Barbara Faulstich

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

Cloud & AI ArchitectureMicrosoft AzureDigital HealthCybersecurityGenerative AIData EngineeringAgile TransformationIT-GovernanceRequirements EngineeringDefence IT

Experience

Cybersecurity Expert – Focus Innovation

11/2025 - heute

INTEC

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.

KI-SicherheitsarchitekturThreat ModelingDefence InnovationRisikoanalyse

Community Manager (Europe)

10/2025 - heute

INTREXX

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.

Partner EcosystemCommunity StrategyTechnische KommunikationE-Learning

Digital Health & Innovation – Patient Portal

08/2025 - heute

Vivantes

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.

Digital HealthKI-Feature-DesignClinical RequirementsTestarchitektur

Operations & Process Analyst

07/2025 - 12/2025

Respect 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.

AnforderungsarchitekturProzessoptimierungSoftware-RolloutEnergiewirtschaft

Cloud & AI Architect

06/2025 - heute

Public 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.

Azure SQLAzure Data LakeSynapse AnalyticsAzure Data FactoryDatabricksAzure MLPython

Research Associate

01/2025 - heute

BIH / 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.

GesundheitsdatenschutzKI-EthikDeepfake ResearchWissenschaftliches Arbeiten

Project Manager

08/2024 - 09/2025

digital 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.

Krankenhaus-DigitalisierungDatengetriebene GeschäftsmodelleIT-Infrastruktur

Senior Business Development Manager / Senior Agile Project Manager

03/2024 - 03/2025

VOQUZ 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.

Conversational AIGenerative AILLMsSAFePublic Sector IT

Senior Agile Master

11/2022 - 02/2024

BWI 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.

SAFeAgile CoachingProgramm-ManagementPublic Cloud

Expert Business Integration

10/2021 - 07/2023

BWI 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.

Defence ITIT-SicherheitsarchitekturStrategische BeratungStakeholder Management

Scientific Assistant

10/2022 - 10/2023

Fraunhofer 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.

KI-ForschungDigital HealthDatenmodellierungRobotik

Working Student IT Governance Management

07/2020 - 03/2021

bonprix

IT security assessment for cloud environments as well as process optimization and vendor comparisons for cloud monitoring solutions.

IT GovernanceCloud SecurityProzessoptimierung

Working Student Process & Quality Management

04/2021 - 07/2021

Schwarz IT KG

Implementation of a company-wide knowledge database in Confluence. Process analysis and modeling in ARIS.

ConfluenceARISProzessmodellierungQualitätsmanagement

Contract & Product Manager

07/2019 - 06/2020

DAK-Gesundheit

Independent negotiation of innovative care models and organization and management of medical professional events.

VertragsmanagementProduktmanagementGesundheitsversorgung

Expert for Appeals & Litigation

06/2018 - 07/2019

DAK-Gesundheit

Independent handling of legal proceedings including court representation. Leading committee meetings and structured optimization of administrative processes.

Rechtliche VerfahrenProzessoptimierungVerwaltungsmanagement

Education

M.Sc. Cyber & IT Security

2027

Digital Business University of Applied Sciences

M.A. Digital Health Management

2026

Apollon Hochschule der Gesundheitswirtschaft

B.A. Applied Computer Science

2026

Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule

B.A. Health Economics

2024

Apollon Hochschule der Gesundheitswirtschaft

Healthcare Management Professional

2016

DAK-Gesundheit

Skills

Cloud & Data Engineering

Microsoft AzureAzure SQLAzure Data LakeSynapse AnalyticsAzure Data FactoryDatabricksAzure MLETL-Pipelines

AI & Machine Learning

Generative AILLMsConversational AIOpenAIAzure Machine LearningDeepfake-AnalyseKI-Ethik

Digital Health & Compliance

Patientenportal-DesignKlinische AnforderungenGesundheitsdatenschutzDSGVONIS-2Regulierte Umgebungen

Cybersecurity & Defence

IT-SicherheitsarchitekturThreat ModelingRisikoanalyseDefence ITSecurity by Design

Methods & Leadership

SAFeAgile CoachingRequirements Engineering (IREB)BPMNDesign ThinkingStakeholder Management

Certifications

SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager 6.0 Scaled Agile
Professional Scrum Master II Scrum.org
IREB Requirements Engineering IREB
Design Thinking Coach HPI Academy

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