
Matthias Giger
Matthias works as a Senior Data & Analytics Consultant at plus-IT AG. He advises companies in a wide range of industries on the creation of business-relevant information dashboards in compliance with the IBCS® standard.
About
Matthias Giger studied media and communication sciences at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, specializing in efficient visual communication. After six years as an editor, he completed an M.Sc. in Business Administration with focus on information and data management at the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden in 2015. Between 2013 and 2017, he worked as an information specialist for the St. Gallen Cantonal Library. Between 2015 and 2018, he taught the vocabulary and grammar of visual design, a “legacy” of his first degree, to budding photographers at a higher technical college.
For plus-IT, Matthias supports customers in the use of Power BI, Tableau and across the entire analytics cycle:
- Requirements analysis and specification
- Data integration and data transformation
- Data management and data enrichment
- Visualization and information architecture
- Conclusion communication and activities

IBCS® Certified Consultant
Matthias Giger has successfully completed the IBCS® certification for successful design of reports and presentations at the IBCS Institute in April 2022.
Work samples
Matthias has created a mini-series “Let’s tableau it the IBCS way” on his own blog https://designindata.com about the implementability of the top 10 IBCS recommendations in Tableau: