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Michael Franz Heiß

Independent Advisor – Digital Platform Strategy & Sociotechnical Change

Michael is your guy if you’re looking for an independent advisor who can design and scale platform organizations that actually move the needle – accelerating delivery, ensuring quality, and aligning teams around what truly matters.
Michael Franz Heiss specializes in the enablement of business stakeholders and engineering teams around Platform Strategy, Digital Ecosystems, Cloud Strategy, and DevOps Practices. He supports enterprises in building high-maturity platforms that empower teams, reduce friction, and enable scalable, business-aligned delivery.
Known for bridging the gap between business and IT, Michael combines deep technical expertise with strong organizational empathy. He brings clarity to complex environments by applying state-of-the-art sociotechnical techniques that align strategy, organizational design, technical architecture, and mature engineering practices – continuously balancing the human and technological dimensions of successful, growing digital ecosystems.

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Michael Franz Heiß

Panel Discussion: (Should You) Grow Your Own AI (Platform)?

API Platform as a Community Garden: How to Grow a Thriving API Ecosystem

While API-based ecosystems may seem purely technical at first, they are ultimately about people (organizations, product teams, engineers) and how they manage relationships (B2B, B2C, internal) and deliver value in a digitized...