About us

The founders of Flarm

Development of FLARM started during the founders spare time. The developers of FLARM are active pilots.

Urs Rothacher, age 40, licensed pilot since almost 20 years, one glider flight of 1040km, raced in various gliding competitions. Prior to founding FLARM, Urs was a VP with a successful Swiss startup company in the field of microsensors. He graduated from ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) with a M.Sc.E.E. His other interests include sailboat racing, kite surfing and skiing.

Andrea Schlapbach, age 39, over 1800 hours and instructor and glider instrument rating, various gliding competitions, Gold C with all diamonds and one flight over 1040km. He graduated from ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) with a M.Sc. in Natural Sciences.

Urban Mäder, age 33, around 400 hours as pilot in command. PhD and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering.

"The best thing that governments can do to encourage innovation is get out of the way", The Economist, October 2007

Contact informationen

FLARM Technology GmbH
Lindenstrasse 4
CH-6340 Baar Fax +1 435 203 12 24