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Michael Diener

Cloud Transformation Manager · Software Engineer · Founder

Two decades of building, leading, and shipping software — from geospatial platforms to cloud infrastructure at scale. Since 2019, I've been integrating AI into production systems, building AI agents, and continuously evaluating emerging models and tools to deliver real business value. I believe we're entering an era of abundance, where AI amplifies human potential across every industry. I'm here to help organizations navigate that transformation — bridging the gap between cutting-edge AI capabilities and the engineering discipline needed to deploy them reliably.

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My published book

Python Geospatial Analysis Cookbook
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Experience

20+
Years in IT
15+
Years Engineering
8+
Years Leadership
4
Product Launches
2
Startups
2
Languages
1
Book Published

Positions

2024.10 - present

Cloud Infra Transformation Manager

Accenture, Vienna
Accenture accenture.com
2008.04 - present

Founder, CTO

GOMOGI Geographic Intelligence, Klagenfurt
gomogi.com indrz.com golfgis.com
2019.01 - 2024.01
5 yrs 9 mths

Head of Development

Strucinspect GmbH (a Palfinger Company), Vienna / Klagenfurt
strucinspect.com
2006 - 2008

Researcher

Fachhochschule Villach, Austria
fh-kaernten.at

Education

Discovered late in university, the power of computer science quickly reshaped a journey that began in geography, GIS, and biology. From scripting in AML and Bash in 1999 to building modern web apps with Python, Django, Flask, JavaScript, Vue, and more.

2000 - present

Self Directed Learning

Leadership, management, computer science, cloud, sysadmin, software development, agile
Reading List Pluralsight · Coursera · Udemy
1998 - 2001

Simon Fraser University

Geography, GIS, Cartography, Biology
sfu.ca
1996 - 1998

Capilano University

Geography, Biology
capilanou.ca

Skills

Key areas of expertise across leadership, engineering, and delivery.

Leadership & People

  • Fostering team happiness, wellbeing & productivity
  • Designing hiring plans & recruiting strategy
  • Mentoring, leadership development & motivation

Finance & Resource Planning

  • Budgeting & resource planning

Collaboration & Stakeholder Mgmt

  • Working with operations, sales, marketing & finance to drive projects
  • Facilitating cross-functional workshops to align on priorities
  • Developing stakeholder communication plans with regular feedback loops

Methodologies & Processes

  • Scrum (Sprint planning/review, stand-ups, retrospectives)
  • Kanban (Continuous flow, WIP limits, pull-based delivery)
  • DevSecOps (security in CI/CD pipelines)
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • GitOps (declarative deployments via Git-driven pipelines)
  • DevOps (CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes)

Architecture & Design

  • System architecture design
  • Aligning IT strategy with business goals
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For a copy of my full CV please contact me directly.

Tech Stack

Programming

Python Bash Go JavaScript Git

Web Frameworks & UI

Django Flask Vue.js Nuxt.js Vuetify

Databases & Caching

PostgreSQL PostGIS SQLite Redis

Infrastructure & OS

Nginx Ubuntu Red Hat

Cloud Services

GCP Serverless Compute Storage IAM Artifact Mgmt

DevOps & CI/CD

GitLab CI/CD Docker Kubernetes Terraform Ansible Vault

Monitoring & QA

Prometheus Sentry SonarQube Playwright

API & Dev Tools

Postman Swagger OpenAPI REST JWT OAuth OpenID SAML

Collaboration & PM

Jira GitLab Boards Azure Boards

File Storage & Sync

OneDrive Google Drive SeaFile

Visual learning path: roadmap.sh/full-stack

Book List

My electronic bookshelf — tracking what I read.

20253 books
Antifragile
Things That Gain from Disorder
Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2025-04
Homo Deus
A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari 2025-02
The Singularity is Nearer
When We Merge with AI
Ray Kurzweil 2025-01
20246 books
Range
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David Epstein 2024-11
The Code Breaker
Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Walter Isaacson 2024-11
Noise
A Flaw in Human Judgement
Kahneman, Sibony, Sunstein 2024-11
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Two Systems Drive the Way We Think
Daniel Kahneman 2024-05
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Exploring what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment
Yuval Noah Harari 2024-05
Lean Enterprise
How High Performance Organizations Innovate At Scale
Humble, Molesky, O'Reilly 2024
20232 books
The Coaching Habit
Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever
Michael Bungay Stanier 2023
Human Compatible
AI and the Problem of Control
Stuart Russell 2023-01
20229 books
The Singularity is Near
When Humans Transcend Biology
Ray Kurzweil 2022-12
DevOps Handbook v2
World-Class Agility, Reliability & Security in Tech Organizations
Kim, Humble, Debois, Willis, Forsgren 2022-10
Indistractable
How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
Nir Eyal, Julie Li 2022-09
The Hard Things About Hard Things
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Ben Horowitz 2022-08
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
Mark Manson 2022
Think Like Amazon
Communication, Company Growth, Corporate Culture
John Rossman 2022
How Google Works
An Insider's Guide to Google
Eric Schmidt, J. Rosenberg 2022
Trillion Dollar Coach
Bill Campbell - Coaching, Mentorship, Leadership
Eric Schmidt, J. Rosenberg 2022
Intelligent Automation
Intelligent Automation
Pascal Bornet 2022
20215 books
Managing Humans
Leadership
Michael Lopp 2021
Dichotomy of Leadership
Leadership
Jocko Willink 2021
Measure What Matters
Goal Setting
John Doerr 2021
Deep Work
Productivity, Life Hacks
Cal Newport 2021
Ride of a Lifetime
Leadership
Robert Iger 2021

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