Team


Klaus Studer
Managing Director | CEO
As a graduate electrical engineer, Klaus earned a lot of laurels in the management of software projects over the last ten years, without neglecting development work. He likes to spend his free time on the rocky ridges of the East and West Alps or the Himalayas.
• Handshake quality
• Time with my family
• Astronomy
• Mountain hikes with a kick and few people
• Ski tours
• Electric Guitar
• Straightforwardness
• Dishonesty
• Unreliability
• Waste of time
• Laziness
• Traffic jams


Lucia Studer
Chief Financial Officer | Software Engineer
Lucia, a studied computer scientist and business economist, is from the beautiful Walsertal – just like Klaus. In addition to her work and volunteering for the mountain rescue service, she is always up for a adventure in the mountains. The tendency to go to extremes is probably anchored in her genes.
• Reliability
• Mountains
• Nature
• Good books
• Her boys
• Music
• Good food and good wine
• Cosy evenings
• Unpunctuality
• Show-offs
• Dishonesty
• Sleepless nights
• Driving at night in heavy fog


Klaus Flatz
Technical Manager | CTO
The other Klaus – also known as K2 – is from Bregenzerwald and has many years of experience in software development, despite his youthful appeareance. He is responsible for requirements engineering, technology, design and architecture. In his spare time he spends a lot of time outdoors with his bike, skis or rope – the main thing is to get up and down as steeply as possible.
• Mountain biking
• Snow
• Festivals
• Rides with my VW T5
• Spontaneous Ideas
• Apple sauce
• Frozen fingers
• Smartypants
• Taxi rides


Fabian Kühne
Software Engineer | UX Engineer
As a local “Egger” (a town known for its award-winning beer) Fabian has a long way to work and therefore travels by electric car. Despite his young age he has extensive experience in (web-) development, also for mobile devices. After years in the combat team, he now continues his football career in a more relaxed manner in the reserves.
• Variety in the job
• Challenges
• Birthdays of my team mates (that means cake)
• Bad mood
• Unpunctuality
• Too much cheese on the pizza


Johannes Barta
Software Engineer | Software Architect
As a passionate technician Johannes brings along many years of experience in software development as well as solid hardware and system knowledge. His communicative and energetic manner is well received by colleagues and customers alike – only on Thursday mornings he is sometimes a bit quiet.
• Common sense
• Clean Code
• Hiking
• Wakeboarding
• Cold beer
• Charcoal barbecues
• Traffic jams
• A broken coffee machine
• Untested code
• Waiting for updates


Johannes Türtscher
Software Engineer
Johannes – aka Johnny – supports our team as a software developer, where he puts his knowledge and enthusiasm for technology into practice. Besides working in front of the keyboard and screen, Johnny likes to spend his free time on the volleyball court or on the beautiful ski slopes of Vorarlberg.
• Meat loaf
• Empty streets
• Beer
• Beautiful women
• Slow drivers
• Arrogance
• Vegetables
• Tequila
• Heat


Alberto Gregorio
Software Architect
Alberto is from beautiful Galicia (Spain) and holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of A Coruña. He successfully brings his many years of in-depth software knowledge to our projects. Having lived in Vorarlberg for several years, Alberto also maintains good contacts in the Bregenzerwald.
• Kebab
• Heavy Metal
• Functional and reactive programming
• Board games
• Beer
• Mushrooms
• Schlager and Pop
• Spaghetti code
• Soccer
• Whiskey


David Martin
Embedded Systems Engineer
David is from Raggal and successfully applies the skills gained in his studies of computer science for PHIOS AG. He also likes to be close to the hardware. Besides his voluntary engagement in the mountain rescue service, he boulders and climbs on a similar level as his famous namesake, Mr. Lama.
• Challenges
• Climbing
• Music
• Variety
• Mountains
• Climate change
• Bugs
• Traffic and red lights
• Racism and intolerance
• Bad food
• Warm beer
• Superficiality


