Summary
Josef Hammer is a results-driven project lead and software engineer with 30+ years of experience specializing in embedded and distributed systems, currently researching reliable, privacy-preserving AI deployment on distributed edge infrastructure at Universität Klagenfurt. He blends deep technical practice—from real-time C/C++ platforms and RTOS work at AVL to distributed control and web tooling at CERN—with advanced executive and technical training from Stanford, Harvard, and Copenhagen Business School. As a founder and long-time consultant he has turned complex research and industrial requirements into production-ready platforms and tooling, and has led cross-disciplinary teams in academia and industry. Josef’s profile uniquely combines hands-on low-level systems expertise with a track record in teaching and prototyping research ideas into operational deployments. Based in Zurich, he brings a pragmatic, research-informed approach to scaling secure, observable systems at the network edge.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
German, English, Italian, French, Spanish