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 an 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 Lead | CTO
The other Klaus – also known as K2 – is from the 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
Regional Manager | 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 .
• 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. Even then, he was able to unleash his potential and has since been in great demand as a full-stack developer with strong DevOps know-how. 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
David Schäfer
Embedded Systems Engineer
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
Embedded Systems 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
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
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
Jordan Türtscher
Software Engineer
Jordan grew up in the Great Walser Valley (Großes Walsertal) in the agricultural environment of a farm and alpine pasture. From a young age, he has been actively playing soccer for the SPG team Großes Walsertal. In the meantime together with Daniel. Young and enthusiastic about sports, he has already completed an HTL education in electronics and computer science. So he supports the PHIOS team as a software developer in the front- and backend area. He spends his free time with friends, doing sports or helping his parents in agriculture.
• Play soccer
• Skiing
• Good food
• Listen to music
• Spend time with friends and family
• Nature
• Hiking
• Boredom
• Marzipan
• Schwenda (clean up alpine pasture)
• Being ignored by others
Daniel Müller
Software Engineer
Daniel comes from Ludesch in Walgau. Since he has always been fascinated by modern technology, he attended the HTL Rankweil with a focus on electronics and computer science. At PHIOS he is a software developer with a current focus on the backend. He likes to spend his free time with his family, friends and doing sports. Together with Jordan he plays soccer for the SPG Großwalsertal team. He also enjoys listening to music, visiting concerts and foreign countries.
• honesty
• electronic music
• exciting/new technology
• soccer
• time with family and friends
• traveling
• cocktails
• spontaneity
• laziness
• pessimism
• lockdowns
David Küng
Software Engineer
David comes from the beautiful village of Plazera in the Great Walser Valley. In his free time, he enjoys playing soccer in the summer and skiing in the winter. Due to his great interest in computers, David decided at a young age to attend the technical college in Dornbirn with a focus on IT and then graduated from the IT College in Imst. He works in our team as a software developer.
• Raccoons
• Fotography
• Skiing
• Ski-touring
• Spiders
• Traffic jam
• Schlager music
Daniela Gantner
Project Manager | Scrum Master
Daniela lives in sunny Satteins (pronounced as “Settaas” in the local dialect) and holds a degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Business Psychology. With her experience in the areas of project management and organization, databases, agile development processes and IT support she is an invaluable asset to our projects. In her free time, she likes to exercise in the fresh air, preferably on her mountain bike (without battery!). However, she would rather spend winters in the tropics or the Caribbean.
• Sun and heat
• Eat and drink
• Nice people
• Nearly all animals
• Straightforwardness
• (Hard) Rock
• Biking and running
• Winter
• Driving – neither with or
without traffic jams
• Boredom
• Spiders
• Celery, turnip cabbage and fennel
• Garbage and waste of energy
Stefan Vögel
Managing Director PHIOS Austria
As a graduate electrical engineer specializing in computer technology, Stefan fits ideally into the PHIOS team. He has gained his diverse practical experience in software development for plant control systems as well as worldwide installations at industrial companies, in the fields of consulting/strategy services, greenhouse gas and energy balancing (consulting and software), up to energy management/electricity.
Stefan’s private life means ventures with his two children, traveling and sports.
• making a contribution
• enthusiasm, joy and humor
• Spain – from people to food, landscape etc.
• sports (skiing/snowboarding, running, mountain biking etc.)
• Renewable energies (and their efficient integration into the energy system through intelligent software systems)
• goal-oriented cooperation
• cooking and eating well
• complaining
• lengthy position taking
• unclear or delayed communication
• non-renewable energy
• waiting for decisions
• selfishness
Rene Kofler
Software Engineer
• Learning new things
• Planning
• Flag Football
• Crossfit
• Podcasts
• Apricot dumplings
• Unpunctuality
• Doing something on the off chance
• Sports injuries
Efdal Erter
Software Engineer
Efdal, also known as Efe, comes from the city of Dornbirn, but his true home is in Liechtenstein at PHIOS. After graduating from HTL Dornbirn and pushed by his enthusiasm for front-end development, he jumped straight into the working world and started at PHIOS. In his free time, he likes to go to the gym and also does martial arts.
• Gym
• Martial arts (Muay Thai / Kickboxing)
• Music
• Kebab
• My allergies
• Negativity
• Unpunctuality
Gabriel De Lamo Dutra
Software Engineer
Gabriel comes from the shoe-factory city of Elda, Alicante. Gabriel has studied Computer Engineering at the University of Alicante and would like to be able to make applications that can be useful to others and allow them to live better.
He considers himself a friendly person, who likes to work in a team and has no problem in accepting more responsibilities as long as he can get the job done. In his spare time, he likes to teach chess and meet up with his friends to play Street Fighter and enjoy a good dinner.
• Helping others
• Good sense of humor
• Cats
• Chess
• The beach
• Fighting (video)games cooperation
• Dishonest people
• Cold winters
• Impunctuality
Miguel Martinez Lerin
Software Engineer
Miguel has been using computers since he was 5 years old, almost born with a keyboard in his hands.
Born in Valencia (Spain) and pasionate about working and making day to day stuff easier or more automatic using tecnology, at home for himself or for other people
If there is a new Marvel or superhero movies he will probably be at the cinema with his friends on the release date to avoid spoilers, hate them!!
