Barbara Maria Hotwagner

Barbara Maria Hotwagner is a seasoned technology executive currently serving as the CIO and Head of the Information Technology and Data Competence Division at Gesundheit Österreich GmbH since October 2024. Prior to this role, Barbara held various leadership positions at Zühlke Group from January 2019 to October 2024, including Director of Group Operations, where responsibilities encompassed global staffing, demand and supply alignment, and partnership management with Microsoft. Previous experience includes roles at Microsoft from November 2009 to December 2018, focusing on cloud product sales and business development, and at SAS Institute as a Pre-Sales/Senior Product Specialist, specializing in manufacturing and customer intelligence. Barbara's earlier career includes technical project leadership and consulting at Oracle Austria, alongside an extensive education in fields such as Mediation, Information Management, IT Security, and project management in electronic information systems.