ABOUT CASRA

Diana Hardmeier gained her PhD with the thesis “Aviation Security Resource Management: A Psychological Approach to Pre-Employment and Training Procedures” and has more than 15 years of professional experience in research of human factors in aviation security.

Before being appointed as director of CASRA in 2009, she worked at Zurich State Police Airport Division for three years and was responsible for the development, deployment, and supervision of quality control measures for airport security control processes.

Alex Kunz is Vice Director at CASRA and is responsible for Business Development. He has provided and implemented a variety of services and solutions for a large number of companies, government agencies and organizations worldwide.

During his business administration studies and before joining CASRA in 2010, he worked at the Zurich State Police Airport Division as a security screener.

As Account Manager, Mahé Becker serves as CASRA’s primary point of contact for all customer- and inquiry-related matters. She provides personalized service to customers worldwide and helps them find the best solutions for their needs. She also coordinates marketing materials and acts as Editorial Manager for the CASRA newsletter.

Sara Bracceschi is Head of Consulting and Services for Customs. Prior to joining CASRA, she worked in Mexico for seven years as Operations Director for one of the leading X-ray system manufacturers, managing 150 X-ray image analysts and over 400 X-ray system operators in numerous Mexican border crossings and maritime points of entry.

Roman Eggenschwiler is Co-Head of Content Development and as such responsible for content used in our CASRA products. He ensures the satisfaction of internal and external stakeholders through his focus on quality optimization of the image libraries.

Stefan Karrer is Deputy Head of IT and as such a designated point of contact for technical issues. He ensures the operation of CASRA’s IT infrastructure and implements security improvements. He is happy to help in case of any technical challenges.

Marius Latscha leads research projects in the areas of human decision-making, socio-technical systems design and visual search behaviour. Marius conducts field and laboratory studies, analyses large data sets and acts as a link between data engineering, research and software development

As Deputy Head of Project Management, Cédric Lüthi leads research and development projects at the intersection of human-machine interaction and data science. In addition to conducting data analysis and research, he coordinates cross-team collaboration with software and content development.

Johanna Müller is Deputy Head of Project Management with long term company experience in various national and international projects. She is responsible for the certification of security screeners and the coordination of test development within the national certification project.

Jonathan Nagel is Co-Head of Content Development and as such responsible for content used in projects and studies conducted by CASRA. His responsibility also includes the corresponding software tools and production pipelines. During his studies and prior to joining CASRA, he worked as a security screener.

Felix Schmorell is Head of Software Development and responsible for the development of CASRA’s applications. He leads a team of engineers within an agile software development process (SCRUM).

Yanik Sterchi leads data science projects for developing data products, analysing large data sets, and investigating the cooperation between AI and humans. Yanik also acts as a link between data engineering, research, and software development.