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

    Deputy Farm Manager

  • Aga Gudziej

    Team-Leader Production

  • Kamil Kosturek

    Nursery Grower

  • Virginia Guzmán Ellacuría

    Plant Scientist & Farm Worker

  • Mykola Koretskyi

    Farm Worker

  • Jorge Fernandes Neves

    Farm Worker

  • André Hägeli

    Farm Worker

  • Joanna Pawliszko

    Farm Worker

  • Dima Tkachev

    Farm Worker

  • Gérôme Essig

    Farm Worker

  • Yuri Yurasov

    Farm Worker

  • Cristian Di-Maso

    Farm Worker

THE EXPERT ADVISORS

  • Dr. Prof. Dickson Despommier

    Former professor at Columbia University in NYC

    Author of the book: "Vertical Farms: How to feed the world in the 21st century"

  • 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