Martina Wiederin
Assistant
Martina takes care of the big and small problems around the office as well as administrative tasks. In her free time she likes to be out and about with her dogs and keeps the business going at the pension/inn Maria Grün in Frastanz (editor’s tip!).
• Tolerance
• Good discussions
• Humor
• Dogs
• My motorhome
• Denmark
• Superficiality
• Injustice
• Factory farming
• Apple
• Brussels sprouts
• Shoveling snow


Patrick Oberbacher
Software Engineer
Patrick is passionate about his work as a software developer and puts his many years of experience to good use. He has perfected the fast finger play on the keyboard and also likes to rock the guitar with his band. In addition, he spends a lot of time climbing, bouldering, skiing or playing tennis. In addition, he spends a lot of time climbing, bouldering, skiing or playing tennis.
• Mountains
• Bouldering
• Barley soup
• Music
• Beer
• Big cities
• Potato Goulash
• Moths
• “Sunday” drivers
• Non-alcoholic beer
• Slopers while climbing


Patrick Jenny
Software Engineer
Patrick is from the Walsertal, more precisely from Marul. During his studies he already supported our team at PHIOS AG. After finishing school, he joined our company permanently and is now in charge of front- and backend as well as CI/CD. In his free time he coaches a U11 soccer team and volunteers for the fire fighters.
• Soccer
• Fire fighters
• Mountains
• Town festivals
• Stress
• Stress
• Stress


Lucas Markovic
Software Engineer
He does not shy away from discussions in general and especially not about data protection.
When he grows up he wants to finish his computer science degree and build a house.
• Dodgeball
• Heavy Metal and Punk
• Repairing things
• Ballpoint pen click noise
• Hateful people
• More than 22°C in the office


David Schäfer
Trainee
One of David’s hobbies is programming – so where would he be better off than with us? Without a doubt, he has what it takes. In his spare time David sometimes exchanges the clicks of the keyboard for the clicks of the carabiner in the via ferrata.
• Longboard riding
• Programming
• Bugs
• Bluescreens


Simon Frick
Software Engineer | Scrum Master
Simon has gathered a wide range of experience in software development and project management over the past years, also due to his enthusiasm for everything technical. Besides spending time behind the drums he likes to be in the nature, for example cycling or hiking.
• Nature
• Rock and Metal music
• My wife’s cake
• Boredom
• Bad food
• Humorless people


Florian Gopp
Software Engineer
Florian can already look back on many years in software development. He works in our projects in the backend as well as in the frontend. In his spare time he likes to be in the mountains and volunteers for the fire fighters.
• Honesty
• Traveling
• Beer gardens
• Cheese
• Long bike rides
• Mountains
• Lonely ski tours
• Inflexibility
• Licorice
• Traffic jams
• Annoying advertising


Markus Wimmer
Software Engineer
Markus has turned his profession into his passion. For example, he did the control of his house completely by himself – hardware and software. His updates sometimes lead to marital complications because his wife has to adjust to a new, better system. In his spare time, Markus can be found either climbing on a rope or tinkering in his workshop.
• Pizza
• Schnitzel
• Beer
• Challenges
• Lettuce
• Vegetables
• Sunday drivers


Julia Lampert
Assistant
Julia takes care of the organizational tasks and makes sure that we feel completely comfortable. In her free time she likes to spend time with her family in nature or enjoys the peace and quiet on the alp or with yoga.
• Positive people
• Peace in the nature (up on the Alps)
• Good food
• Time with my family
• Yoga
• Sewing
• Dishonest people
• Superficiality
• Unpunctuality
• Unreliability


Lukas Kathrein
Software Engineer
After several years of training in Vienna, our Tylor ambassador settled in the beautiful Walgau region and met like-minded people in love with technology at phios. He prefers to live out his passion for coding in the backend, but he doesn’t shy away from frontend code either. In his free time he enjoys the mountains. Whether on foot, on the rope or on skis, the main thing is to have a cold beer when he gets home.
• Typified languages
• Clean Code/Architecture
• Reading
• Whiskey
• Sport
• Desserts
• Rock & Soundtrack Music
• Dependency Hells
• Zucchini
• Unpunctual & unreliable people
• Alarm clock snooze
• Boredom
• Plastic packaging


