Summary
Andre Duis is a seasoned technology leader with 11 years of professional experience, currently serving as Co-CTO at Ordio after senior engineering and executive roles at Weaviate and Cognigy. He specializes in cloud-native infrastructure, developer experience, and platform/operations leadership, consistently moving teams from hands-on engineering to scalable product delivery. His background ranges from early .NET and Silverlight application development to owning deployment and architecture domains, giving him rare end-to-end visibility across stacks. Based in Solingen, Germany, he combines strategic CTO-office thinking with practical system engineering skills developed in roles at METRONOM and cleverbridge. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic builder who bridges developer tooling, operational excellence, and product needs. He brings a business-infused computer science foundation from a dual-study B.Sc. in Wirtschaftsinformatik and a track record of translating complex technical requirements into reliable production systems.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur Mathe Sozialwissenschaften Russisch Biologie etc., Abitur Mathe Sozialwissenschaften Russisch Biologie etc. at Willy-Brandt-Gymnasium Oer-Erkenschwick
Bachelor of Science Wirtschaftsinformatik, Bachelor of Science Wirtschaftsinformatik at Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg - Standort Villingen-Schwenningen