Reto Rutz becomes new Partner at valantic

Swiss addition to valantic’s group of Partners

Munich / St. Gallen, November 12, 2020: Reto Rutz, Managing Director at valantic and responsible for the Competence Center CEC Schweiz for Customer Engagement & Commerce, has been elevated to Partner at valantic. In his new position, he will first and foremost further advance consulting and IT service provision business in the digital platforms sector. valantic offers customers complete solutions in this area, from platform development to integration into surrounding and back-end systems, on through to the operation of all relevant digital customer and service touchpoints with first-class user experience.

Reto Rutz is an expert in customer support and development, organizational development, and sales & marketing. His passion is consulting and development in B2B IT service delivery for customers and employees. Rutz started his career as Key Account Manager and project manager at SFS Locher AG; he was then Sales Manager Switzerland at Salzmann Medico, and finally Director Business Development and Managing Director at valantic.

B2B and service as part of the DNA

Reto started at valantic in 2014 and has been Managing Director since the beginning of 2017, responsible for business management and development at valantic CEC Schweiz AG. Reto Rutz is an entrepreneur from the ground up and he is strategically oriented. In consulting, he places great value on talent, engagement, and cooperation. Together with his team in St. Gallen, he is responsible for the above-average growth of the Competence Center Customer Engagement & Commerce.

valantic is an organization that is run like a partnership. The partners are responsible for valantic’s long-term growth, power of innovation, and profitability based on common values and a holocratic principle. “At valantic, there are synergies on various levels and on topics in the overall cooperation of the Competence Centers and teams of various experts. There is a marked, appreciated relationship of trust – and what’s more, the valantic-wide cooperation even across national boundaries is fun,” emphasizes Reto Rutz.

To further advance business development in Switzerland, he relies on growth with existing customers thanks to strategic consulting and new customer acquisition either through word-of-mouth or the targeted acquisition of his team in operations, delivery, technology, and business development. “I wouldn’t want to give up any of my employees – we live out and exemplify a unique, exceptional culture at valantic.”

“We are very pleased to appoint another Partner: Reto Rutz. In recent years, Reto Rutz has served as an “intrapreneur,” taking on ever more responsibility within the valantic organization and making a significant contribution to helping valantic develop into the leading CX provider in German-speaking Europe,” emphasizes Holger von Daniels, CEO and Partner at valantic.”

IT St. Gallen rocks!

In his private life, the new valantic Partner devotes himself to his hobbies: riding motorcycles, winter sports, and long hiking tours in the Swiss mountains. He is also the Vice President of “IT St. Gallen rocks!” The goal of this association is to work with educational partners to expand the offerings for further training in Ostschweiz and make the area more attractive to employees in the ICT sector. Reto Rutz has a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Change and Innovation Management and a Certificate of Advanced Studies, B2B Marketing and Sales from the Hochschule für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften St. Gallen. When asked about his professional attitude, the freshly selected Partner replies, without hesitating a second: “A results-oriented culture based on common values makes the difference.”