Dec 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos · Vienna, Austria

Jan 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 2 mos · Vienna, Austria

• After successfully growing Austria’s unicorn Tricentis into its today’s position as the global leader in software testing, Tricentis’ founder Wolfgang Platz has founded Katharo Ventures as a funding vehicle for tech start-ups. Via Katharo, Wolfgang Platz invests in ambitious, dynamic companies, providing hands-on experience and support to complement their entrepreneurial spirit.

Jan 2006 – Jun 2013 · 7 yrs 5 mos

• Grew the company from 20 to 300 staff and North of 30 mUSD revenue. Turned TRICENTIS from a services provider into a product vendor.
• Core responsibilities: product strategy and implementation of TOSCA Testsuite, strategic expansion of TRICENTIS into a globally operating enterprise. TRICENTIS was named "cool vendor" by the Gartner Group in 2009 and named "visionary" by Gartner Group 2010.

Apr 2001 – Dec 2022 · 21 yrs 8 mos

• Founder of TRICENTIS. Grew the company from 3 to a unicorn with 1,000+ staff - initially positioning a strong services offering in the software quality assurance market. Invented and developed Tricentis' flagship product, Tosca (Gartner MQ Leader, Forrester Wave Leader) to a marketable product.
• Comprehensive experience in software testing, test sourcing. Entrepreneur in test methodology.

Sep 1997 – Mar 2001 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• Built up software quality assurance with a strong focus on functional testing as a core service offering, established customer base, grew company to about 20 staff

Aug 1995 – Sep 1997 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Group head of IT development for one of world's the largest IT insurance-development projects, responsible for architecture and implementation of life insurances, project management for several projects in banks