Philipp John

Software Engineer · Applied AI
Philipp John

Currently CTO at Cohaga AG in St. Gallen, where I lead a 4 FTE engineering team and work on identifying and implementing high-value AI use cases — most recently a production multi-agent system that replaced a 10+ FTE manual workflow and scaled data coverage 17x.

I hold an MSc in Computer Science from HSG (5.5/6.0), with a publication at ACM DIS 2026.

Earlier practical experience in startups, consulting, and product management across pharma, automotive, and healthcare.

I've been building outside work since high school — most notably Basissatz, an EdTech platform that reached 500,000+ German students, plus Warwick Hyperloop, Pypeline.io, Via Communa, and a steady stream of smaller side projects.

Education

University of St. Gallen
MSc Computer Science
2022 — 2024
University of Warwick
BSc Digital Innovation & Entrepreneurship
2017 — 2021

Work Experience

Cohaga AG
CTO · prev. Data Science & Engineering Lead
2024 — Now
University of St. Gallen
Research Assistant · Data Science
2022 — 2023
Roland Berger
Consulting Intern · Digital
2021
Liftric
Software Engineering Intern
2020
Porsche AG
Product Management Intern
2019

Venture Experience

Pypeline.io
Co-Founder & CTO · B2B Sales Intelligence
2023 — 2024
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Via Communa
Co-Founder & CTO · Digital Health
2022 — 2023
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Warwick Hyperloop
Co-Founder · Top 30 / 1,600 at SpaceX
2018 — 2019
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Basissatz
Founder · EdTech
2016 — 2018
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Projects

Zefix MCP
Open-source MCP for Swiss company register
2026
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CoffeeRun
3D mug editor for Strava activities
2025
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Circle
Mobile app for personal network management
2024
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Senty
YouTube comment sentiment analytics
2022
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MilkMe
3D-printed oat milk machine prototype
2021
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Awards

McKinsey Digital Shapers
Winner · 1,500+ applicants
2020
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Warwick Student Enterprise Fund
4-time recipient · prototype grants
2018 — 2020
Accenture Hackathon
Winner · 1,200+ applicants
2019
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Undergraduate of the Year for Innovation
Top 10 finalist · 3,300+ applicants
2018
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Publications

DietCoach
Wu, John, Mayer, et al. — ACM DIS 2026
2026
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Stack

PythonTypeScriptNext.jsReactPostgreSQLRedisKubernetesAzureAWSOpenAI Agents SDKClaude Agent SDKFastAPICeleryLangfuseDockerOpenSearch

Out of Office

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Rowing
Warwick Senior · Blauweiss Basel
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Ultracycling
From Basel to Berlin in 3.5 days
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Tennis
Club level
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Analog photography
Portfolio at photos.p-john.com
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Technology investing
Public markets