Who We Are
The DiverSsiTy project is carried out by a multidisciplinary team of experts.
Core Team
Anne-Laure Héritier
Co-Founder, CEO
Former Head of Innovation SIMC SA, PMP Lead Intl Project Management
+15 years leading medical & mental health projects; Embedded tech & AI
+ 10 years expertise in NDD(Neurodiverse Differences), Autism (ASD), ADHD
Experienced in Data Regulatory & Medtech Registration.
Philippe Zwahlen
Co-Founder, Board Member
CEO SIMC SA, EMBA
Investor Relationships & Partnerships
30 years of Business Management in China
Initiator and Leader of the Center for Exceptional Children (CEC), China for Autism care.
Dre. Razvana Stanciu, FMH
CMO(Chief Medical Officer)
Lead Medical Child & Teenagers Psychiatrist
Expert in ASD diagnostics
Fabienne Metairie
Lead Therapy
Sr. Psychomotor Therapist
More than 25 y. of practice in ASD
Laetitia Bochud
Head of Content, Comms & XR
Director Virtual Switzerland,
President XR4 Europe
Claudio Alberti
CTO (Chief Technical Officer)
Lead DTx Software
Head of Data Regulation & Medtech Registration
Lukas Schüpbach
CFO (Chief Finance Officer)
Chairman of the Board
Independent Board Member, Basel Area Business & Innovation
Support Team
Pierre-Yves Cattin
Fundraising Manager Buis Dev, Innovation Deeptech
Benjamin Weil
Marcom, Former Head of UNIL Accelerator
Sonia Maria Olejarz
Community Building Specialist Marketing
Advisory & Board
Dr. Boris Guignet
FMH Child Psychiatrist
Clinique Dis7
ASD teenagers Expert
Pierre-Frédéric Guex
Business Developer Swiss Partnerships, Former Head of Swiss Private Clinics Association
Lukas Schüpbach
Chairman of the Board, Msc
Board Member, PharmaBiome AG
Board Member, Basel Area Business & Innovation
Benjamin Weil
Marketing/Communication
& ICT Specialist,
Business Development, Former Head of UNIL Accelerator
Health / Therapy
Pr. Sarah Dini
Head of Living Lab, ASD Expert, PHD Psychologist
HES-SO Valais / HET-S School of Social Work
Leading Living lab
+ 15 years expertise in ASD
Gloria Respond
PHD Psychologist
Living Lab communication with experts
+ 10 Years expertise in ASD
ICT / Medtech / Computer Vision
Pr. Antoine Widmer
Research Lead, Computer Vision & ML Expert
HES-SO Valais / HEIG Systems Research Institute & APPlied Interactive TECHnologies (AppITech)
Maxwell B. Arulraj
Software Engineer, Computer Vision
Living Lab communication with experts
+ 10 Years expertise in ASD
Noah Richert
Ingénieur R&D Engineer, MR & Computer Vision
Jeff Zufferey
MR Developer
MR Tech & Game Production
Allison Crank
Art Direction / Game Play Design / Narrative Design / UX/UI
Pénélope Biessy
Art Direction / Game Play Design / Narrative Design / UX/UI
Alain Renaud & Christophe Fellay
UX Sound Designer, Compositor, EDHEA