Volker Dufner

Aerospace Sector: Responsible for the design and implementation of a production-grade, Gaia-X–compliant data exchange ecosystem based on Eclipse Dataspace Components (EDC). Accountable for end-to-end architecture, security design, interoperability standards, and technical leadership of an international development team.

Energy Sector: Responsible for leading the software development team of a European Crowd Balancing platform on AWS, leveraging Kafka Streams for high-throughput data processing. Developed the solution design based on architectural decisions and translated business requirements to guide the team in implementing scalable and highly available TypeScript and Java microservices, including secure communication protocols.

- Automotive Manufacturer: Defined and implemented an over-the-air (OTA) software update process for in-vehicle systems, including containerized services and Android-based components. Established technical quality gates and coordinated cross-functional teams to deliver fast and reliable software artifacts to vehicles. Focus areas included update orchestration, rollout strategies, and integration with backend systems for deployment and monitoring.