Innovative Technologies for Nature and People
Dominik Simecek and Marcel Wälti bring extensive experience in project management, requirements engineering, and innovation from the private sector to the Wyss Academy for Nature. They help break down silos and foster collaboration across disciplines and organizational units. With digital solutions and data analytics, they improve communication and coordination.
The team views technology as a cogwheel connecting different components of a Wyss Academy initiative: Real-time monitoring, evaluation, and adaptation ensure that solutions can be rapidly developed, tested, adjusted if needed, and scaled. By helping to accelerate the Wyss Academy Solutionscapes’ impact on local communities and global ecosystems, they hope to drive meaningful and sustainable change.
Projects
- Nature-positive land use and livelihood development Nature-positive land use and livelihood development
- Solutions for sustainable water resources and biodiversity conservation Solutions for sustainable water resources and biodiversity conservation
- Monitoring multi-dimensional impacts of payment for ecosystem service projects Monitoring multi-dimensional impacts of payment for ecosystem service projects
Team
- Project LeadProject LeadMarcel Wälti Rettenmund 
 Digital Transformation Analyst