I am
… I am convinced that the ability to work with technology is a key skill for the future and I am therefore passionately committed to making programming attractive at school.
That’s why I like to go where innovation is happening to make my teaching as interesting and up-to-date as possible.
I am enthusiastic about computers, software, their creation and further development. How far will development go and how can Germany hold its own?
My role
In December 2019, I was elected to the Executive Board of the FHDW as Vice President for Digitalization. In doing so, the university is once again emphasizing the importance of digitalization as a strategic task for the university. This is because digitalization is changing teaching, learning and research at the university as well as its infrastructure, administration and processes.In my role as Vice President for Digitalization, I drive the transformation of the university and accompany the digital change towards a digital university. I see digitalization as an opportunity and not just as a necessity for fulfilling core university tasks.
I have also been head of our campus in Bergisch Gladbach since 2015, having been appointed as a lecturer in business informatics at the FHDW in 2011. In addition to further developing the campus and the FHDW’s study programs, I supervise our partner companies on campus as part of the dual study program and give lectures in business informatics.
Career
Alexander Brändle began his professional career at Mannesmann Demag before establishing the Competence Center Insurance as a strategic consultant at Microsoft Germany in the Financial Services division. As Lead Technical Architect of the Competence Center Insurance, he was a speaker at numerous technical conferences and workshops.He then moved to Microsoft Research Cambridge. There, he supported the founding of the Microsoft European Innovation Center in Aachen and, as Manager University Relations, oversaw the academic IP and project portfolio of the software giant for the European region.
As Research Program Head Intelligent Environments, he helped Microsoft get started in the field of robotics and was instrumental in the incubation of the Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio.
He is a founding member of the Computational Science Laboratory at Microsoft, where, as head of application development, he and his team drove the development of new conceptual methods, languages and tools for the creation of complex scientific applications and submitted numerous patent specifications.
Alexander is a Certified Scrum Master, ITIL and TOGAF certified and has earned various Microsoft MCP, MCSE+I, MCSD certifications over the years. He is a Microsoft Certified Innovative Educator, VR certified and has earned numerous micro degrees and certifications, e.g. in data science and cyber security, handling Unity.
Teaching
- Selected chapters of computer science, Data Lab, Introduction to business informatics, Fundamentals of computer science, Mobile systems and applications, Practice in software engineering, Object-oriented programming, Practice in software engineering, Programming, Projects in business informatics, Requirements and software engineering
I am looking for
- Always motivated and interested lecturers and lecturers for lectures in the fields of business informatics, business administration
- Partner companies for the dual study program
- Scholarships and internships for our students
- Exciting application-oriented research and development projects
- Good ideas for improving our teaching and services
- Interesting conversation partners 😉
