My first responsibility at Qanta as Chief of Operations is clear: build a digital environment strong enough to support the long‑term operations of a Swiss energy company. For me, the digital foundation is as important as the physical infrastructure we invest in. If the systems behind the scenes are not reliable, precise, and scalable, nothing else stands. The digital infrastructure needs to support everything from the onboarding of new employees and project development up to the billing of each kilowatt of renewable energy produced.
Open-source ERP and virtual machines for greatest flexibility
We selected Odoo as our ERP, implemented and supported by Camptocamp, because an open‑source platform gives us the freedom to adapt processes to our needs instead of bending the company to fit a rigid system. At the same time, we kept Microsoft for collaboration and document management, because our financial models rely heavily on Excel and we need a productive environment for distributed teams.
Another important choice at the onset was to use virtual machines hosted in a Swiss data centre with second-level support to lower laptop setup and maintenance costs. This guarantees data proximity, predictable performance, and an additional layer of control that is completely aligned with Qanta’s long‑term mission: reinforcing local energy sovereignty not only through assets, but through the digital infrastructure that operates them.
Automation and Artificial Intelligence at the core of our acceleration
Automation is essential. I use Power Automate and custom programs I wrote myself to synchronize the information that flows between Odoo and Microsoft tools. Users only see simple, intuitive steps: forms, reports, project workflows. Behind those steps, a multitude of automated operations maintain data consistency and financial accuracy. This is the operational discipline our investors expect, and it is built directly into the system.
AI has accelerated this work further. It helps me review code, develop new automations, and maintain integrations at a pace that would normally require several specialists. The goal is not to reduce expertise. The goal is to keep Qanta lean, fast, and rigorous as we scale.
Prepared for the future of energy
This digital backbone prepares us for what comes next. As we expand our PV, battery, and heating/cooling projects, we will need to manage multi‑site portfolios, forecast production and consumption, and eventually integrate local energy balancing. All of this depends on stable, sovereign, well‑structured systems.
We often talk about the physical side of the energy transition. But without solid digital infrastructure, none of it can work at scale. This is why I built Qanta’s systems the way I did: clear architecture, controlled hosting, strong automation, and a framework ready for the next decade of energy in Switzerland.