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My resume. Here you can find what activity I do now, my education and more.

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General Information

Full Name Philipp Wegmueller
Date of Birth 6th March 1985
Languages German (native), English (C2), Spanish (C2), French (B2)
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Formal education

  • 2016
    PhD in Economics
    University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
  • 2015
    CAS in Higher Education
    University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Experience

  • 2016 - present
    Deputy Head, Economist
    State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, SECO, Unit of Business Cycle Analysis
    • Develop and disseminate quarterly national accounts and medium-term scenarios, providing strategic insights for policy decisions.
    • Manage and successfully complete critical projects, including the development of the Swiss Weekly Economic Index and the GDP flash, improving real-time economic analysis and forecasting.
  • 2023 - present
    External Lecturer
    University of Zurich, Department of Economics
    • Masterseminar (3 ECTS), Applied Time Series Analysis with R.
    • Provide students a solid foundation in applied time series econometrics.

Other knowledge and skills

Technical
R Expert
Matlab incl. Dynare Advanced
github Advanced
AWS EC2/S3 Basics
Document composition
LaTeX Advanced
Word Advanced
Power Point Advanced
Project Management

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Family activities, cooking, gardening, all kinds of sports, hiking in the mountains, traveling