About
us

We are a diverse team of architects, designers, engineers, agronomists, plant scientists, business and marketing experts. We are constantly growing as a team.

The YASAI founders

  • Mark E. Zahran

    Co-CEO

    MSc Architecture at ETH, Zurich & UNAM, Mexico City

  • Philipp Bosshard

    CTO

    BSc Ecological Engineering at Zurich University of Applied Sciences

  • Stefano Augstburger

    Co-CEO

    Master's Degree in Sales, Distribution & Management at SDA Bocconi, Milano & ESADE, Barcelona

The team

  • Florian Annen

    Production Worker & Technician

  • Kamil Kosturek

    Production Worker

  • Dima Tkachev

    Production Worker

  • Aga Gudziej

    Production Worker

  • Gérôme Essig

    Production Worker

  • Yuri Yurasov

    Production Worker

  • Cristian Di-Maso

    Production Worker

  • Virginia Guzmán Ellacuría

    Production Worker

THE EXPERT ADVISORS

  • Dr. Martijn Sonnevelt

    Lecturer at the department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich

    Executive Director of The World Food System Center ETH

  • Prof. Dr. Ranka Junge

    Head Centre Ecological Engineering Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR)

    Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)

  • Dr. Michel Roux

    Co-Founder and President of Food Forum Zurich

    Community Building and Innovation in the Agri-Food Sector