Beat is an internationally recognised voice, and published author, on topics including building virtual teams, digital transformation and online marketing. His management book, ́Need to manage a virtual team? Theory and practice in a nutshell’ was published in 2006.

Beat joined Evernote in July 2016 to lead Evernote in EMEA from its Zürich headquarters. His professional background lies in technology with tenures at Hewlett-Packard, Dell and, most recently, Google, where he managed sales and business development at Google Switzerland and, later, at Google UK in London.

Beat teaches classes at IMD, Harvard, the University of Zurich, the University of Luzern and the University of St Gallen, as well as holding an E-MBA (Zurich) and a Doctorate in Business Administration (Adelaide).

He is currently a board member for Rivella AG and Pax Life Insurance AG as well as an Advisory Board Member for Caminada.