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Markus

The generalist who is responsible for modelling the customer business, optimizing the cost structure and bridging the gap between development and business in the project.

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Michael

The mastermind of development who is responsible for infrastructure-as-code, deployment automation and architecture-related topics in the project.

Curriculum vitae: I have been working in development for more than 20 years. After graduating in automation engineering in 2003, I spent the first 3 years as an embedded developer at an electronics manufacturing service provider in research and development, then in a start-up as a developer for hardware/software components for the rail vehicle industry. Since 2012, I have been the technical director of a technology company with a broadly diversified technology stack.

 

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Curriculum vitae: I’ve been Working in Software development for over 10 Years. During this time I worked in the IT Security Industry for more than 7 years, working on AV-, Data Classification, Endpoint Management- and Data Encryption products. Im currently leading cloud, test and manifacturing automation division in a medium-sized austrian technoligy company. I’ve worked professionally in development for mobile development (mostly Android native, and iOS native), .net backend  development, and Cloud Development on AWS and Azure. I have a passion for Data Science and Cloud computing.

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More than 20 years of experience in R&D, the first decade of which was spent intensively in the development of embedded software, real-time applications and safety integrity as well as in electronics development.

After that, I used my ability to think in broader contexts and devoted myself more and more to R&D management.

C, C++, real-time OS, PLCs, PCB design and digital circuit technology

Fundamentals of web technology (html, JavaScript, CSS), mechanical engineering and polymer science. Broad overview knowledge in all areas of software development (Client/Server applications, cloud, mobile apps native and cross-platform, security as well as data privacy by design), CI/CD and agile process models.

But my first education was as a mechanical engineer.

I am an empathetic person and am very aware of my surroundings. I can adapt very quickly to changing situations, have a high degree of resilience and a strong sense of responsibility.
A methodical approach and accuracy are important to me, as well as integrity in every situation.

Business modelling and digitalisation are two key concepts that help companies to position themselves and grow in the modern economy.

The integration of digital technologies into all areas of value creation is a core topic we work on as our solution addresses this segment. I enjoy working with personas, megatrends, the 6D model and the business model canvas.

My last 10 years as head of product development and member of the management board in a technology company as well as my interface function with product management, sales and, above all, purchasing decision-makers benefit me here.

I didn’t go through a classic management trainee program. As an autodidact, I see myself as someone with the ability to adapt quickly. In 2008, I took on my first personnel management tasks. Since 2012, I have been managing a large R&D department with 40 very ambitious developers who are divided into several agile teams.

I personally believe that an adapted management style is necessary depending on the situation, but fundamentally I am a great advocate of a sociocratic form of organization. I don’t see myself as an all-knowing boss, but rather as primus inter pares.

Specialized in bringing business cases into the context of native cloud solutions in a cost-optimized manner. The focus is on Microsoft Azure PaaS, although there are equivalent counterparts for these services at Google and AWS. I can address the wide range of configuration options that affect cost, performance and scalability.

With the knowledge of and about the special features of the individual services and resources, the use cases and thus the basis of the business model can be implemented in an optimized way.

I am married and the father of two great children, born in 2008 and 2014. My passions include music, art, culture, traveling and good food. However, my greatest passion is cooking. In my next life I will become a chef and dedicate myself fully to the art of cooking.

Besides cooking, I find my balance through some strength training and ambitious cycling.

Over the years I’ve worked on numerous Software Projects, in various domains, with most of them focusing on IoT and/or security.

I’ve gained professional experience in developing for Mobile, Web and have done Cloud Development for AWS and Azure. I’ve done my share of client side development, but favourize developing backend services.

Working in the IT security industry for eight years has given me valuable insights into the problems companies face on a daily basis.

Having worked in software development for some years now, I’ve collected quite a collection of frameworks, languages and tools I’ve been working with, so this list is rather a collection, than a enumeration of the technoligies I used.

