I’m Elias Rabanser, Senior IT Manager
Elias Rabanser
Senior IT Manager
Professional Experience
Energie AG
2021 – now
Job Titel: Senior IT Manager
– Defined and executed the group-wide IT and digital transformation strategy aligned with corporate objectives
– Directed IT governance, cybersecurity, risk management, and regulatory compliance, including ISO 27001 and NIS2 requirements
– Led enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives through the standardization, automation, and optimization of business processes
– Drove the strategic evolution of the organization’s IT and cloud architecture, including datacenter operations, Microsoft Azure, Entra ID, and Microsoft 365
– Held overall responsibility for OT, SCADA, and industrial automation systems supporting critical energy infrastructure
– Led the digitalization and centralization of 19 power plants (120 MW installed capacity) through modern monitoring and control platforms
– Directed enterprise-wide ERP and business transformation programs based on SAP S/4HANA
– Managed IT investments, budget planning, vendor relationships, and contract negotiations
– Led internal teams and external technology partners while overseeing strategic technology initiatives and transformation projects
– Held overall responsibility for the IT organization of a corporate group generating annual revenues exceeding €500 million
– Developed and implemented the enterprise AI strategy to automate business processes, improve operational efficiency, and unlock new value creation opportunities
Frener & Reifer Gmbh
2019 – 2021
Job Titel: IT Manager
– Evaluating the strategic development needs of the company’s IT systems
– Further development and new implementation of functions and systems
– Aligning IT systems with actual business requirements
– Ensuring the continuous operation of IT systems: availability and service quality
– Responsibility for IT strategy
– Execution of IT projects (project operations)
– Ensuring IT security and privacy
– Management of business and documentation data
– Offer and contract negotiations
Fercam AG
2011 – 2019
Job Titel: IT Architect | IT Project Manager
– Management and further development of VMware infrastructure
– Administration of Citrix XenApp and XenDesktop terminal server environment
– Management of IT networks and VPN connections
– Administration of firewall systems (Cisco ASA, Check Point Firewall)
– Cisco routing and switching
– IT compliance management
– Requirements engineering
– Project management
– Process optimization and automation
– Administration of antivirus systems, anti-spam, threat prevention
– Scripting and automation with PowerShell, PowerCLI
– Configuration and management of Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Azure Cloud
– Administration and management of Websense content filter
– Administration of Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016
– Monitoring and analysis of various IT systems with PRTG, Splunk
– Management of Linux distributions (CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu)
– Installation and maintenance of Cisco UCS blade servers, IBM BladeCenter
– Maintenance of storage systems such as IBM V7000, V5000, IBM SAN Volume Controller
– Veeam backup management
– Administration of IBM Domino Server / IBM SmartCloud
Konzept Gmbh
2010-2011
Job Titel: IT Network Engineer
– Administration of Microsoft Windows Server
– Monitoring and analysis of various IT systems using Nagios
– Planning and installation of IT networks
– Management of desktop systems
– Data recovery
– Management of antivirus and firewall systems