Michael Ranner
Curriculum Vitae
Biographical and Contact Information
Date of Birth: December 21, 1973
Place of Birth: Graz, Austria
Managing Partner
azedo IT Consulting & Services KG
michael@ranner.eu
Education
- 1988 – 1993 HTBLuVA Graz-Goesting, telecommunications engineering and electronics (Ing.)
- 1993 School-leaving examination (Matura, Abitur)
- 1994 – 1996 Unversity studies of electrical engineering at University of Technology Graz
Key Accomplishments
- Owner and Managing Director (azedo IT Consulting & Services KG, Seiersberg-Pirka), 2010 – Today
- Shareholder (FACTORYMINER, Graz), 2014 – 2024
- Managing Director (Changemaker GmbH, Seiersberg), 2013 – 2015
- Senior Consultant (bit Schulungscenter Nfg GmbH & Co KG, Graz), 1996 – 2016
- Project Manager and Senior Software Developer (JAWA Management Software GmbH, Graz), 1999 – 2010
- Consultant and System Engineer (KB EDV-Beratung GmbH, Vienna), 1997 – 2000
- Software Engineer (Gamed mbH, Graz), 1998 – 1999
- System Engineer (giwe design), 1997 – 1999
- System Engineer (EOS EDV, Walter Stegmayer, Vienna), 1996 – 1997
- Software Engineer (Focus EDV GmbH, Graz), 1994 – 1996
Skills
AI and Knowledge Management
- Agentic programming: development workflows in which AI agents plan, write and verify code under human review
- Knowledge management: structured, machine-readable knowledge bases that give agents reliable context
- Tools: Claude Code, OpenCode, Pi Coding Agent, Ollama for locally hosted models
Management and Consulting
- Project management, program management, software project management
- Requirements analysis, change management
- Team leadership, Scrum
- Management consulting, corporate strategy, strategic planning, business management
Programming and Web
- OOA/OOD/OOP, software engineering & design
- Java, PHP, Perl, UNIX shell scripting, C, C++, SQL
- JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS, web development
- Revision control with Git and Subversion
Content Management and E-Commerce
- WordPress
- Magento
- Google Ads
Databases
- OpenSource: MySQL, PostgreSQL
- Commercial: MS SQL Server, Oracle
Network Applications
- Apache
- Postfix, Cyrus-IMAP
- SpamAssassin, Amavisd
- Samba, CUPS
- Network servers and firewalls based on FreeBSD and Linux
Operating Systems and Infrastructure
- UNIX/Linux: all flavors of BSD (FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD), major distributions of Linux (CentOS, Debian, RedHat, SuSE)
- Windows Server and desktop environments
- Cloud computing
- I have managed sysadmin and desktop support tasks on all platforms, especially on UNIX and Linux.
Certifications
- Sair Linux/GNU Linux Certified Professional (LCP)
- Level 1 – Installation and Configuration – 3X0-101
- Level 1 – System Administration – 3X0-102
- Senior Expert Trainer
Management
More than 15 years as managing director of azedo IT Consulting & Services KG, responsible for staff, clients and day-to-day operations since 2010. Alongside that, project manager and lead developer of software projects with unusually long lifespans, several of them in production for a decade and more. Managed smaller software developer groups and projects, and worked as an IT consultant and trainer for UNIX/Linux, network and web technologies at bit Schulungscenter until 2016.
Additional Qualifications
Languages: German (native), english (fluent), french (basic)
Interests
Photography, Psychology, Humanism, Artificial Intelligence