functional by default, long-term in its bets - where we measure ourselves by achievements, durable ROI and the challenges we overcame.

Contributes to portfolio & capital allocation analysis; decision support: integrates qualitative & quantitative risk assessment

Applies DCF, Multiples & comps; skilled in scenario and sensitivity analysis, enables debt & equity financing decisions

Experience in origination, due diligence & IMs; skilled in structuring and execution of strategic growth investments (Buy & Build)

Drives transformation in high-pressure environments, guiding teams through change while balancing disruption and continuity

Prepares board & investment decks; presents options, trade-offs & recommendations for steerings & executive reviews

Builds TOMs, roadmaps and KPI | OKR frameworks; establishes high-level dashboards for portfolio cadence & execution

Aligns functions and manages senior expectations; balances priorities and drives accountable, timely resolutions

Demonstrates cross-cultural agility as a native German, fluent in English, navigating BANI-driven uncertainty and adapting fluidly to evolving organizational contexts

Proficient in Python & Java (OOP), adopts on-premise, hybrid & cloud solutions to develop AI MVPs & drive deployment at scale

Leads requirements analysis, process diagnostics & streamlining; translates regulatory needs to secure & efficient solutions

Applies forecasting, time series & stochastic models; familiar with option pricing, volatility & risk tools (VaR, Monte Carlo)

Drives organizational resilience by fostering AI literacy and digital enablement through empathetic leadership, tailored workshops, and best-practice integration

Understanding requires touch. I believe you can’t truly grasp software until you’ve built or broken it yourself. Doing sharpens intuition in a way no theory can. Creating something tangible also attracts feedback — and feedback accelerates learning faster than any course or certification ever could.

What I cannot create, I do not understand.

In my homelab, I operate a full stack of self-hosted & cloud-based apps — from CRM and AI workbenches to automation pipelines — infrastructure that would cost a four-figure sum per month commercially, but runs for electricity cost on my own systems. This lab isn’t just for me: about a dozen others rely on it sparking creating another business from my passion projects. Besides it’s my way to test Open Source tools, explore digital sovereignty, and validate ideas before I ever recommend them professionally — going from 0 to 1 in private, and scaling at work. This way every employer benefits from countless lessons on my own dime.

Ideas grow faster in conversation. I learn best through exchange — by engaging with practitioners who see the world from different angles.

Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future.

In business, I’m connected across consulting and finance communities: Bain Spark, BCG Emeralds, and alumni networks like BDSU, AIESEC, and Enactus keep me close to peers in strategy and operations. Through SECA (Young Member) and Swiss private-equity, venture, and corporate-development circles, I stay aligned with the evolving landscape and business opportunities. On the tech side, I collaborate with developer and digital-rights communities — from CCC and Linux User Groups to DigiGes, digitalswitzerland, and Impact Hub. I regularly join Agile Breakfasts and online DACH meetups, where engineers and designers discuss open tools and responsible innovation.

These circles keep me honest, curious, and updated. They make sure that what I build or recommend isn’t shaped by echo chambers but by people who challenge my assumptions early.

I’ve learned that influence grows from doing, reflecting, and sharing. Building on my experiences in technology, corporates, and freelancing, I focus on turning practice into perspective — translating hands-on work into stories, frameworks, and takeaways others can build on. My goal is to connect the how of technology and computer systems with the why of leadership and human systems (organizations).

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas and share them early.

I’m building a blog and media presence similar to Substack — combining human writing, interviews, and dialogue with AI to explore how technology reshapes organizations. Having already produced audio formats for others, I continuously refine my recording and editing capabilities to achieve professional quality, which recently led me to provide AV operations at the Swiss Python Summit. Podcasting and long-form interviews are the natural next layer: they extend my curiosity beyond systems into the people who design them.

