Summary
Matthias Leander-knoll is an experienced cloud and IT leader with 10 years of hands-on experience designing, operating, and scaling federated cloud infrastructures and IAM/IDM solutions at the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie. As Deputy Head of Department and former group lead for EFSS, SCM and Cloud, he combines technical depth in cloud architecture and service operations with team formation and interdisciplinary coordination. His background in science journalism and digital pioneering gives him a rare blend of clear communication, stakeholder alignment, and innovation management alongside technical delivery. Based in Constance, he is comfortable bridging research and production environments, shepherding complex cloud projects from design to ongoing operation. Despite a primarily institutional profile, he brings practical teaching and consultancy experience from earlier roles, making him effective at translating strategy into actionable engineering.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Wissenschaftsjournalismus / Science Journalism, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Wissenschaftsjournalismus / Science Journalism at h_da Hochschule Darmstadt
Partner University Executive Master of Digital Pioneering, Partner University Executive Master of Digital Pioneering at University of Cambridge
M.A. (berufsbegleitend), Digital Pioneering / IT-Innovationsmanagement, M.A. (berufsbegleitend), Digital Pioneering / IT-Innovationsmanagement at Zeppelin Universität, Friedrichshafen
Fachinformatiker, Systemintegration, Fachinformatiker, Systemintegration at Elektronikschule Tettnang