About

As Head of Information Technology and Internal Services I am heading the IT department at Amt der Salzburger Landesregierung, leading a team of IT experts including system engineers, network engineers, IT supporters, software developers, product managers, project leaders, data protection experts and application experts maintaining and engineering IT solutions for governmental applications.

I completed my Ph.D. thesis on iris biometrics at the University of Salzburg in 2012 with highest honours, graduating sub auspiciis praesidentis in 2013. For my Ph.D. research I was awarded the European Biometrics Industry Award 2013 by the EAB, and received the Appreciation Award 2013 by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research.

I have over 20 years of experience in software development, including ISO 9001, ISO 13485 certified medical software engineering at Tecan Austria GmbH (2017 – 2022), image processing and security software at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH (2015 – 2017), biometric software research at University of Reading (2013-2015), and  University of Salzburg (2007 – 2013), and web development at Wildnet (1999 – 2013). As an external lecturer I was enrolled in teaching activities at the University of Salzburg (2008 – 2013), Fachhochschule Salzburg – Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (2009 – 2013), Pädagogische Hochschule Salzburg – Salzburg University of Education (2001 – 2013) in the areas of databases, web technologies, programming, software engineering, compiler construction, and distributed systems. I co-founded Wildnet (1998), a small team of experts offering services related to eLearning content creation, internet and database consulting and IT training.