Florian Burgstaller is a technology entrepreneur and CEO based in Graz, Austria, with 12 years of experience building software businesses and leading technical teams. He currently heads shopreme and serves on the board of wirecube GmbH while also managing Pythagorio Veranlagungsgesellschaft, blending product leadership with corporate governance. Trained as a computer scientist (MSc) at TU Graz, he started as a freelance J2EE developer and IT security consultant, retaining hands-on expertise in backend systems and secure architectures. Florian favors pragmatic, multidimensional problem solving—hence his motto “don't be a square - become a cube”—and applies that mindset to scale startups and advise boards. He combines academic grounding with entrepreneurial grit, often moving between strategic oversight and technical execution. Based in Styria, he brings a European perspective on product-market fit, compliance, and engineering-driven growth.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
EDV & Organisation, EDV & Organisation at HTL Kaindorf
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science at Technische Universität Graz
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