Summary
Florian Pirchner is a seasoned software leader and founder with 14 years of experience, currently serving as CEO of Lunifera and owner of his own consultancy in Vienna. He specializes in model-driven software development, Eclipse-based tooling (EMF, Xtext, Sirius), OSGi, Vaadin and dynamic UIs, blending deep Java/RCP expertise with enterprise integrations like J2EE, DB2/SQL-RPG and legacy Movex systems. His career path from technical lead roles to CEO reflects a strong mix of hands-on engineering, architecture and product-focused leadership, especially in tooling for textual and graphical modeling. Florian has a practical knack for bridging supply-chain and process-optimization domains (MRP, TOC) with developer tooling, making him adept at turning complex enterprise workflows into maintainable software solutions. Not obvious at first glance, he combines open-source licensing knowledge with long-term stewardship of Eclipse-centered ecosystems, enabling sustainable commercial and community-driven projects.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
German, English