Experience

Architecting and implementing an on-premise AI platform on an NVIDIA B300. Fully open source, no cloud LLM, as the data has to stay in-house.

• vLLM for GPU inference, LiteLLM as OpenAI-compatible router
• Qdrant for retrieval, PostgreSQL for state, Grafana for monitoring
• RAG pipeline and chatbot as the first production use case

Alongside that, end-to-end IoT solutions from the device layer to cloud connectivity.

• Secure integration of IoT devices into the IT network
• IoT architecture standards, best practices and security policies
• Operation and protection of the IoT infrastructure
• Close collaboration with the internal IT teams
• Security awareness in the business units

Orchestration of IoT project implementations for connected motorcycles at PIERER Innovation, the technology arm of Pierer Mobility (KTM, Husqvarna Motorcycles, GasGas).

• Technical specifications, integration and performance monitoring
• Project management and steering of development partnerships
• Solution and architecture concepts
• Technology assessment and leadership of development teams
• Stakeholder management up to executive level

Independent consulting on infrastructure automation and security hardening.

• Linux hardening strategy
• Infrastructure analysis and automation with Ansible
• Checkmk monitoring
• Backup system for data protection and continuity

Environmental monitoring startup for high-resolution climate and environmental data.

• High-resolution climate and environmental measurements
• Development of the data collection methodology
• Identification of valid measurement points
• Installation and configuration of hardware and software

Twenty years with one employer, from IT support and POS technology to enterprise architecture and product leadership.

Senior Product Lead (Jul 2020 - Jun 2021)

• Led a cross-functional DevOps team (4 FTE): CI/CD, IaC and SRE
• Backlog ownership and prioritisation
• Requirements, solution design, effort and cost estimates
• Alignment with business stakeholders, project teams and architects

Enterprise Architect (Jan 2015 - Jul 2020)

• Workplace and POS technology until 2018, digital platforms from 2018
• Long-term strategy and roadmap for workplace and POS technology
• Corporate standards and guidelines, developed with the other architects
• System landscape planning: hardware, software, sizing, availability, security, licensing
• Coordination of technical experts across project stages

Technical Lead, ICS Innovation Lab (Jan 2014 - Feb 2018)

• Proofs of concept for beacons, wearables, scan-and-pay, smart shelves, electronic shelf labels, robotics, drones, RFID, smart glasses and VR/AR

Earlier roles

• Senior Solution Consultant - POS Technology (Jul 2014 - Dec 2014)
• Teamleader Retail Technologies, Solution Consultant (Sep 2009 - Jun 2014)
• POS Technology Manager (Jan 2007 - Aug 2009)
• POS Technology Solution Developer (Jan 2004 - Dec 2006)
• IT Hotline & Field Support (Jan 2001 - Dec 2003)

Four years of apprenticeship at Pichler in Frankenmarkt, Upper Austria, concluded with the Austrian master craftsman qualification.

Watchmaking is diagnosis under a loupe. A movement has a few hundred parts; when one of them is off by a fraction of a millimetre, the symptom is a watch that gains two minutes a day. The work is to reason from that symptom back to the part, before opening anything, because dismantling a movement twice costs a day.

In 2001 I moved into IT, starting in support at SPAR ICS.

Extra-occupational studies, completed while working full-time at SPAR ICS.

The DI (FH) is a diploma degree from the years before Austrian universities of applied sciences moved to bachelor and master programmes. It is the highest academic degree I hold; there is no master’s degree and no doctorate.

Thesis: “Nachhaltige IT im Rechenzentrum”, a model for measuring efficiency in the data centre.