Andres Villa Torres

Co-Founder

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland15 yrs 8 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in interaction design and software engineering.
Co-founder of multiple innovative tech ventures.
Internationally exhibited media artist.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Creative Technology expert with a strong focus on interaction design and software development.

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Skills

Core Skills

EngineeringTechnology ManagementTechnical ArchitectureSystems EngineeringBusiness StrategyFull-stack DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentResearchCreative Technology

Other Skills

Start-up VenturesSoftware Systems EngineeringInfrastructureGitHTMLDatabasesInfrastructure as code (IaC)DevSecOpsReact.jsCloud ComputingTechnical VisionC#Business Intelligence (BI)JavaScript Python C++ PHP etc...Machine Learning

About

Mexican interaction designer, media artist, and software engineer exploring the social, conceptual, and applied dimensions of technology. Currently Software Engineer at Plural, building tools for the future of democracy in Switzerland and beyond. Previously Tech Lead at agree.so and CTO at Evulpo, contributing to brand, technology, and innovation from the ground up. Through sooft.studio, I collaborate on projects in interaction design, networked technologies, and digital products. As a media artist, I’ve exhibited internationally, with work examining the flows of information and the evolving relationship between humans, algorithms, and autonomous media systems.

Experience

15 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 1 mo

Current Experience

Wooven.dev

Founder + Full Stack Engineer

Apr 2026 – Present · 1 mo · Zurich · Hybrid

Building Wooven — a sovereign deployment platform for Swiss and European engineering teams. Vercel-grade CI/CD and preview deployments, on infrastructure you actually control. Rust core, BYOS runners, Mesh Computing, no hyperscaler dependency.

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Plural

Software Engineer (Full Stack)

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Zurich, Switzerland · On-site

Agree

Tech Lead

Sep 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland · Hybrid

Agree is an innovative software solution designed to ease-up and democratise decision-making processes for teams and organisations. I'm contributing with my expertise to drive Agree into new territories and learn from new and exciting challenges. Cheers to new beginnings and innovative solutions!

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Sooft.studio

Co-Founder and Technology Director

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · Zürich - Tallinn - Mexico City · Hybrid

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Evulpo

3 roles

Chief Technology Officer

Promoted

Jan 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

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Chief Technology Officer

Jan 2022 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

Leading the team of software engineers, who are working doing research & development of existing and emerging technologies for evulpo - a global platform in the E-Learning sector.

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Software Engineer: Web Developer (PHP, Laravel, Javascript) & Interaction Designer

May 2021 – Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Joining this new adventure. As part of a fresh and visionary team I will be working in the development of a pioneer online learning platform in Switzerland. Applied technology with a human and social approach.

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Iad interaction design, zhdk

Associate Researcher

Oct 2019 – May 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos · Zurich, Switzerland

During this period I worked for a cooperation project between IAD https://interactiondesign.zhdk.ch/ with myosuit https://myo.swiss/en/ to develop and ideation of use cases for further applications in everyday life.
I was also teaching diverse courses in BA level on Sonic Interaction Design, Embodied Interaction and Interactive Visualisation Design, Human-Data Interaction and Workshops with MA Students on writing practices.
Together with colleagues Luke Franzke and Florian Bruggisser from the IAD labs, we conceived and built a hybrid tracking system to enable interactive visualisations concepts for a tactile table-display and through tangible objects using infrared leds, novel computer vision algorithms and web technologies.
https://youtu.be/Z31M1a9VR3Q

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Collegium helveticum

Researcher

Nov 2017 – Nov 2019 · 2 yrs · Zürich Area, Switzerland

Background Research, Field Research and Co-Authoring Book Data Centers: Edges of a wired nation
https://www.lars-mueller-publishers.com/data-centers
Lead Researcher of project Digital Spaces: Environmental Measurement Devices for EveryDay Life and Electromagnetic Pollution
Design, Prototyping, Programming and Building a set of environmental measurement devices to track the electromagnetic pollution and other signals in everyday life
Design and Development Software for Data Management and Analysis of the Data recorded with the devices. Collaboration between Collegium Helveticum and UZH with the department of Behavioural Psychology.
https://youtu.be/Kl7lxCT-ob0
https://youtu.be/suxHaYao64A

GitHTMLReact.jsCreative TechnologySoftware Development

Hausammehr kreativ kollektiv

Co-Founder & Partner on Creative Technology and New Media

Oct 2017 – Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Zürch - Berlin

A collective for digital branding and software development oriented to web and online marketing. We closed doors in 2020 but the Idea is outlived by my passion for experimental technologies and creative coding.
https://labor5020.ch/hausammehrRIP/
https://labor5020.ch/hamRIP/

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Labor 5020

Co - Founder

Jan 2015 – Dec 2024 · 9 yrs 11 mos · Zürich

"labor 5020" is a technology, media and design collective based in Zürich. We are media artists, designers, programmers, makers and developers dedicated to the aesthetic, technological and functional exploration of stuff that matters. Our focus is set at the development of critical and future oriented thinking concerning us all, living and nonliving things.
https://labor5020.ch/

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Zürcher hochschule der künste

Research Assistant

Jan 2012 – Aug 2015 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Responsible for A-Int and EFS Research Projects, funded by CTI (today Innosuisse) on Auditory Feedback for Neuro-Motor rehabilitation aided by robots. In this project our team designed, built and developed the electronics and software of foot sensor plates embedded on an existing gait rehabilitation robot, as well as an auditory feedback system for improving neuro-motor rehabilitation ready for clinical trials.
https://youtu.be/EI0gv1wuOxs
https://youtu.be/BHrxAeKfaRk
https://youtu.be/i91peivtUOg
https://youtu.be/CNxCN5ucq0s
Responsible for coordination and organization of the Diploma Exhibition from the BA Students from Interaction Design. Responsible for organization of events. Responsible for production of printed materials. Co - teaching Embodied Interaction Advanced.
https://interactiondesign.zhdk.ch/

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Projektil

Internship

Nov 2011 – Apr 2012 · 5 mos · Zürich Area, Switzerland

Production of animated graphics for Interactive Visual Performances

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Lunatic interactive gmbh

Internship

Aug 2010 – Jan 2011 · 5 mos · Berlin

3D Modelling for Interactive Visualisations

Esrawe studio

Industrial Designer

Aug 2009 – Jan 2011 · 1 yr 5 mos

I worked for the first years after graduating from the Bachelors in Industrial Design as Industrial Designer for the Luxury Brand and Studio of Hector Esrawe. Some of my activities: Spatial Layout, 3D Modelling, 3D Photorealistic Rendering, Furniture Design, Concept Design, Prototypes and Mockups Fabrication, Production Supervision, Installation Supervision
https://esrawe.com/