▸ NOW · MAY 2026—
Co-Founder
BIRDBench Ltd
Bringing innovation into RegTech.
The Founder
Benjamin Arfa — engineering sustainable data solutions.
Data & Software Engineer in Basel. Nine-plus years across healthcare, regulatory technology, and enterprise governance — founder of Arfa Digital Consulting, co-founder of BIRDBench Ltd.
Professional background
01 · 9+ years
I specialize in data integration, governance, and lifecycle management across regulatory technologies and healthcare — delivering sustainable data solutions. With over 9 years of experience, I've developed deep expertise in implementing data strategies and technical solutions that drive business value.
In data strategy and architecture, I focus on comprehensive lifecycle management through effective data modeling and technical implementation. I design robust, business-aligned systems while building data-driven organizational capabilities.
My technical excellence spans requirements engineering, where I bridge communication between business and technical teams, and software engineering for scalable data applications. As Technical Manager at HL7 Switzerland (FHIR-CH), I help drive healthcare data standardization. As co-founder of BIRDBench Ltd, I'm bringing innovation into RegTech — and as an Eclipse Contributor I build regulatory tooling in the open, because shared infrastructure beats licensed silos.
Career journey
02 · 7 chapters
▸ NOW · APR 2026—
Technical Manager
HL7 Switzerland
Driving healthcare data standardization for FHIR-CH — implementation guidance, interoperability working groups, and Swiss healthcare data exchange standards.
▸ NOW · OCT 2025—
Business Analyst
Bachem
Requirements engineering for pharmaceutical & biotech data in Life Sciences manufacturing — system integration, lifecycle management, operational reporting across R&D and production.
▸ NOW · FEB 2025—
Head of Development
BirdSoftwareSolutions
Leading software development & technical strategy for regulatory technology — open-source data infrastructure aligned with the BIRD standard.
Dec 2022 — Apr 2024
Product Owner · Data & Integration
Bluespace Ventures
Semantic data integration, FHIR data modelling, MDM frameworks. Contributing to HL7 Switzerland and the SNOMED French Translation Group.
Mar 2020 — Nov 2022
Research Analyst · Metadata
ECB & Swiss FSO
Metadata modeling for banking supervision in the BIRD/SDD Team, SDMX methodology, process automation, API integration for metadata repositories.
2017 — 2020
Data Scientist · ML Researcher
RWTH Aachen · rheindata · CWD · Boralex
Machine learning research, exploratory data analysis, and data-driven applications across wind energy and industrial sectors.
Core competencies
03 · Tools & methods
/ DATA
Data & Analytics
Data IntegrationData Governance
Data ModelingMachine LearningETL / ELT
/ DEV
Development
PythonGoDocker
REST APIsCloud Platforms
/ STANDARDS
Healthcare & Standards
HL7 FHIRSDMXMDM
InteroperabilityBIRD
Off the clock
04 · The person behind it
It's Benni — over 9×108 seconds old French-German-Arab soul, currently in Basel.
Music is my jam, software my bread and butter, and writing a way of expression which has been accompanying me since my 5th year of high school. I started with drawing, painting and calligraphy — the good old ones — then moved on to poetry. Nowadays I write prosody and dial in once in a while.
I like to comment on topics related to sovereignty, technology, and solidarity.
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Music
jam · listen · play
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Software
bread & butter
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Writing
poetry · prosody
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Sovereignty
tech · solidarity
Want to collaborate?
Always interested in connecting with fellow professionals to discuss data challenges and opportunities.