jean.respen@gmail.com

Switzerland

Belgian citizen

Managing Director Switzerland

Jean Respen

Managing Director Switzerland at Dynapps — the world's largest Odoo integration partner

I founded Dootix SA, Switzerland's leading Odoo integration company, and grew it into the market leader. In 2025, Dootix was acquired by the Belgian group Dynapps, and I now lead their Swiss operations. In 2026, I founded Digiprotect SA, a cybersecurity solutions provider for SMEs. With a PhD in Operations Research from the University of Geneva and an Engineering degree from EPFL, I bring both academic rigor and entrepreneurial energy to every project.

10+

Years leading Dootix

270+

Dynapps team members

600+

Clients served

Experience

Career

2026 — Present

Founder New

Digiprotect SA

Founded Digiprotect SA, a cybersecurity solutions provider dedicated to protecting SMEs. Bringing enterprise-grade security to small and medium-sized businesses with tailored, accessible solutions.

2025 — Present

Managing Director, Switzerland Current

Dynapps SA (formerly Dootix SA)

Leading the Swiss operations of Dynapps, the world's #1 Odoo integration partner. Following the strategic acquisition of Dootix by the Belgian group Dynapps, overseeing one of Europe's most mature Odoo markets with expanded team and global resources. Dootix SA becomes Dynapps SA in June 2025.

2015 — 2025

Founder & CEO

Dootix SA — Bulle, Switzerland

Built Dootix from the ground up into the leading Swiss Odoo integration company. Developed custom software solutions including DootixEvent and DootixVolunteers for event management. Grew the company to become the #1 Odoo partner in Switzerland.

2015 — 2017

Co-Founder & CTO

WeCan.Fund SA

Co-founded a crowdlending startup selected among the top 10 out of 130+ applicants for the Fintech Fusion incubator. Successfully exited — company sold in January 2017.

2013 — 2014

Research Intern

CIRRELT — Montréal, Canada

Worked with Prof. Jean-Yves Potvin on online vehicle routing problems with dynamic travel times at one of the world's leading interuniversity research centres on networks.

2009

Master Thesis Intern

Ericsson Eurolab — Aachen, Germany

DRM Convergence: Content Format Transcryption. Supervised by Prof. Arjen Lenstra (EPFL) and Prof. Frank Hartung (Ericsson / RWTH Aachen).

Education

Academic Background

PhD in Operations Research

University of Geneva

2011 — 2015

Operations management, decision analysis, optimization and metaheuristics. Supervised by Prof. Nicolas Zufferey. Focus on vehicle routing, scheduling, and green energy optimization.

MSc Communication Systems

EPFL — Lausanne

2007 — 2009

Specialization in Information and Communication Security. Master thesis completed at Ericsson Eurolab, Aachen.

BSc Communication Systems

EPFL — Lausanne

2004 — 2007

Engineering foundations in communication systems, networks, and security at one of Europe's top technical universities.

Research

Publications

Operations Research Metaheuristics Vehicle Routing Scheduling Combinatorial Optimization Green Energy

2016

J. Respen, N. Zufferey

Metaheuristics for truck loading in the car production industry

International Transactions in Operational Research

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2015

J. Respen, N. Zufferey, E. Amaldi

Metaheuristics for a job scheduling problem with smoothing costs relevant for the car industry

Networks

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2014

J. Respen, N. Zufferey, J-Y. Potvin

Impact of Online Tracking on a Vehicle Routing Problem with Dynamic Travel Times

CIRRELT Working Paper

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J. Respen, N. Zufferey

Ant Algorithms for a Truck Loading Problem with Multiple Destinations

PMS 2014 Conference, Munich, Germany

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J. Respen, N. Zufferey, J-Y. Potvin

Online vehicle routing and scheduling with continuous vehicle tracking

ROADEF 2014 Conference, Bordeaux, France

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2013

J. Respen, N. Zufferey

A Renault truck loading problem: from benchmarking to improvements

14th EU/ME Workshop, Hamburg, Germany

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2012

J. Respen, N. Zufferey, E. Amaldi

Heuristics for a multi-machine multi-objective job scheduling problem with smoothing costs

1st IEEE International Conference on Logistics Operations Management, Le Havre, France

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Beyond Work

Personal Interests

✈️ Travel

South-East Asia, Nepal, Australia, USA, Canada, and across Europe — always exploring new cultures and horizons.

⛰️ Sports

Regular runner, skier, and mountain biker. Active lifestyle fueled by Switzerland's outdoors.

🍲 Cooking

Passionate about Asian cuisine, always experimenting with new recipes and flavors from around the world.

💻 Code

A lifelong coder — from PhD algorithms to production software, I love building things that solve real problems.

🌐 Languages

French (native), English (fluent), German (conversational).

💎 Family

Married to a lovely wife, proud father of two daughters, building both a career and a life in the Swiss countryside.