• Context: Multi-site scale-up in 2022; core system crashed mid-projects, halting field crews and sales; client’s reputation & further expansion at stake
• Action: Restored systems on day one & sustained ops until replacement; ran cloud migration assessment, analysed vendors & licenses, SaaS options
• Result: Preserved reputation and continuity; addressed infra bottlenecks; prevented six- to seven-figure misinvestments; transferred ownership orderly

• Context: COVID halted in-person seminars at a regional leadership advisory; revenues collapsed; brand built on personal contact & luxury at risk; clients sought scalable digital formats
• Action: Setup & monitored digital infra; co-led effort to create on-demand video content; identified client pain points & led effort to improve marketing
• Result: Delivered rejuvenation & future-proofing - on-prem & online coexist; revenue channels diversified; on the side: increased tax & admin efficiency

• Context: 2021 pre-Merge ETH mining viable & very-high ROI; innovative structures & lax regulation allowed crypto boon while minimizing (energy) tax
• Action: Educated stakeholders on crypto, designed technical operating model; sized | costed operation; dealt with rising GPU scarcity & quality issues
• Result: Quick pilot, delivery in time & on budget, optimized operation even further using custom firmware, ensured monitoring & stability while online

Executive Assistant | Consultant to multiple departments (B2B & Infrastructure)

• Responsibility: Supported cross-functional procurement and infrastructure units in strategic eight-figure multi-year investment decisions
• Initiative: Drove stakeholder engagement and facilitated internal scenario analysis, surfaced inefficiencies by proactively leading supplier negotiations
• Success: Captured six-figure cost savings through structured process analysis and implementation, invited to work on target operating model (TOM)

Certification Engineer | Airworthiness | Master Physics

• Responsibility: Owned technical analysis of decades of unstructured aircraft maintenance data to identify cost overruns and compliance exposures
• Initiative: Built automated data models leveraging AI tools to speed up analysis, uncovered operational issues highlighting six-figure savings potential
• Success: Triggered redesign of data analysis and warehousing workflows, inspired a seven-figure long-term investment plan reshaping maintenance

Investment Banking Analyst | working student

• Responsibility: Supported seven-figure client-facing M&A deals, prepared teasers, information memorandums and financial models (multiples, DCF)
• Initiative: Pioneered AI-driven automation reducing longlisting time by up to 80%, leveraged tech insight to advise PE clients on acquisition targets
• Success: Secured PE retainer mandate, invited back at associate level but chose to pitch as MBI candidate for a distressed Indian tech company

Junior Consultant | working student

• Responsibility: Evaluated regulatory exposure and performance bottlenecks in Tier 1 banking IT systems for T+1 securities settlement
• Initiative: Drafted cloud migration whitepaper translating BAIT and MaRisk into actionable guidelines; conducted deep-dive ETL performance analysis
• Success: Contributed to firm’s regulatory thought leadership resulting in successful client pitches, demonstrated 99% ETL processing time reduction

Co-Founder | Head of Business Development | Freelance Management Consultant

• Responsibility: Led business development; built distributed team and client base across Europe with emphasis on long-term customer relationships
• Initiative: Transitioned to solo consulting; delivered multiple projects in leadership advisory, process optimization and digitalization, blockchain (DLT)
• Success: Scaled A Softer Space to mid six-figure revenue and established Corbet Consulting as a versatile solo brand across tech and advisory

I was selected for four prestigious scholarships. Most importantly, the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Germany’s most competitive merit award, granted to roughly 1% of top-performing nominees for academic excellence and leadership potential. I also received two Rolf & Edith Sandvoss Scholarships (Bachelor & Master), supporting high-achieving first-generation physics students through a combination of merit and social criteria. In addition, I was admitted to the e-fellows network, a talent programme for high-potential students and young professionals, while actively contributing to impactful extracurriculars such as international leadership (AIESEC), social entrepreneurship (Enactus) & student consulting (Green Finance Consulting).

AIESEC

At AIESEC, I co-led the Incoming Global Talent team, driving international placements and corporate collaborations. My core contribution was driving a multicultural, high-velocity team and coordinating cross-border talent processes under tight timelines.

Enactus

Within Enactus, I contributed to the Enactus X innovation team, creating early-stage social entrepreneurship opportunities. The team’s portfolio included projects such as employment pathways for homeless individuals and local sustainability initiatives.

