Barbara Faulstich
Cloud & AI Architect | Digital Health | Cybersecurity
Lüneburg, Germany
About me
Cloud & AI Architect for digital transformation in high-security and highly regulated environments. Combines technical excellence on Microsoft Azure with strategic consulting expertise in healthcare, public administration and defence. Additionally researches ethical dimensions of AI in medicine at Charité BIH.
Specialties
Experience
Cybersecurity Expert – Focus Innovation
11/2025 - heuteINTEC
Strategic analysis of AI and cybersecurity trends to derive security-relevant innovation potentials in the defence sector. Design and development of AI-powered solution architectures for detecting, assessing and defending against security-critical attack patterns. Conducting structured threat and risk analyses and managing innovation projects.
Community Manager (Europe)
10/2025 - heuteINTREXX
Strategic development and operational management of a European B2B community to strengthen the partner ecosystem. Design and moderation of digital community formats with data-driven sentiment and engagement analysis. Development of video trainings, storyboards and technical documentation.
Digital Health & Innovation – Patient Portal
08/2025 - heuteVivantes
Leading elicitation, structuring and prioritization of clinical user requirements for strategic development of the patient portal. Design of AI-powered feature modules (smart forms, digital assistants) and responsibility for complete test cycles including test case design, error analysis and regulatory documentation.
Operations & Process Analyst
07/2025 - 12/2025Respect Energy
Managing the interface between operations and external service provider in requirements and release management. Introduction support for sales software "Joules" – from requirements elicitation through test case design to productive handover. Design of sustainable process optimizations.
Cloud & AI Architect
06/2025 - heutePublic Cloud Group (PCG)
Independent design and implementation of scalable data solutions based on Azure SQL, Data Lake and Synapse Analytics. Development of production-ready ETL pipelines with Azure Data Factory and Databricks. Integration of ML models into Azure Machine Learning workflows and migration of heterogeneous data into cloud-native target architectures.
Research Associate
01/2025 - heuteBIH / Charité – Health Data Sciences
Independent management of research projects at the intersection of health data protection and AI. Design and development of user-centered technologies for protecting highly sensitive health data. Scientific analysis of the ethical and trust-related impacts of deepfake technologies in digital consultation settings.
Project Manager
08/2024 - 09/2025digital health transformation eG (dht)
Overall project management for digitalization projects in hospitals (including Alexianer GmbH). Development and evaluation of data-driven business models and strategic IT infrastructure analyses for transformation planning.
Senior Business Development Manager / Senior Agile Project Manager
03/2024 - 03/2025VOQUZ Public GmbH
Design and implementation of innovative AI solutions based on Conversational AI, Generative AI and LLMs for the public sector. Agile management of complex IT projects with interdisciplinary teams. Strategic process optimization through automation and AI integration.
Senior Agile Master
11/2022 - 02/2024BWI GmbH
Coaching and enabling IT teams for sustainable introduction and scaling of agile methods at program level. Ensuring delivery and governance capability in the strategic "Public Cloud" program.
Expert Business Integration
10/2021 - 07/2023BWI GmbH
Strategic IT consulting in security-critical military environments. Co-responsibility for developing security-critical IT architectures and stakeholder management at program and executive level.
Scientific Assistant
10/2022 - 10/2023Fraunhofer IMW
Scientific research on AI and robotics in the digital health sector. Development and validation of business and data models for technology-driven healthcare applications.
Working Student IT Governance Management
07/2020 - 03/2021bonprix
IT security assessment for cloud environments as well as process optimization and vendor comparisons for cloud monitoring solutions.
Working Student Process & Quality Management
04/2021 - 07/2021Schwarz IT KG
Implementation of a company-wide knowledge database in Confluence. Process analysis and modeling in ARIS.
Contract & Product Manager
07/2019 - 06/2020DAK-Gesundheit
Independent negotiation of innovative care models and organization and management of medical professional events.
Expert for Appeals & Litigation
06/2018 - 07/2019DAK-Gesundheit
Independent handling of legal proceedings including court representation. Leading committee meetings and structured optimization of administrative processes.
Education
M.Sc. Cyber & IT Security
2027Digital Business University of Applied Sciences
M.A. Digital Health Management
2026Apollon Hochschule der Gesundheitswirtschaft
B.A. Applied Computer Science
2026Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule
B.A. Health Economics
2024Apollon Hochschule der Gesundheitswirtschaft
Healthcare Management Professional
2016DAK-Gesundheit
Skills
Cloud & Data Engineering
AI & Machine Learning
Digital Health & Compliance
Cybersecurity & Defence
Methods & Leadership
Certifications
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