Katharina Schleidt studied technical informatics at the Technical University in Vienna. She first developed her IT skills as a Systems Programmer for Siemens, where she worked from 1990 - 2000. She then continued to ANECON, where she worked for several years as an analyst and project manager.

From 2004 to 2016 she worked for Umweltbundesamt GmbH as an expert on environmental data integration and networking. From 2004 to 2007 she worked on semantic integration of longterm ecological research data (LTER). She is the technical coordinator of the Austrian GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) Network. Since 2007 she has been working on the implementation of INSPIRE and SEIS (Shared Environmental Information System), focusing on the use of use of OGC Observations and Measurements (O&M) for the provision of monitoring data, as well as experimenting with Sensor Web Technology (SWE) as an interesting extension to INSPIRE and SEIS. She coordinated the use of O&M in INSPIRE, and defined the new European Air Quality reporting formats based on INSPIRE.

2016 she decided to start to work independently, and founded DataCove. She is continuing her work with INSPIRE, especially the provision of data via Sensor Web technology. As part of this work, she is facilitating the INSPIRE Environmental Monitoring and Observations Cluster.

If you want to join our team as a technician, send a resume to the e-mail address kathi@datacove.eu.