Benedikt Schraik

Driving Digital Change | Bridging Strategy & Technology | Modernizing Public Infrastructure

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Vienna's Open Source Report 2025: A Pragmatic Approach to Digital Sovereignty

🚀 The City of Vienna's Open Source Report 2025 ...
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Copenhagen: Advancing Interoperability – and an EU Award for WienKI!

🌍 This week I joined the SEMIC Conference in Co...
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Currently

  • Leading Vienna's digital transformation agenda
  • Exploring how generative AI changes enterprise technology strategy
  • Speaking on public sector modernization
  • Open to conversations with mission-driven organizations

Beyond the Blog

I regularly share perspectives on digital transformation, technology innovations and large-scale technology programs at industry events and conferences. I also enjoy exchanging ideas with founders, investors, and leadership teams navigating complex technology decisions.

If you're working on something interesting or think there's an opportunity for collaboration, I'm always open to a conversation.

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Professional Profile

I help large organizations navigate the complexity of digital transformation - turning strategy into execution, modernizing legacy systems, and building the capabilities needed to deliver lasting change. My path has taken me from strategy consulting through utility sector transformation to my current role as CTO for the City of Vienna, where I oversee IT strategy, enterprise architecture, and governance for the City Administration's 65,000 employees. What drives me: finding pragmatic solutions to genuinely difficult problems, building teams that deliver, and making technology work for people - not the other way around.

Areas of Expertise

  • Digital Transformation & Organizational Change
  • IT Strategy & Enterprise Architecture
  • Technology & Innovation Management
  • General Management & IT Finance
  • Cloud Adoption & Migration
  • Data & AI Strategy Implementation
  • Large-Scale IT Programs & Projects

Experience

Chief Technology Officer

City of Vienna | 2022 - Present

Executive oversight for one of Europe's largest municipal IT organizations. Leading strategic initiatives including the city's first large-scale cloud deployment, core financial system transformation, and the development of Vienna's AI governance framework.

Head of Digital Transformation

Major Utility Operator, Vienna | 2017 - 2022

Built and led the digital transformation function for one of Austria's largest infrastructure groups. Established group-wide data & AI organization, delivered customer platform serving 1 million users, and restructured IT governance across multiple subsidiaries.

Strategy Consultant & Project Manager

Global Tier-1 Strategy Consultancy | 2015 - 2017

Large-scale transformation programs in banking, public sector, and IT services. Target operating model design, post-merger integration, and organizational restructuring for clients ranging from 2,000 to 200,000 employees.

Education

MSc Business Informatics

Vienna University of Technology | 2012 - 2014

Athens Programme

École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris | 2014

Exchange Semester

University of Copenhagen | 2010 - 2011

BSc Computer Engineering

Vienna University of Technology | 2009 - 2012

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