I’ve worked professionally Backend development in C# and .net as well as Java

Mobile development for Android in first Java, than Kotlin, and some iOS, but only in Objective C. Some experience with cross platform development in unity, xamarin (currrently looking into Maui) and a little flutter.

I’ve worked in developing Web Apps using React as well as Angular.

I’ve used python with Django, Flask and FastApi in some smaller projects, but I use the language mostly for scripting or rapid prototyping and working with data utilizing Pandas, Numpy and Matplotlib. Currently I’m playing a lot with pytorch, astonished by how easy it is to build small scale models.

I’ve worked with various testing frameworks  and gathered some knowledge about test automation.

I’ve worke with Object Relational Mapping framework in C# (Entity Framework) and Java (hibernate)

My experience includes working on build environments and pipelines in both Azure DevOps and Jenkins.

My most prominent character trait is my couriosity. I get excited very easily and am interested in almost anything.

I’m also very perfectionistic in my urge to comprehend things.  I always try to get the deepest possible insights in every topic I delve into and am very persistent on this.

Harmony is very important to me, thats why I try to be very empathetic torwards the people around me and try to lend a helping hand, or have an open ear whenever it’s needed.

During my professional career I’ve seen many software projects failing, or at least failing to some extent. In most of this cases it was out of a lack of understanding what was realy needed. In my opinion there is no fancy microservice reference architecture that works for everything, or holy grail design patterns, it’s all about figuring out what’s needed and building a architecture around those requirements that not only fullfils those requirements, but also considers those non functional requirements that are essential for the projects in the context of it’s domain. To be able to build good software systems it’s well advised to adhere to established architecture patterns, not dogmatically, rather eclectically with strong consideration for the underlying requirements and the domain.

I’ve worked in it Security for long enough to know the chalenges companies are facing, when it comes to building secure software systems and protecting customer data as well as their own. I’ve also experienced ther struggle and the costs of not considering security in architectural decision and beeing forced to integrate security measures in existing projects.

Software systems are complex, considering testability in the design, as well as writing automated tests on different testing levels

I’ve worked in developing cloud solutions for AWS and Azure for more than ten years now. I’ve worked on the conception of different cloud projects and have seen many of the pitfalls, and spent a good part of my professional career in trying to save projects, that had scalability, security, or availability problems, or were simply to expensive to operate.

Curently I’m trying to get deeper into development for Google Cloud Platform.

I have a very strong opinion on the importance of Infrastructure as Code that’s based on my professional experience with both the downside of not having infrastructure code and the benefits of utilizing it.

I like to travel, seeing new places and cultures.

Beeing in nature is very important to me, so I love Hiking, enjoing the beauty of the austrian countryside.

I’m kind of a bookworm, reading almost anything, but preferably scyfi and contemporary austrian literature, I just love good storys.

That’s why I’m into movies as well, again loving almost any genre, but prefering korean thrillers and hollywood movies from the 50s.

Lastly I spend lots of time in front of my computer building things. I enjoy programming and designing software, so my Job is kind of my passion as well.

Picture of Markus

Markus

The generalist who is responsible for modelling the customer business, optimizing the cost structure and bridging the gap between development and business in the project.

Curriculum vitae: I have been working in development for more than 20 years. After graduating in automation engineering in 2003, I spent the first 3 years as an embedded developer at an electronics manufacturing service provider in research and development, then in a start-up as a developer for hardware/software components for the rail vehicle industry. Since 2012, I have been the technical director of a technology company with a broadly diversified technology stack.

More than 20 years of experience in R&D, the first decade of which was spent intensively in the development of embedded software, real-time applications and safety integrity as well as in electronics development.

After that, I used my ability to think in broader contexts and devoted myself more and more to R&D management.

C, C++, real-time OS, PLCs, PCB design and digital circuit technology

Fundamentals of web technology (html, JavaScript, CSS), mechanical engineering and polymer science. Broad overview knowledge in all areas of software development (Client/Server applications, cloud, mobile apps native and cross-platform, security as well as data privacy by design), CI/CD and agile process models.

