Michael Diener
Infrastructure Transformation Manager
Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
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Top SchoolMichael Diener is an infrastructure transformation manager and founder with 12+ years of experience building cloud-native systems, geospatial platforms, and product-led startups from Austria. As Founder & CTO of GOMOGI he architected INDRZ, an indoor mapping and area-management platform used by institutions like the Technical University of Vienna, blending GIS expertise with cloud architecture and DevOps. He has led cross-functional teams (frontend, backend, DevOps, AI, UX, QA) as Head of Development and now drives cloud strategy at Accenture DACH, bridging enterprise vision with hands-on system design. An active open-source contributor and technical writer, he improves accessibility of geospatial tooling—contributing documentation and quickstarts to the widely used GeoNode project. His background in academia as a lecturer and researcher informs a pragmatic, research-minded approach to product and platform engineering.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
MoscropHigh School, High School at Burnaby Central SecondaryBSc. Geography, BSc. Geography at Simon Fraser University
English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (8)
restructuredtext10
sphinx10
documentation10
geoserver6
openlayers6
django4
python4
gis3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
GeoNode/geonode
Jul 2013 - Feb 2014
GeoNode is an open source platform that facilitates the creation, sharing, and collaborative use of geospatial data.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:106 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Michael's commits primarily focus on creating and updating documentation files within the GeoNode repository. They added quickstart guides, an index, and a "how to contribute" document. The changes also involve restructuring tutorials and linking documentation, which suggests efforts to improve the organization and accessibility of project information. These modifications are aimed at helping users and developers understand and contribute to the project.
pythondjangosharingfacilitatesgis
indrz/indrz-be
Aug 2019 - Feb 2022
Open source indoor mapping, routing for orientation and wayfinding. Mirrored from https://gitlab.com/indrz.
Contributions:1 release, 493 commits, 36 PRs in 2 years 6 months
indoor-mapswayfindingdjango-rest-frameworkdjangohosted
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