Green Finance Consulting

At Green Finance Consulting, I contributed to a pro-bono collaboration with Roland Berger and the Big Girls Foundation. My key achievement was designing a scalable database system for thousands of scholarship applications, enabling the growth of girls’ education programmes in Kenya. Additionally, I acted as a BDSU liaison, advocating for & strengthening our connection to Germany’s national student consulting network.

Beyond student organisations, I engaged in substantial independent volunteering across tutoring, suicide prevention, crisis intervention, and harm-reduction work.

Applied Statistics Tutoring

For three years, I served as an independent tutor for applied statistics (SPSS & R), supporting thesis writers and advanced undergraduates. This long-term role strengthened my ability to translate complex quantitative methods into accessible, practical skills.

Mentoring Programme

I co-created a mentoring programme in the Psychology department, matching mentors and mentees across cohorts and supporting skill transfer in academic methods and university navigation. The initiative improved continuity and peer support across year groups enlisting all undergraduates.

Student Representation

Alongside teaching and mentoring, I engaged in student-led university governance and served on the departmental student councils of Physics and Psychology for several terms, contributing to a range of committee roles.

I was selected for the fully financed MBA programme of the Collège des Ingénieurs (CDI), one of Europe’s most selective management programmes for high potentials with a quantitative and scientific background (selectivity ~4%). The programme combines executive-level training with international, high-responsibility assignments in leading European companies, exposing participants to strategic, operational, and technology-driven decision environments. I used my time at CDI to deepen my capabilities in AI leadership, capital & people skills, and technology & innovation management, strengthening my ability to convert analytical insight into business impact.

AI Leadership

At CDI, I specialised in AI leadership, including participation in the AI Summer School with Schwarz IT. I led the development of operations-ready GenAI pilots, ensured alignment with EU AI Act governance requirements, and built structured approaches to integrating AI into organisational processes and decision cycles.

Capital & People Skills

My training in capital and people skills centred on financial analysis, structured communication, and stakeholder alignment. I evaluated a nearshoring case using rigorous financial modelling and reframed the results through a combined strategy–risk–communication lens, strengthening my ability to influence decisions in complex organisational settings.

Technology & Innovation Management

In technology & innovation management, I evaluated ROI, NPV, IRR and assessed market and technology risks across incremental (stage-gate) and disruptive innovation paths. This enhanced my ability to translate technical feasibility into commercial value and long-term strategic positioning.

My studies in Physics focused on quantitative modelling, AI & machine learning, and the experimental foundations of complex biological and physical systems. I became particularly interested in how physical principles can be used to measure, model, and predict cognitive and physiological processes, which led me to a wide range of topics, from applied electronics and biophysics to near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) at the neuroscience interface. I also pursued coursework in game theory and chaotic systems to better understand strategic decision-making and incentive-driven behaviour at the system level. This combination of mathematical rigour, AI-driven analysis, and hands-on experimental design shaped the projects listed below and built the foundation for my later work across AI, engineering, and decision science.

GPA: 5.0, Grade: 1.0 (DE) | 6.0 (CH)
Relevant Coursework: AI & ML (1.0 | 6.0), applied electronics (1.3 | 5.8), biophysics (1.3 | 5.8), IP & high-tech startups (1.15 | 5.9)
Research: Near infrared spectroscopy (Neuroscience), Non-destructive terahertz imaging (contributed electronics), Accelerator physics (LINAC)

I studied Psychology with a strong interest in neuroscience, work & organizational psychology, and the behavioural dynamics that shape decisions in individuals, teams, and complex systems. My focus was on how cognition, incentives, and physiological processes interact to influence performance, adaptation, and organisational outcomes. This integrated perspective complemented my quantitative background and grounded my work in behavioural and organisational analytics, making it directly relevant to transformation, change, and decision-support contexts. It also shaped my later research in AI-driven assessment, cognitive modelling, and technology-enabled interventions, areas where human behaviour, data, and technology intersect.