Selina Jenny
UI Designer | UX Engineer
Selina comes from the beautiful big Walser valley. With her passion for creativity and photography, the young Walser brings a breath of fresh air to the company. Hikes in the mountains, vacation destinations, excursions and more are captured by her camera and edited with love for detail. er hobbies include photography and tennis. In fact, she likes to spend the beautiful summer evenings on the tennis court.
• My 4 cats
• Sunrises & Sunsets
• Sea
• Mountains
• Grandmas Riebl
• Dancing
• Tennis
• Spinach
• Lies
• Controversy
• Spicy food


Alexander Zelger
Software Engineer
Alex graduated from the HTL Bregenz in the field of automation technology and during this time he also noticed that he has a great interest in programming. He also likes to play billiards with friends and loves to play video games every now and then.
• Lasagne
• Pizza
• Coffee
• Music
• Games
• Relax on the beach
• Spinach
• Traffic jams
• Home assignments
• Crashes


Raúl Ruiz Gallardo
Software Engineer
Born in the ancient city of Cádiz (Spain), he began to play with screwdrivers at the age of 4. That curiosity led him to study Computer Science while he likes testing/playing with all kinds of engineering things available to him. As a 3D printing amateur (and frustrated arquitect), he designs all kinds of tools and parts to improve the things around him. But climbing is his most beloved hobby.
• Climbing
• Handcrafting
• Spend time with friends
• Learn new things and teach the things I know
• Good food (better if shared)
• Excuses
• Noise
• Unpunctuality
• Cucumber


Migg Scherrer
Digital & Innovation Officer
Migg is not afraid of any challenge, either professionally or privately. With his extensive experience, he supports our clients in all aspects of digital transformation and innovation. The computer science engineer with management training acts as a link between the digital and real world. In his spare time he is active in the ultra-cycling scene – those who cycle for several days in a row with practically no sleep. To compensate, Migg also appreciates good food and drink.
• Positive thinking
• Challenges and goals
• Humor
• Creative exchange
• Teamwork
• Humor
• Nature and exercise
• Endurance Sports
• My wife
• Negative thinking
• Generalizations
• Dishonesty
• Noise
• Headwind
• Punctured tires
• Incense sticks and kombucha


Michael Fichtinger
Software Engineer
Michael moved away from Lower Austria many years ago (although the reasons are still not completely clear) and has found a new home in Mäder. After years of searching he finally found his dream house and used the Corona lockdown for the move. With his distinct penchant for UI design, his passion is web and mobile app development. Thus, he always ensures an excellent user experience for our customers.
• Angular Coding
• UI / UX Design
• Schnitzel & French fries
• Flip-flops
• Beach Volley
• Empty calendars
• Family
• Standup (Daily) – Marathons
• Fix unit tests
• Seafood
• Toast Hawaii
• Ugly user interfaces
• Winnie the Pooh


Günter Rudigier
Software Engineer
Raised at over 1000m above sea level in the harsh but beautiful surroundings of the Montafon, it was clear to him early on that his future profession would have to be in the field of electronics and computer science. His experience in the areas of production, test equipment construction, HW and SW development covers a very broad spectrum, which he always brings to our projects. In his spare time he tortures his guitar from time to time and also likes to go for a ride on his motorcycle.
• Family
• Nature
• “Handmade” Music
• Good food
• Honest and straight people
• Dialects
• My job
• A good old party
• People under stress
• Shopping Saturday
• Unreliability
• Apres Ski


Peter Stadelwieser
Product Owner | Scrum Master
Sunnyboy Peter from “Dorobiro” always has a cheerful laugh on his face and thus creates a good atmosphere. He performs his function as Product Owner with a lot of commitment and experience and he always succeeds in forming extremely powerful project teams. In doing so, he does not let himself get upset by (almost) anything. Only in the very rare occasions in which he can’t put on his touring skis in winter due to several days of bad weather lasting… then things can get tricky.
• Ski touring
• Interurban trips
• Nature
• Family
• Tinkering on my camper van
• Dishonesty
• Unnecessary stress