Individual Member Profile

November 23, 2025

## Personal Information - **Motto:** "I never lose. I either win or learn." – Nelson Mandela # Professional Experience ## OCHSNER Wärmepumpen – Head of Software & Automation **May 2025 – Present** - Led the Software & Automation division for a new generation of heat pump systems - Built and coached an interdisciplinary team - Defined and implemented modern embedded architecture - Introduced modern development processes - Responsible for data governance and EU Data Act topics - Drove digitalization, IoT, and advanced control engineering ## TGW Mechanics GmbH – Head of Storage Technology **February 2023 – April 2025** - Responsible for the Storage Technology product line - Leading 28 employees across two teams - Organizational development - Managing development projects - Improving requirements engineering and software quality ## Hainzl Industriesysteme GmbH ### Head of Competence Center Automation **May 2021 – January 2023** - Led 30 employees - Department restructuring - Managed research collaborations - Implemented customer platform strategy - Built teams in Austria and India ### Head of Digital Solutions **January 2020 – May 2021** - Led 13 employees - Focus on Software Application and Smart Systems ## B&R Industrial Automation ### Team Lead R&D Mechatronics **July 2018 – December 2019** - Led a team of 7 engineers - Developed new mechatronic methods - 4 patents - Global system commissioning ### Project Manager & Software Developer – R&D Mechatronics **June 2013 – July 2018** - Autotuning, virtual sensing, system identification - Predictive maintenance and digital twins - Simulation and modeling - Cloud-based control algorithms - Scrum Master ## hofer powertrain GmbH – Function Developer **August 2012 – May 2013** - Developed functions and control algorithms for transmissions - Control algorithms for drivetrains # Education ## Management Development Program – Hainzl **September 2021 – October 2022** ## High-Potentials Program “Fit for Success” – B&R **April 2016 – October 2017** ## Master’s in Automation Engineering – TU Vienna **October 2009 – October 2012** ## Erasmus Exchange – University of Malta **September 2008 – July 2009** ## Bachelor in Electrical Engineering – TU Vienna **October 2005 – September 2008** ## HTL Linz – Electrical Engineering **September 1999 – June 2004**