About Me

I work on digital transformation at the intersection of legacy systems, data, and organizational change. I am a mathematician by training and currently a department lead and product manager in the digitalization division of Rail Cargo Group, part of the Austrian Federal Railways.

In my current role, I am responsible for the operation and gradual replacement of long-serving legacy systems, as well as the rollout and evolution of future systems. My work focuses on managing transitions in complex IT landscapes — including parallel operations, transition architectures, data migration, and the clarification of responsibilities across business units, IT, and external vendors.

Throughout my career, a recurring theme has been creating structure and clarity in complex environments. I studied mathematics at TU Wien and completed a PhD at Politecnico di Milano. After several years as a technical consultant at d-fine Austria, I worked as a software engineer at Raiffeisen Bank International, where I helped to replace a highly complex legacy simulation system, and as a data architect at Rail Cargo Group, where I focused on enterprise data models, the establishment of data management practices and data consolidation during system migrations. These experiences shaped my understanding of how much long-term flexibility and resilience depend on well-designed systems and carefully managed transitions.

While I enjoy working close to technology, I have learned that the most challenging aspects of transformation are rarely purely technical. They often relate to workflows, communication, unclear ownership, and the coordination between different parts of an organization. Replacing or introducing systems inevitably affects how people work — which is why I see digital transformation as a joint effort between organization, processes, and IT.

On this site, I reflect on topics such as legacy system replacement, transition architecture, data and responsibility in parallel operations, and the practical realities of transformation in complex, non-digital-native organizations.