AnchorGuardian is a Swiss Ocean Tech brand. Our mission is to ensure that no matter the size of a vessel – whether it be a leisure boat, merchant ship, fishing vessel or superyacht – all information needed whilst anchoring is available to ensure safety for sailor, ship and sea.
AnchorGuardian was developed by a group of like-minded professionals who are passionate about contributing to the safety of all those at sea.
Our expertise in sailing, navigation, electrical engineering, mechatronics and communication both above and below the water surface allows us to design a solution that meets the most demanding needs.
Head of Finance
Client Relations
Electronics
Hardware Engineer
Hydroacoustics and Signal Processing Specialist & Co-Founder (Advisory Role)
Inertial Navigation and Algorithms Specialist & Co-Founder (Advisory Role)
Superyacht Business Manager
Algorithm Developer
Senior Algorithm Developer
Modelling & Simulations Engineer
Thomas Frizlen serves as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Frizlen is founder and Managing Director of Swiss Ocean Tech AG. First and foremost, Thomas is a sailor. He brings his passion and experience since childhood into the company and leads the team forward in their endeavour to bring safety to anchoring. From trade and training he is an industrial engineer and spent most of his career working with international companies in global supply chain management positions.
Matthias Oswald is founder and CEO of iWay. iWay AG is an Internet Service Provider offering the full band of internet services from a simple email account over dsl, ms exchange, webhosting, data center service to ip transit. His entrepreneurial vein and his passion for sailing culminated in his investing in Swiss Ocean Tech AG.
Elian Kool is an Entrepreneur at heart with comprehensive experience in building and scaling digital companies. With Gentian Investments, he actively invests in early-stage startups and serves as a member of the board on various startups. He co-founded Netcentric, a digital experience consultancy and scaled it to more than 600 employees across Europe. After having sold the company to Cognizant in 2017, he continued to lead Netcentric as CEO until 2019. In early 2020, he co-founded Winemaker.com, a digital marketplace which aims to revolutionise the direct to consumer sales of wine with a storytelling approach.
Andreas Schück covers the role of Treasury Director ensuring policies and procedures meet the objectives, needs and regulatory body requirements of the company. He comes with over 20 years of experience with accounting and controlling in the banking industry and brings vast know-how in building financial structures.
We celebrate and support the uniqueness of every individual. We recognize the strength it brings to our company. We check our biases, we are open to change, we accept differences, but we remain focused on a common goal.
We take safety seriously, integrating this mindset into all aspects of our work. We believe an anchored boat should never bring harm to man or marine life.
We respect the basics of common decency. We trust each other and exemplify this behavior in all we do and with everyone we interact – without exception.
We recognize our responsibility to honor and protect the oceans in all we do. We are tied to the oceans and their health ensures our health.
We provide smart solutions to complex problems.
We believe there is always a way: thinking out of the box, taking initiative, learning from mistakes and exploring uncharted waters.