But my first education was as a mechanical engineer.

I am an empathetic person and am very aware of my surroundings. I can adapt very quickly to changing situations, have a high degree of resilience and a strong sense of responsibility.
A methodical approach and accuracy are important to me, as well as integrity in every situation.

Business modelling and digitalisation are two key concepts that help companies to position themselves and grow in the modern economy.

The integration of digital technologies into all areas of value creation is a core topic we work on as our solution addresses this segment. I enjoy working with personas, megatrends, the 6D model and the business model canvas.

My last 10 years as head of product development and member of the management board in a technology company as well as my interface function with product management, sales and, above all, purchasing decision-makers benefit me here.

I didn’t go through a classic management trainee program. As an autodidact, I see myself as someone with the ability to adapt quickly. In 2008, I took on my first personnel management tasks. Since 2012, I have been managing a large R&D department with 40 very ambitious developers who are divided into several agile teams.

I personally believe that an adapted management style is necessary depending on the situation, but fundamentally I am a great advocate of a sociocratic form of organization. I don’t see myself as an all-knowing boss, but rather as primus inter pares.

Specialized in bringing business cases into the context of native cloud solutions in a cost-optimized manner. The focus is on Microsoft Azure PaaS, although there are equivalent counterparts for these services at Google and AWS. I can address the wide range of configuration options that affect cost, performance and scalability.

With the knowledge of and about the special features of the individual services and resources, the use cases and thus the basis of the business model can be implemented in an optimized way.

I am married and the father of two great children, born in 2008 and 2014. My passions include music, art, culture, traveling and good food. However, my greatest passion is cooking. In my next life I will become a chef and dedicate myself fully to the art of cooking.

Besides cooking, I find my balance through some strength training and ambitious cycling.

Picture of Michael

Michael

The mastermind of development who is responsible for infrastructure-as-code, deployment automation and architecture-related topics in the project.

Curriculum vitae: I’ve been Working in Software development for over 10 Years. During this time I worked in the IT Security Industry for more than 7 years, working on AV-, Data Classification, Endpoint Management- and Data Encryption products. Im currently leading cloud, test and manifacturing automation division in a medium-sized austrian technoligy company. I’ve worked professionally in development for mobile development (mostly Android native, and iOS native), .net backend  development, and Cloud Development on AWS and Azure. I have a passion for Data Science and Cloud computing.

Over the years I’ve worked on numerous Software Projects, in various domains, with most of them focusing on IoT and/or security.

I’ve gained professional experience in developing for Mobile, Web and have done Cloud Development for AWS and Azure. I’ve done my share of client side development, but favourize developing backend services.

Working in the IT security industry for eight years has given me valuable insights into the problems companies face on a daily basis.

Having worked in software development for some years now, I’ve collected quite a collection of frameworks, languages and tools I’ve been working with, so this list is rather a collection, than a enumeration of the technoligies I used.

I’ve worked professionally Backend development in C# and .net as well as Java

Mobile development for Android in first Java, than Kotlin, and some iOS, but only in Objective C. Some experience with cross platform development in unity, xamarin (currrently looking into Maui) and a little flutter.

I’ve worked in developing Web Apps using React as well as Angular.

I’ve used python with Django, Flask and FastApi in some smaller projects, but I use the language mostly for scripting or rapid prototyping and working with data utilizing Pandas, Numpy and Matplotlib. Currently I’m playing a lot with pytorch, astonished by how easy it is to build small scale models.

I’ve worked with various testing frameworks  and gathered some knowledge about test automation.

I’ve worke with Object Relational Mapping framework in C# (Entity Framework) and Java (hibernate)

My experience includes working on build environments and pipelines in both Azure DevOps and Jenkins.

My most prominent character trait is my couriosity. I get excited very easily and am interested in almost anything.

