Who are we?
white duck…
- is a Cloud technology company founded in 2012 with its headquarters in Rosenheim, Germany.
- is a service provider and managed service provider for cloud and software engineering for companies from all industries.
- specializes in Cloud Native development, Platform Engineering and Developer Productivity.
- offers a holistic range of services – from the development to the operation of modern, sustainable, secure and intelligent SaaS, web, AI and mobile applications.
- is a highly specialized team of Cloud Solution Architects, Software Engineers and Platform Engineers.
- technology focus on Microsoft Azure, GitHub, Azure DevOps, .NET, C#, Angular, Kubernetes, Azure OpenAI.
- promotes agile teamwork and fair cooperation.
- is committed to sustainability.
Our team
Our team consists of thirty female and male employees – Cloud Solution Architects, Software Engineers and DevOps Engineers – who ensure that your Cloud project is optimally implemented and maintained according to your requirements. In addition, we have a long-standing network of experts and partners with a wide range of technology focuses.
Markus Sümmchen
CEO and FounderMarkus Sümmchen
Markus focuses on the introduction of DevOps methods and agile project management processes like SCRUM, as well as on the conception of software solutions up to their marketability.
Martin Brandl
CTOMartin Brandl
For Martin (CTO) the Azure Cloud platform has been a toolbox for over 10 years. He knows where to use which tool and can always find a suitable solution.
Nico Meisenzahl
COONico Meisenzahl
Ilias Michalarias
Data Analytics Expert | Authorized OfficerIlias Michalarias
In the past 15 years, Ilias has been active in almost all areas of business intelligence and software engineering: academic, operational, advisory and managerial.
Andreas Hartmann
Head of Services & Processes | Senior Solution ArchitectAndreas Hartmann
Andreas is our Head of Services & Processes. With his team, he guarantees our customers smooth operation of their cloud-native solutions and optimizes their processes. With his expertise in product development, he expedites our own products and supervises them from the request to the commercialization.
Stephan Hüttner
Head of Platform EngineeringStephan Hüttner
Stephan is our Head of Platform Engineering & Kubernetes Engineer. With a background as a software developer, he understands the synergies between Dev and Ops like no other. In addition to his certifications as a Certified Kubernetes Application Developer and HashiCorp Terraform Associate, he stands out for his expertise in Azure DevOps and GitLab.
Daniel Kerschagl
Head of Developer Productivity │ Senior Project ManagerDaniel Kerschagl
Daniel is our Head of Developer Productivity. As a senior project manager, he advises our customers, gives a lecture at the TH Rosenheim and is involved as an IHK examiner.
Philip Welz
Cloud Solution ArchitectPhilip Welz
Philip is our Cloud Solution Architect. As a certified Kubernetes expert (CKA &CKAD), Azure MVP and GitLab Hero, his focus is on Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitOps and Infrastructure-as-Code. Philip can regularly be found at conferences & meetups as well as community events.
Valentina Hermann
Test Manager & Platform EngineerValentina Hermann
Valentina is a Test Manager & Platform Engineer with more than 12 years of professional experience and participation in (inter)national projects. She is an ISTQB® Certified Tester (Advanced Level Technical Test Analyst). Her tasks in projects include functional, non-functional tests, test automation.
Thilo Kauschke
Senior Software EngineerThilo Kauschke
Thilo is a senior software engineer with more than 15 years of know-how in product development and experience in implementing and maintaining incrementally growing backend architectures.
Anela Avdibegovic
Marketing ManagerAnela Avdibegovic
Anela is our Marketing Manager. Her tasks include organizing (online) events, developing marketing materials and coordinating the online presence (website, SEO and social media marketing, PR).
Marco Schmidl
Junior Platform & Kubernetes EngineerMarco Schmidl
Marco is our junior Platform and Kubernetes engineer. His focus is on Kubernetes and DevOps methods such as CI/CD and IaC. Marco is also expanding his knowledge through a master’s degree in DevOps and cloud computing.
Salome Schlemer
UI/UX Expert & Project ManagementSalome Schlemer
Salome is our User Experience Designer (UXQB® Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience (CPUX-F)) and uses UX methods and procedures to develop solutions according to user needs. She uses this knowledge in her second area, project management.
Markus Voit
Software & Platform EngineerMarkus Voit
Markus is our Software & Platform Engineer. As a full-stack developer, his focus is on the development of cloud-native software in Azure and DevOps methods such as CI/CD and containerization.
André Ratzenberger
Senior Software & AI ArchitectAndré Ratzenberger
André, our experienced Senior .NET Software and AI Architect, has extensive knowledge as well as specialized certifications in Azure and Cloud Security. He provides proven solutions to complex challenges and is an accomplished expert in modern AI technologies such as ChatGPT. His versatility also extends to cloud computing and DevOps.
