About

As Head of Division Software Development I am heading the Software Development division at Amt der Salzburger Landesregierung, leading a team of software developers, product managers, project leaders and application experts engineering software 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.