Haufe Online Days: Annual Controlling Forum

Graduate economist, MdO, Certified Business Process Professional (CBPP). Blended Learning Online Trainer. Since 1988 lecturer, trainer, consultant, coach and in various management positions. Management positions. Currently Head of BU Management Training at a management consultancy. Business administration topics, esp. controlling, leadership, communication. Specialist author.

Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics Architect Robert Buk has been a Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics Architect since 2012. He specializes in data warehouse automation and digital reporting, in setting up self-service analytics platforms in the enterprise environment, in consulting on cloud vs. on-premise for AI in the company, as well as for organizational measures to set up a BI/AI competence center.

Kristoffer Ditz is a consultant and trainer who gives lectures and seminars on AI in controlling. He writes specialist articles on artificial intelligence for several renowned magazines (Haufe-Verlag).

Dr. Markus Kottbauer is the founder and managing director of the consulting boutique decision partners. For more than 25 years, he and his team have been supporting companies in the development and implementation of strategies and the further development of controlling. The focus is always on improving the quality of decision-making in order to enable sustainable success. Markus Kottbauer previously worked as a trainer and co-partner at the Controller Academy, SAP, and Ernst & Young. In addition to consulting, Mr. Kottbauer is Haufe Akademie an author, supervisory board member, and lecturer at Haufe Akademie such as the Zurich University of Applied Sciences and the Haufe Akademie .

Professor of Controlling, Head of the Controlling, Accounting, and Financial Management program, and Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria in Steyr.

Claudia Maron has been head of the AI Competence Center for Finance & Controlling at DATEV since 2024. Prior to this, she held various management positions at DATEV since 1997, where she was responsible for key commercial issues, including planning and budgeting, risk management, corporate reporting, sustainable corporate management, strategic controlling, invoicing, and M&A. She has been an honorary board member of the ICV since 2020. She publishes regularly and speaks at conferences.

Viktor Mendel is the founder and CEO of a strategic management consultancy focusing on organizational development in controlling and accounting. Together with his team, he supports companies in the strategic development of their finance departments into true business partners. His focus is on positioning controlling as a strategic sparring partner for management and developing practical competency models for modern finance teams.

Florian Wagner has been involved in implementing business and process requirements in complex international IT projects for more than 20 years. As a company builder, COO, and managing partner, he has successfully established and scaled several companies. He has managed and supported a large number of projects and transformations, both in leadership positions in companies and in his role as a management consultant. Today, he sees himself as a facilitator of digital transformations in companies.