About us

Alarm and monitoring systems for natural hazards

Geoprevent develops, installs and operates premium alarm and monitoring systems for natural hazards. We focus on customer-specific and highly reliable solutions. Thanks to our multidisciplinary team we are able to develop, build and install hardware as well as software in-house. This allows us to act fast and implement projects straightforwardly.

We completed more than 450 projects and have currently more than 200 systems up and running, many of them in high mountain environments. Our systems are permanently connected to our servers. We monitor their proper operation and provide you with the current measurement data on our internet portal. Traffic lights, alarm sirens etc. can alert individuals in endangered areas and automatically close roads or railway lines.

Geoprevent was founded in 2013 by Lorenz Meier and Geotest AG. Since 1 January 2020, it is part of Hexagon, a global leader in sensors, software and autonomous solutions. Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 22,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 4.3bn EUR.  Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

Why electronic alarm and monitoring systems?

Rock falls, landslides, debris flows, floods, avalanches and glacial lakes threaten roads, inhabited areas or regions frequented by tourists. In such situations, electronic monitoring systems can often complement or even replace structural measures – usually at a lower cost and certainly with a weaker impact on the alpine scenery. In addition, they are installed fast, are flexible in their use and adjustable at any time.

Our customers

Our customer include federal and local authorities, railways or private infrastructure operators such as hydroelectric power plants. Learn more about our customer projects.

Media

Read the latest media news about Geoprevent and its solutions.

Our partners

We partner with a wide range of engineering consultancies (geologists, civil engineers, etc.) as well as other providers of structural or organisational protection measures against natural hazards.

Team

Our multidisciplinary team of physicists, software developers, electrical engineers and electronics technicians develops, installs and operates electronic alarm and monitoring systems for natural hazards, in close cooperation with geologists and engineers. We understand a large variety of instruments and sensors and develop customer specific hardware and software.

Want to contact somebody directly? Our email addresses are: firstname.lastname@geopraevent.ch

Lukas Burkhard

Lukas Burkhard

DevOps Engineer

MSc Earth Science and Geothermics UniNE
Phone: +41 44 419 91 87

Curdin Canal

Curdin Canal

Software Engineer

Software Engineer BSc
Phone: +41 44 419 91 10

Maxence Carrel

Maxence Carrel

Consultant Monitoring Solutions

Environmental Engineer PhD
Phone: +41 44 419 91 96

Thomas Ehrat

Thomas Ehrat

CEO

Electronics Engineer MSc
Phone: +41 44 419 91 10
Andreia Farrér

Andreia Farrér

Consultant Monitoring Solutions

Geomatic Engineer FH
Phone: +41 44 419 91 84
Johannes Gassner

Johannes Gassner

Head of Radar & Algorithms

Physicist PhD
Phone: +41 44 419 91 82

Daniel Gratzl

Daniel Gratzl

Head of Software & IT

Computer Science MSc
Phone: +41 44 419 91 10

Aline Grötsch

Aline Grötsch

Marketing

MSc Geomatic Engineering and Planning
Phone: +41 44 419 91 10
Philippe Grüter

Philippe Grüter

Developer, Project Leader

Electronics Engineer MSc
Phone: +41 44 419 91 91

Beat Krummenacher

Beat Krummenacher

Installations

Electronics Technician
Phone: +41 44 419 91 14
Christian Kuster

Christian Kuster

COO, Head of Engineering

Electronics Engineer MSc
Phone: +41 44 419 91 95

Lukas Kuster

Lukas Kuster

Developer, Project Leader

Electronics Engineer MSc
Phone: +41 44 419 91 15

Martin Leiser

Martin Leiser

Deputy Head of Engineering

Electronics Engineer FH
Phone: +41 44 419 91 85

Stefan Locher

Stefan Locher

Hardware Engineer

Electronics Technician
Phone: +41 44 419 91 13

Linus Meier

Linus Meier

DevOps Engineer

Environmental Engineer FH
Phone: +41 44 419 91 86

Renato Meier

Renato Meier

Intern Engineering

BSc ETH Mechanical Engineering
Phone: +41 44 419 91 10

Daniel Michel

Daniel Michel

Software Architect

Software Engineer MSc
Phone: +41 44 419 91 10

Luca Renold

Luca Renold

Hardware Engineer

Electronics Technician
Phone: +41 44 419 91 88

Lino Schmid

Lino Schmid

Developer, Project Leader

Electronics engineer PhD
Phone: +41 44 419 91 93

Patrick Schmid

Patrick Schmid

System and Network Administrator

System administrator
Phone: +41 44 419 91 16

Edgar Schnüriger

Edgar Schnüriger

Senior Software Engineer

Media Engineer BSc
Phone: +41 44 419 91 10

Tobias Schoch

Tobias Schoch

Developer Algorithms

Physicist MSc
Phone: +41 44 419 91 82
Severin Stähly

Severin Stähly

Consultant Monitoring Solutions

Hydraulic Engineer PhD
Phone: +41 44 419 91 83

Susanne Wahlen

Susanne Wahlen

Head of Monitoring Solutions

Environmental Sciences MSc,
Risk, Disaster & Vulnerability PgD
Phone: +41 44 419 91 94

Jürgen Werner

Jürgen Werner

Technician

Surveying Technician
Phone: +41 44 419 91 12

Raffael Zingg

Raffael Zingg

Developer, Project Leader

Electronics Engineer FH
Phone: +41 44 419 91 90

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