# Manuel Bogner

> CTO & Strategic Technology Advisor based in Vienna, Austria

## Overview

Manuel Bogner is a technology executive with 25+ years in the industry (since 1996). He helps organizations build resilient software systems by combining architecture discipline, leadership clarity, and governance that scales. Currently CTO at OpenResearch since 2017.

- Website: https://mbo.dev
- Location: Vienna, Austria (Mariahilfer Straße 121b Top 5, 1060 Wien)
- Languages: English, German
- Contact: https://mbo.dev/en/gb/contact

## Key Stats

- 17x revenue growth (2017-2024, from <€200K to €3.5M)
- 3x headcount growth (12 to 36)
- 3 ISO certifications (27001, 9001, 14001)
- 25+ years in tech (since 1996)

## Services

### Strategic Pillars

- **Enterprise Architecture**: Cloud-native design, legacy modernization, API-first strategy
- **Engineering Leadership at Scale**: Agile transformation, mentorship & growth, tech-stakeholder sync
- **Digital Transformation & Modernization**: Legacy modernization, AI integration, platform migration

### Engagement Models

- **Fractional CTO**: Executive-level technology leadership to scale teams, platforms, and product organizations.
- **Technology Advisory**: Executive advisory for modernization initiatives, platform strategy, and complex system evolution.
- **Engineering Leadership Support**: Strengthening engineering leadership, organizational design, and business alignment at scale.

## Certifications

- Certified Professional for Software Architecture (CPSA) — iSAQB
- Certified Project Manager (CPM) — pma
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) — Scrum Alliance
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) — Scrum Alliance

## Selected Projects

- **Rail Digitalization**: Safety-critical digital tools for Austrian railway operations aligned with international security standards.
- **TRAVIS**: AI-assisted monitoring tool analyzing global news for automotive security incidents.
- **Remote Car Diagnostics**: Scalable streaming platform for real-time vehicle sensor data — tens of thousands of vehicles monitored.
- **Insurance Reports**: High-volume national-scale healthcare data processing — billions of records for every insured Austrian citizen.
- **Cloud Hosting Platform**: Self-service infrastructure automation reducing deployment time from weeks to minutes.
- **Scooter Sharing Platform**: Real-time vehicle tracking and fleet management for 300+ vehicles.
- **Care Allowance**: Modernized national care allowance system from legacy COBOL to modern technologies.
- **Web Service Security**: Decentralized WSS infrastructure securing 600+ applications, eliminating single point of failure.

## Career

- **2017–Present**: CTO at OpenResearch — built distributed engineering organization of 30+ engineers across 3 countries
- **2012**: Enterprise & Lead Architect at ITSV (Austrian Social Insurance) — architecture for national social insurance system (~600 projects)
- **2005**: Engineering & Leadership at Geizhals.at (1.5-2M daily visitors), freelance development, R&D at Siemens
- **2004**: TU Wien — Software Engineering and Internet Computing
- **1996**: First lines of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

## Pages

- Home: https://mbo.dev/en/gb/home
- About: https://mbo.dev/en/gb/about
- Services: https://mbo.dev/en/gb/services
- Projects: https://mbo.dev/en/gb/projects
- Contact: https://mbo.dev/en/gb/contact
- Privacy Policy: https://mbo.dev/en/gb/privacy-policy
- Imprint: https://mbo.dev/en/gb/imprint

## German Version

- Startseite: https://mbo.dev/de/at/startseite
- Über mich: https://mbo.dev/de/at/ueber-mich
- Leistungen: https://mbo.dev/de/at/leistungen
- Projekte: https://mbo.dev/de/at/projekte
- Kontakt: https://mbo.dev/de/at/kontakt

## Social

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuel-bogner
- GitHub: https://github.com/mbogner
- GitLab: https://gitlab.com/mbodev
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeLP_qP-JEaMbhavEO49ofg