Summary
Michael Pucher is Head of Technology Design and a seasoned researcher-engineer with 11+ years of experience translating speech, signal processing, and AI research into commercial products and academic impact. He combines deep technical expertise in speech and language processing, pattern recognition, and HCI with hands-on leadership roles at Recognosco and senior research positions at Austria's leading institutes. A Dr.techn. in Electrical and Information Engineering and longtime adjunct professor, he bridges rigorous academic methods with pragmatic product delivery, having moved from software development and project management into strategic technology design. His career includes international research visits (Berkeley, Edinburgh, Tokyo, Berlin) and multi-year collaborations across academia and industry, reflecting a global perspective on scalable speech technologies. Colleagues value his ability to turn complex signal-processing research into deployable systems and to mentor the next generation of engineers while steering product-focused technical strategy.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of Technology
Mag. phil. Philosophy Logic Mathematics, Mag. phil. Philosophy Logic Mathematics at University of Vienna
Dr. techn. Electrical Engineering / Speech and language processing, Dr. techn. Electrical Engineering / Speech and language processing at Technische Universität Graz
German, English, French