• Laugh
• Food
• Electronic music
• Games
• Traveling
• My cats
• Movies
• Mushrooms
• Sea Food
• Octopus and all his cousins
• Lies
• Lack of communication
Johannes Lang
Embedded Systems Engineer
• Cats
• sports (snowboarding, climbing, bouldering, mountaineering)
• travel
• Being chased by E- bikers
• Whiteout
Denis Felst
Software Engineer
Denis comes from the volcanic Canary Islands, specifically from Tenerife. Because of his admiration for business and technological products, he decided to study software engineering, eventually landing at PHIOS after some time. In his free time, he enjoys playing football as a goalkeeper, meeting friends, having coffee with something to read, and taking advantage of his free days to travel or discover the infinite corners of Valencia.
• Nutrition and health
• Cooking
• Football
• Beach volley
• Interesting business ideas
• Design patterns
• Coriander
• Slow bureaucracy
• Lack of commitment
• Learning French
• Cold coffee
Juanjo Albiach
Software Engineer
Juanjo was born in the city of Valencia (Spain). From a very young age he was very interested in technology, which led him to develop his first applications independently and to study Telecommunications Engineering.
He considers himself a person with great empathy, which leads him to always seek the benefit of the team over individualism.
In his free time, he loves to grow his own vegetables as well as to carry out his personal technological projects and to train himself. He enjoys playing sports, especially team sports.
If there is a good atmosphere and good beers he will always be there first.
• Helping others
• A good sense of humour
• Beer
• Dachshunds
• Mountains
• Good communication
• Individualism
• Lack of cooperation
• Lack of communication
• Lies
• Sauces
Kaspar Meusburger
Software Engineer
Born in the beautiful Bregenzerwald, Kaspar moved to Vienna to study electrical engineering. It couldn’t have been a better fit for a Wälder in Vienna, to be part of the PHIOS team, which is full of people from Vorarlberg and has an international character. Thus, perfect conditions to get started professionally. In his free time Kaspar pursues one thing above all: climbing. Whether on rock, ice, with or without a rope, it doesn’t matter to him. The main thing is outdoors and steep.
• Motivated people
• Authenticity
• Pasta
• Classical music
• Road trips
• Laziness, Sloth
• Dishonesty
• Big mouth but nothing more than warm air
Gustavo Lage
Software Engineer
Born in the hills of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Gustavo always had a deep interest in all things computer-related. He graduated in information systems in 2010, and after six years working in the IT sector in Brazil, he moved to Portugal in search of new adventures. Now settled in Valencia, Gustavo is embracing all the culinary delights and outdoor fun the city offers.
• Long chats over a good bottle of wine
• Secrets of the universe
• Açaí
• Spending time in nature
• Public speaking
• Big crowds
• Tardiness
• MESSAGES IN ALL CAPS
Marlene Macek
Human Resource Manager
Marlene comes from beautiful Vienna. She worked there for a long time in social management and corporate communications. She now lives in Switzerland and enjoys the country life in the small village Sax near the border to Liechtenstein. As HR Manager she is responsible for growing the PHIOS family and is available to all employees as a contact person for HR topics. She loves to spend her free time with her son and her family. She likes to always educate herself and get to know new places and people. She enjoys singing karaoke, loves to travel and does yoga to relax.
• My family
• Horror movies and series
• Chocolate
• Sun, beach and sea
• Honesty
• Driving a car
• Tomatoes
• humorless people
• spiders
• standing in line and waiting
Jeannine Märk
Assistant
Jeannine lives in Muntlix, Vorarlberg. She lives in the countryside with her family and enjoys every second with her two little boys. In addition to country life, she loves to travel, whether far away to Australia or a city trip around the corner, for which Jeannine is always available. In Vorarlberg, she likes to go hiking and meets her friends for a glass of Aperol Spritz.
At phios, she is responsible for the well-being of the team as a team assistant, she plans events and meetings and supports the office organization.
• Travel
• Good food
• Going out with friends
• Turtles
• Helpful, honest people
• Foreign languages spoken
• Selfish people
• Dishonesty
• Dispute
• Solstice beetles
Raphael Lins
Software Engineer
Raphael graduated from the HTL Rankweil in the field of electronics and technical computer science and developed a great interest in programming. He also enjoys programming his own small projects in his private life. In his free time, besides programming, he likes to ride his mountain bike or spend time with his family or friends.
• Riding a mountain bike
• Programming
• Spending time with family and friends
• Laughing
• Helping others
• Negative thinking
• Unmotivated people
• Unpunctuality
• People who scroll continuously on social media platforms
Benjamin Hauser
Software Engineer
Benjamin, or simply Beni, comes from beautiful Rankweil. Directly after graduating from high school he joined PHIOS as a software developer and works in both the front-end and back-end areas. In addition to the keyboard, he also plays the piano, the saxophone and the accordion. He spends most of his free time on the computer. Together with his friends, he implements various projects in the field of software development – including the PHIOS toast configurator 😉
• Coke (the “real one”)
• Chocolate
• Cake
• Schnitzel
• Pizza
• Musik
• Disrespect
• Unreliability
• Disorder
• Pointless discussions
Migg Scherrer
Digital & Innovation Officer
Migg is not afraid of any challenge, either professional or private. 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 Fichtiner
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
Migg Scherrer
Digital & Innovation Officer
Migg is not afraid of any challenge, either professional or private. 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
Migg Scherrer
Digital & Innovation Officer
Migg is not afraid of any challenge, either professional or private. 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