Suad Wolgram
Product Manager & Software EngineerSuad Wolgram
Suad is our Product Manager and Software Engineer. His focus is on helping companies to manage their AI costs transparently and efficiently with our in-house products. He also advises on strategic AI topics.
Plus 13 other colleagues...
Plus 13 other colleagues...
…with the roles of Cloud Solution Architects, Software Architects, Software Engineers, Platform Engineers and Software Tester.
Impressions
Besides the time we spend in front of the notebook or PC, there are many other activities that we enjoy together as a team.
Community
Community work is very important to us. For this reason, we are always keen to share our know-how with other specialists and interested parties, thus creating a space in which people can exchange information about Cloud and software development topics. We achieve this through meetups, hackathons and hands-on workshops. We would be happy to meet you in one of the meet-ups that we support and to exchange information about the latest technology topics.
Partners
In an increasingly complex IT world, partnerships with other highly specialized companies are the key to making your Cloud project successful in all facets
About our partner
ADN Distribution GmbH is a German value-added IT distributor. As a Microsoft CSP distributor, ADN sells Microsoft Azure, M365, and a wide variety of software solutions, among other products.
Our collaboration
As part of the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program, ADN is our CSP distributor, from whom we purchase Microsoft Azure and resell it to our customers in combination with our value-added services. With ADN, we provide comprehensive support to our mutual customers, such as software manufacturers (ISV, SDC), in the areas of application modernization, cloud-native development, developer productivity, and AI with Microsoft Azure and GitHub.
Concat AG has many decades of experience as a holistic IT partner with a global reach and local presence. It offers a broadly diversified portfolio of managed services. This ranges from the implementation of needs-based IT infrastructures to the takeover of IT operations by the company’s own service and support organization.
About our partner
Deutsche Telekom is one of Europe’s largest telecommunications companies and is increasingly positioning itself as a provider of sovereign digital infrastructure. With T Cloud Public, it offers a powerful public cloud platform that combines European sovereignty, GDPR-compliant data storage, and hyperscale scalability.
Our collaboration
As a solution partner of Telekom Deutschland GmbH for T Cloud Public (formerly Open Telekom Cloud), we develop and operate customized cloud solutions based on T Cloud Public. Together with Telekom, we offer our customers cloud solutions from German data centers.
doubleSlash accompanies companies in their digital evolution. They develop future-proof software solutions that create long-term value. doubleSlash acts according to its values and delivers exceptional quality through its experience. As a partner, we accompany and support doubleSlash in DevOps, Cloud Native and IoT projects.
white duck is a Microsoft partner with the competencies Cloud Platform and DevOps in Gold. In the course of our Cloud technology focus, we have aligned ourselves even more closely with the Azure platform with the expertise and focus on Application Development, Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps and IoT in order to use them as reliable and secure basic platforms for our customers’ Cloud solutions.
QUNIS develops, implements and supports business intelligence, advanced analytics and big data initiatives in a holistic way. white duck and QUNIS work together to implement and operate big data and AI applications on the Azure Cloud, with white duck providing the infrastructure with automation, security and monitoring on Azure, and QUNIS providing the technical big data and AI Anwendugen is implemented individually.
There is a close relationship with the Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences. A large part of the white duck team has completed its computer science studies at the Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences and we train students within the framework of practical semesters, project papers, bachelor’s and master’s theses, as well as student activities based on real projects.
ROSIK is the industry platform that works on building the reputation of Rosenheim as an impactful economic region and the city of information and communication technologies. ROSIK e.V. supports the exchange of experiences and the formation of networks as a prerequisite for the development of cooperations.
About our partner
Saphira Security GmbH & Co. KG is a specialized IT security service provider that supports companies with customized security solutions—from inventory and risk analysis to managed security services and vCISO/ISB services.
Our collaboration
As part of our partnership, we are supplementing our security offerings for cloud-native and AI solutions for Azure with governance and compliance consulting on NIS2, ISO, and DORA regulations from Saphira and offering these to our mutual customers.
The Berlin-based company UseTree identifies, optimizes and designs user-centered product families, mainly in the automotive, consumer, industry and medical sectors. Using an interdisciplinary and holistic approach, UseTree’s UX experts develop method-oriented solutions throughout the entire product lifecycle. together with UseTree, white duck implements holistic software development projects with a focus on responsive HTML5 web interfaces.
Reference Customers
Large, medium and small companies from all industries rely on us as their partner for the optimal implementation and support of their Cloud projects and Cloud solutions
