Julius Ganns

Leading Vorwerk's digital strategy across the areas of software innovation, digital transformation and AI as Chief Digital Officer. Responsible for group-wide digital transformation portfolio and AI roadmap. Heading software engineering at Vorwerk Engineering as Chief Software Officer. Managing software development and global digital platforms for 10 million users and devices, with teams in Düsseldorf / Wuppertal, Madrid, Milan, and Shanghai building Thermomix, Cookidoo and (recently) Robotics products.

Head of Vorwerk's Digital R&D Unit, responsible for Digital Innovation, Product & Platform Development (TM6, Cookidoo, myKobold, etc.), Robotics, Architecture, Innovation, Cloud & App Development, AI & Data Science, Platform Engineering & Lifecycle Management, Digital Security, as well as Methods & Tools. Running a global team of 400 individual contributors (Wuppertal/Düsseldorf, Zürich, San Jose/Silicon Valley, Madrid, Milan, Shanghai/China) to build great digital experiences.

Lead Consultant Enterprise Advisory, Enterprise Information Lifecycle Management, Microsoft Plattform Strategie Beratung, Enterprise Architecture Development for Microsoft Technology

Domain Expert for Advanced Engineering Techniques & Best Practices. Responsibility for .NET Software Engineering, Architectural Reviews for Large Enterprise Projects, Quality Assurance, Deployment Coordination, Software Process Improvement (Lean Six Sigma), Application Maintenance & Test Management

Head of Software Engineering, Operations & Services. Strategic Responsibility for Architectural Leadership, Project Management & Delivery, Operations, Portfolio, Process Improvement, Consulting and Training. Focus on Executing Strategy & Achieving Goals, Leading & Developing People, Creating an Action-Oriented Culture, Rewarding Performance, and Striving for Technology Leadership. Received Technology Fast 50 Award in 2008 and 2009 and Award for the Fastest Growing New Media Agency 2008

Web 2.0 Application Development, Service-Oriented Business Process Integration, Enterprise Content Management Solutions, Advanced Software Engineering Techniques, Training, Coaching. Requirements Engineering, Project Management, Deployment and Release Management.

Software Engineering and Datacenter Operations in Microsoft and Open Source Projects. Web Development, Integration Solution, Content Management and Security Concepts.

Freier Software-Entwickler, Schwerpunkt Web Technologien und Java Enterprise, Umsetzung von Unternehmens- und Bildungs-Projekten, Schulungen im Linux-Umfeld, Erfahrung als Team-Leiter.