Christian Meier

Reviewer
DISC Type : Ci

CIO at YAPEAL

Zurich, Switzerland

Overview

Christian is the Co-Founder and CIO of YAPEAL, a fintech company focused on simple and transparent financial services. A graduate of ETH Zürich, he has extensive experience as a business and application architect from his time at UBS, specializing in bridging the gap between business strategy and technology solutions.

He is passionate about exploring the intersection of innovation, technology, and society. As an "Idea Rocker" at fintechrockers, he actively engages in a community dedicated to discussing and developing new ideas in the financial technology space. He has also served as a guest lecturer at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich HWZ.

Christian won an internal creativity award at UBS for a hackathon project that used biometric authentication to protect personal data.

Personality Overview

Late Adopter

Challenger

Informal Yet Blunt

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.  They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Topics They Care About

Fintech Innovation
As the co-founder of a neo-bank and a member of the fintechrockers club, he is deeply involved in creating and discussing new financial technology ideas.
Business & IT Alignment
His career focus is on making the dependencies between business and IT transparent to ensure successful collaboration and project delivery.
Software Architecture
Colleagues describe him as having incredible knowledge of software architecture and engineering, a skill honed during his long tenure as an architect at UBS.

Media Appearances

Christian has no verified media appearances

Work History

5-2019
CIO at YAPEAL
1-2017
Idea Rocker at fintechrockers
6-2019 - 10-2025
Guest Lecturer at Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich HWZ
2-2006 - 6-2018
Business and Application Architect at UBS AG
8-1998 - 2-2006
Executive Director at UBS AG

Education

1984 - 1985
Master's degree from ETH Zürich
1988 - 1991
Master from ETH Zürich

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Exp : 33 Location : Zurich, Switzerland Job Level : Leadership Designation : CIO at YAPEAL
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Insights For Selling To Christian

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Help them understand the risk aspect fully while inspiring confidence
  • Be prepared for a lot of questions, answer them objectively
  • Share testimonials from known people and give multiple examples of product value

DONT's

  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal
  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Christian is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Christian

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Christian move?

  • They like to analyze well and then make their decisions.
  • Can Christian take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

You And Christian

Personality Compatibility


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