Background

Twenty years building the foundation.
Now building the company.

I trained as a software engineer and spent my career in some of the most demanding regulatory environments in tech - medical devices, air traffic control, health informatics. I led global quality operations, represented Austria in international AI and health IT standardisation, and audited the security practices of life-critical systems. In 2026, all of it points toward one thing: founding Donza.

The Foundation

It began with a B.Sc. in Medical Information Technology and an M.Sc. in Health Care IT, then R&D writing medical-imaging software. The engineering never stopped - it just kept gaining judgment along the way.

I'm happiest turning an idea into a real, deployed product that solves a real problem - and building it so well that people trust it with what matters. In regulated software, trust is the feature everything else hangs on.

20+
Years in regulated software
ISO 27001
Certified Lead Auditor
2026
Founding Donza, in Austria
6+
Industries shipped in
Career timeline

Where I've made an impact.

2026 → Present
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Founder, Donza
Donza · Vienna, Austria

Founding a family admin platform for DACH parents - born from a problem I lived: the forwarded emails, the permission slip crushed unseen in a school bag. Built on two decades of regulated software engineering.

Aug 2024 - Present
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Head of Global QARA Operations
Dedalus · Vienna

Leading global Quality & Regulatory operations - one harmonized management system across a distributed, growing organization.

Nov 2024 - Present
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University Lecturer
FH Technikum Wien · Vienna

Teaching medical-device software & regulation in the Health & Rehabilitation Technology M.Sc. - SaMD, MDR, IEC 62304.

2021 - Present
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Standards delegate (Austria)
ISO/TC 215 · CEN-CENELEC JTC 21

Representing Austria in international standardization for health informatics and AI - keeping me close to where trustworthy AI and data protection get defined.

2020 - 2024
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Quality & Regulatory Affairs Manager
Dedalus · Vienna

Rose from embedded QA/RA professional to owning the regulatory strategy for Diagnostic Imaging IT across Europe.

Dec 2015 - Nov 2019
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Quality Manager for Software Development Projects
Frequentis · Vienna

Coordinated QM activities for R&D projects in air-traffic control (ED-109A, ED-153), enforced quality gates, and conducted internal and external audits (ISO 9001, ISO 27001).

2012 - 2015
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QA & Regulatory Affairs Manager
Agfa HealthCare · Vienna

Ambassador of quality across stakeholders - maintaining standards (ISO 13485, FDA QSR 21 CFR 820, ISO 14971, IEC 62304, ISO 27k), leading global process-improvement work groups, performing certifications and delivering quality-management training.

2010 - 2012
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R&D Software Developer
Agfa HealthCare · Vienna

Conception, design and development of software in the medical-imaging sector - the engineering foundation behind everything that followed.

Education & teaching

Academic background

M.Sc. Health Care IT - FH Kärnten (2007-2009), incl. University of Ulster

B.Sc. Medical Information Technology - FH Kärnten (2004-2007)

University Lecturer - FH Technikum Wien, Health & Rehabilitation Technology M.Sc.: strategies & implementation in medical-device development, SaMD, MDR, ISO 13485, IEC 62304 & software testing.

Certifications

Credentials

Certified Quality & RA Manager for Medical DevicesCertified External Lead Auditor (ISO 17021 / 19011)ISO 27001 Lead Auditor

Member, ON-AG 001.27 - Austrian Standards Committee (Information security, cybersecurity, privacy protection - mirror of ISO/IEC JTC 001/SC 27)

These aren't credentials earned from a course - they're positions representing Austria in the bodies that define what "secure" and "trustworthy AI" mean internationally.