GPA: 4.5, Grade: 1.6 (DE) | 5.6 (CH)
Relevant coursework: work and organizational psychology (1.0 | 6.0), clinical psychology (1.0 | 6.0), social psychology (1.3 | 5.8), chemistry (1.0 | 6.0)
Research: Conducted AI research @FIAS (9 month full-time internship), performed market research interviewing 50+ CEOs, analyzing 1,000+ calls, Development of automated quantitative empathy assessment & standardized AR | VR employee trainings

Academic Enrichment

Beyond regular coursework, I participated in Mathematics Olympiads (Hesse, 2×) and attended selective student academies offering advanced training in quantitative and interdisciplinary subjects (IT, mathematics, physics).

Classical & Language Education

My education included extensive instruction in Latin and English, culminating in an advanced Latin proficiency certification (highest school-level qualification) and C1-level English, reflecting advanced academic and professional fluency.

Secondary School Achievement

I graduated with a Matura (Abitur) GPA of 5.0 (German 1.0, Swiss 6.0), earning both the best grade and best-student distinction of my cohort. My advanced courses were mathematics & chemistry, complemented by a strong focus on philosophy & physics.

Often I get asked what my CV does not reveal about me. I tend to think that my upbringing is key to understanding who I am.

We are all born innocent, but not all of us are born equal.

While our society likes to think of itself as a meritocracy, it is not. Some inherit a ladder; others are born into a pit. My parents did everything they could to avoid a negative public perception. However, from the inside it was different. Before I was born, my mother had wanted to abort me because I was conceived out of wedlock (a “child of the 90s”). Yet, through a miracle, my twin brother died in the womb and the pregnancy continued with me. When I was finally born, I lacked oxygen, but again I survived, albeit with slight disabilities that took decades to overcome.

My parents were not a happy couple. They had made a mistake, and a few decades ago it was still unavoidable that they would marry. What was avoidable was that they did it twice more, and so I grew up with the screams of my siblings (especially my sister) when they were beaten at night. Money was always tight, as my mother never found work again. When I entered school, I discovered that this meant I had no stake in the world. There were no vacations or birthdays in my life, and I was quickly othered and bullied by the other kids for this reason. Since my family also had no friends, I believed this to be the normal state of affairs and grew up very isolated and detached from my peers.

While my upbringing may have had many faults, I was told from an early age that my only escape hatch would be education. So even though my physical and social growth was stunted at times, out of necessity my mental growth far exceeded that of my peers. This led me to become the best student among a cohort of several hundred. My teachers encouraged me to enter mathematics and science competitions, and for the first time in my life, I thrived. As my family’s home turned into a moldy hoarder’s mess, I spent far more time at school than most students. When I graduated, I had even violated school rules by taking more courses than were allowed.

Without any working role models at home, I turned to my teachers for guidance on how to proceed. They and later my professors nudged me toward becoming a scientist, and so I successfully studied Psychology and later Physics, aiming for a career in the then-nascent field of neuroscience. Yet at home, in my 20s, crisis after crisis struck. My maternal grandparents, who had sometimes supported my mother financially, fell ill. My siblings developed suicidal ideation caused by hopelessness, and my brother was eventually moved into a care home. My mother’s mental health deteriorated, and the illusion finally broke for everyone.

Idealistic and naive, I “lent” as much money as I could to my mother from my meagre earnings (work and stipend income) to support my siblings. As a result, I remained poor throughout most of my 20s. Instead, I poured myself into my studies, passing test after test and earning scholarship after scholarship, believing I was on the road to success.

Finally, my grandparents passed away after many years of care, my grandmother in 2012 and my grandfather in 2017. I still hold them dear to this day. Now, in 2025, after my siblings (six and twelve years younger than me) have finally become adults, and after helping them overcome many traumatic events, my mother’s disability has progressed so far that she can no longer live on her own. This leaves us with the question of how to finance and organize her retirement and care, given that she has no savings.

