Dr. Andreas S. Rath

In McKinsey's Business Technology Office, I drive our core work with clients, lead the McKinsey teams and work with senior executives on their most challenging technology and business topics, e.g., * Transformation of the IT function (incl. e.g., strategy, operating models, cost cutting) for telco, banks, utilities, insurance and automotive industries * Turn-around of IT mega-projects in telecommunication, high-tech industries and public sector * Merger management * Outsourcing incl. RFP preparation

Supported mid-level managers on IT transformation topics and on their day-to-day operations, e.g., * IT Transformation, esp. operation critical database transformation to cloud infrastructure during ongoing operations (industry: industrial equipment and components) * Requirement engineering for a context-sensitive employee-oriented information- and communication portal for enhancing awareness of security topics and innovative development of security guidelines and products

Project lead of various software design and development projects in cooperation with companies in Austria and Germany (e.g., innovation platforms and e-learning systems). Definition and implementation of product development and quality assurance processes Computer science research in multiple-times awarded DYONIPOS project and European Union funded APOSDLE projects. Over 25 peer-reviewed publications about user context detection, artificial intelligence, knowledge management and information retrieval

Research and education in various IT topics in close collaboration with professors, assistants and students at the Institute for Software Technology, the Institute for Internet and New Media and the Institute for Knowledge Management. Key topics incl. * Agile development methods and tools * Software technology and project mgmt. * Compilers and cross-compilers * Internet, new media technology and web programming languages * Java, C#, C, C++ and various other imperative and functional languages

Research and education in various IT topics in close collaboration with professors, assistants and students at the Institute for Software Technology, the Institute for Internet and New Media and the Institute for Knowledge Management. Key topics incl. * Agile development methods and tools * Software technology and project mgmt. * Compilers and cross-compilers * Internet, new media technology and web programming languages * Java, C#, C, C++ and various other imperative and functional languages

Knowledge Management, Artificial Intelligence, Semantic Web Technologies, Human-Computer Interaction