Developing people and teams.
Good collaboration needs trust, direction and room to grow. I bring experience in building international teams, supporting people’s development and creating shared responsibility for products and outcomes.
Christoph Kronast · In technology since 2000
People.AI & Cloud.
Building teams, developing people and moving technology forward. Experience in international leadership and product development – today focused on AI and cloud at Deloitte Switzerland.
Zurich, SwitzerlandDE / EN
CH / ZÜRICHCONNECTING PERSPECTIVES
Currently · Manager Cloud Transformation at Deloitte Consulting AG
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FTI GROUPHolidayPiratesamadeusDeloitte.
01 / Perspective
Connecting people. Shaping technology.
Building and leading international teams has shaped my career. Working with people in Belgrade, Sofia and Athens has shown me how much good outcomes depend on trust, clear responsibilities and shared goals.
After leaving school, I began my career in IT by founding Kronast EDV in 2000. Those first practical experiences were followed by formal vocational training at Mediadesign Hochschule für Design und Informatik (MD.H). Since then, I have developed digital platforms, built international teams and taken responsibility for products and technology organisations.
These experiences shape how I approach AI and cloud: What do the people working with them need? Which decision serves the product? And how do we create the technical and organisational conditions for reliable delivery?
People & leadership
Developing people, clarifying responsibilities and enabling collaboration across locations are the foundations of good leadership for me.
Product perspective
Technical decisions gain their value in the context of user needs, the business model and the product’s future development.
Technical practice
Software development, platform architecture and cloud give me the grounding to make informed technical decisions together with teams.
02 / Experience
One journey. Many perspectives.
From my first IT business through formal technical training and building international teams to AI and cloud consulting.
- 2026–presentZurich
Deloitte Consulting AG
Manager Cloud Transformation
Advising on cloud architecture and operating models, and aligning business needs, engineering responsibilities and delivery. My current focus is AI and cloud.
- 2020–2026Sofia
technooloo LLC
Technology consulting
Consulting projects in Sofia for technooloo LLC, based in Wyoming, USA, covering technology strategy, architecture and delivery for international clients, digital products, B2B CRM and ServiceNow, as well as AI and automation. Contributed to a Confluence and Rovo knowledge platform for airline operations, delivered in October 2025.
- 2021–2022Nice / Sophia Antipolis
Amadeus S.A.S.
Senior Manager Software Development
Built an engineering team in Sofia and led the development of an Azure migration concept, successfully validated through a pilot. Worked with engineering, product and operations across locations.
Article about Amadeus Sofia Labs
Explore earlier chapters
- 2019–2020Hamburg
Dreamlines GmbH
Interim Chief Technology Officer
Defined the technology roadmap and prepared the organisation for investor engagement during a transition period.
- 2015–2019Berlin
HolidayPirates GmbH
VP Product Development → Chief Technology Officer
Initially responsible for product development and the US market launch, then for product and technology as CTO. My work covered international expansion, cloud strategy, core-system modernisation, partner integrations and collaboration across distributed engineering teams.
- 2007–2015Munich & Berlin
FTI Touristik GmbH
Team Manager → Head of e-Service → Director Software Development
Progressed from Team Manager Web Development through Head of e-Service to Director Software Development. Focused on booking and e-commerce platforms, digital customer services and international engineering collaboration.
- 2004–2007Vocational training
Mediadesign Hochschule für Design und Informatik GmbH
Vocational training in application development
Building on my early experience with Kronast EDV, I chose formal training to deepen my technical knowledge. At MD.H, I trained as a Fachinformatiker für Anwendungsentwicklung. I was also responsible for the functional and technical implementation of the virtual campus.
- 2003–2004Education
Fachhochschule Augsburg
Studies in mechatronics
Studied mechatronics before pursuing vocational training in application development.
- 2000IT entrepreneurship
Kronast EDV
Founded after leaving school · Sole proprietorship
After leaving school, I founded my first IT business, Kronast EDV, under kronast-edv.de. Practical work and entrepreneurial responsibility introduced me to IT and motivated me to pursue further technical training.
03 / Focus
People. AI. Cloud.
Three connected priorities: enabling people, putting AI to practical use and creating a dependable technical foundation with cloud.
AI with a clear purpose.
Where can AI create tangible value? I am interested in practical applications, collaboration between people and technology, and the path from an initial experiment to sustainable use.
Cloud as a way forward.
Cloud changes architecture, operations and responsibilities. I connect technical modernisation with the decisions and ways of working that support it over time.
04 / Further reading
A closer look at earlier work.
Project reference · technooloo · 2025
Knowledge for people in airline operations
At technooloo, I contributed to a knowledge platform for airline operations. Confluence structures process knowledge and responsibilities; Rovo helps people find the information they need. The reference describes the project delivered in October 2025.
Read project reference (External website)DEV.BG · 14 May 2021Building teams and travel technology at Amadeus
The article covers the expansion of Amadeus Sofia Labs during the pandemic, work on travel platforms and the move towards cloud technologies. As Senior Manager for Leisure Package Distribution, I discuss Bulgaria’s IT talent and plans to grow the team in Sofia.
Read original article (Bulgarian) (External website)Case study · punkt.dePlatform architecture at sonnenklar.tv
An external case study about the technical platform at FTI and sonnenklar.tv, with insights into architecture, scalability and collaboration.
Read case study (German) (External website)Company announcement · 2015Product responsibility at HolidayPirates
The announcement of my move to HolidayPirates describes the next step from software development into product responsibility.
Read company announcement (German) (External website)The story behind the domain
Where I began. The foundation for today.
After leaving school, I founded my first IT business, Kronast EDV, in 2000. I wanted to combine practical experience with a formal technical qualification. That led me to vocational training in application development at Mediadesign Hochschule für Design und Informatik (MD.H) from 2004 to 2007, qualifying as a Fachinformatiker für Anwendungsentwicklung. Kronast EDV remains my starting point. At kronast.ch, I now connect that experience with people, AI and cloud.
05 / Contact
Good ideas begin with a conversation.
For a conversation about people and leadership, AI or cloud, get in touch by email or on LinkedIn.