One view of my life is to focus on the adversities I experienced; another is to see them as a kind of management school. Without a safety net failure was not an option - especially considering the suicidal crises my siblings went through. I learned to act fast, to plan ahead, to steady others even when I was unsure myself. Over time that urgency became the norm; the reflex to survive became a habit of getting things done and not panic since I could not afford that luxury.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The other view of my life is to measure my impact on others in education, crisis intervention and social entrepreneurship across clinical and community contexts.

Despite being shunned at school, being top of the class taught me the value of my ability to learn, and I began earning by tutoring classmates who, for once, were less fortunate than me. I soon branched out to other students and explored subjects I studied solely to teach them. Meeting students with neither money nor skills forced me to decide whether I would share my newfound wealth of knwoledge without compensation and of course I did. During university, I continued supporting individual students while co-leading a voluntary program teaching applied statistics to thesis writers for three years. Later, I carried the same spirit further: in 2023, I joined Green Finance Consulting for a pro bono collaboration with Roland Berger and the Big Girls Foundation in Kenya. There, I designed a database architecture to manage thousands of scholarship applications to expand educational access for girls in underserved regions. This way my initial discovery that knowledge is power now even touches the life of people on another continent.

Through my studies in Psychology, I became qualified to work in suicide prevention and substance-abuse crises. Beyond my family background, the topic first surfaced at school when classmates I knew personally were affected, prompting me to look for solutions — to understand why people lose balance and, later, with the tools of my training, to step in and break the cycle. During my studies, I took my first practical step by joining my then-girlfriend in volunteering for Kids Hotline, one of Germany’s first digital counselling platforms for minors. We supported teenagers facing identity issues, body concerns, and self-doubt. As one of the few male voices, I gained early insight into the quiet pressures shaping young men and women - patterns that, more than a decade later, I still recognise in peers and teams I work with today. Later, I professionalised and worked in multiple clinical and outreach environments supporting therapy, rehabilitation, and education for people facing addiction and relapse. Those experiences reinforced my ability to stay composed under pressure, to read the room quickly, and to restore order when stability is fleeting. When legalization reshaped Germany’s drug policy in 2024, I joined Basis e. V. Frankfurt to support harm-reduction and education programmes focused on prevention over punishment.

At AIESEC, I co-led the Incoming Global Talent Team in connecting young professionals with placements in leading European companies. With Enactus, I focused on social entrepreneurship, joining the Enactus X team - modelled after Google’s - to develop business concepts with measurable social value. One Enactus project I’m particularly proud of created employment for homeless people as city guides in Frankfurt, restoring both income and dignity, while others advanced food-saving and local sustainability. Later, with Green Finance Consulting, I explored how consulting and organisational design can align incentives, impact, and human motivation which led to the collaboration with Roland Berger and the Big Girls Foundation to expand educational access in Kenya.

If I had to name my central insight from all my volunteering experiences, it would be this: humans can endure almost anything if the “why” is convincing - but without purpose, life becomes unbearable. It’s a lesson that applies equally to people, teams, and businesses. I found my purpose when education offered an escape from poverty and new doors began to open, and I feel honoured to have walked beside others for a while, guiding and protecting them on their path.

Solving challenges within my personal circle and working with others taught me the importance of investing time in initiatives that scale. Real change happens where technology and capital meet, and I believe joining those forces is how I can give my ideas a real chance to matter.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

I am fascinated by longevity research, the idea that aging and disease are not fixed conditions but technical problems that can be solved. Extending healthy life through medical innovation could add decades of vitality as we overcome illnesses that have burdened humanity for innumerable generations.

I am equally drawn to biohacking. Humans are no longer shaped by nature yet lack access to their own operating system, which still runs on Stone-Age defaults. Life-science research may (in the future) help us unlock that control, allowing us to adjust our bodies and minds to changing environments like air pollution or the coming climate calamities. Nature forgot to give us root access; now it is time we earn it.

Finally, I care deeply about equality. A long and capable life means little without dignity or opportunity. Reducing poverty and inequality is essential so that everyone can contribute meaningfully to progress and live a life worth telling.

This aspiration is deceptively simple yet remains far from reach. There is still much to build and much worth investing in.