I’m also very perfectionistic in my urge to comprehend things.  I always try to get the deepest possible insights in every topic I delve into and am very persistent on this.

Harmony is very important to me, thats why I try to be very empathetic torwards the people around me and try to lend a helping hand, or have an open ear whenever it’s needed.

During my professional career I’ve seen many software projects failing, or at least failing to some extent. In most of this cases it was out of a lack of understanding what was realy needed. In my opinion there is no fancy microservice reference architecture that works for everything, or holy grail design patterns, it’s all about figuring out what’s needed and building a architecture around those requirements that not only fullfils those requirements, but also considers those non functional requirements that are essential for the projects in the context of it’s domain. To be able to build good software systems it’s well advised to adhere to established architecture patterns, not dogmatically, rather eclectically with strong consideration for the underlying requirements and the domain.

I’ve worked in it Security for long enough to know the chalenges companies are facing, when it comes to building secure software systems and protecting customer data as well as their own. I’ve also experienced ther struggle and the costs of not considering security in architectural decision and beeing forced to integrate security measures in existing projects.

Software systems are complex, considering testability in the design, as well as writing automated tests on different testing levels

I’ve worked in developing cloud solutions for AWS and Azure for more than ten years now. I’ve worked on the conception of different cloud projects and have seen many of the pitfalls, and spent a good part of my professional career in trying to save projects, that had scalability, security, or availability problems, or were simply to expensive to operate.

Curently I’m trying to get deeper into development for Google Cloud Platform.

I have a very strong opinion on the importance of Infrastructure as Code that’s based on my professional experience with both the downside of not having infrastructure code and the benefits of utilizing it.

I like to travel, seeing new places and cultures.

Beeing in nature is very important to me, so I love Hiking, enjoing the beauty of the austrian countryside.

I’m kind of a bookworm, reading almost anything, but preferably scyfi and contemporary austrian literature, I just love good storys.

That’s why I’m into movies as well, again loving almost any genre, but prefering korean thrillers and hollywood movies from the 50s.

Lastly I spend lots of time in front of my computer building things. I enjoy programming and designing software, so my Job is kind of my passion as well.

About the project, SaaS startup and innovative technologies

m2sphere is the brainchild of two friends who discovered a real problem through their work and experienced it first-hand. The unpleasant thing is that the problem is usually only recognized when the digitalization of a product/service is already very advanced. The problems then arise during the operation of the solution. It’s far too expensive, the scaling doesn’t work as desired, the idea that you don’t need to worry about the infrastructure because it’s a ‘cloud solution’ is just wrong, and then you finally realize that maintaining the infrastructure without automation is a nightmare.

Admittedly, the website looks like it is operated by a medium-sized company. In reality, we are two private individuals who have an idea and want to turn it into reality. We were accepted into the instrumentalized incubator program of the state of Upper Austria, which has already given us a bit of a boost. Thanks to our good networking with relevant research institutions and professorships, we know that our approach is feasible. However, we are plagued by two questions, which is precisely why we are completely transparent with our idea. These first need to be answered before we can call ourselves a SaaS start-up.

However, we are faced with two questions, which is precisely why we are completely transparent with our SaaS startup ideas.

Do companies that are in the process of digitizing their business model or have already done so see the problem in the same way?

How can we finance the development and market entry of such a solution?

We need business angels to invest in our SaaS and tech startup ideas.

It would really help us to get input from the market. If you have any questions or issues around SaaS, we also offer support, even for free. We are also looking for digital transformation case studies that we can use anonymized for a blog article. In return, we offer our support. Who should get in touch with us? Basically anyone who is interested in the topics we explain on our website. However, we are particularly interested in the following topics.

  • You have a digital transformation case study for us that we can help with!
  • You tell us how you have dealt with digitalization!
  • You want to participate on the project because you see the potential just like we do!
  • You want to invest in us and our tech startup ideas!

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