Press & talks
We talk about AI in a way executive and operational leaders can use: concrete, evidence-based, without hype. Everything you need for coverage and events is here.
About us in brief
progress.works (Hofmayr & Krauck) is an AI advisory practice based in Linz, Austria, serving executive and operational leadership in industrial and mid-sized companies. Stefan Hofmayr (management, processes, operational excellence) and Alexander Krauck (AI architecture, data, delivery) combine business case and technical delivery in one team: from the leadership workshop through prioritised, measurable initiatives to operation. The contracting entity is Progressworks GmbH.
Short bios & photos
Stefan Hofmayr, MBA, CPA, CMC, is a management consultant, Managing Director of Progressworks GmbH and Regional Manager South at Conor Troy Consulting. He combines around 20 years of industrial and management experience, including as commercial managing director of Lenzing Technik, with operational excellence and AI-enabled process innovation. He lectures at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria and speaks at ARS Akademie.
Alexander Krauck, MSc, is an AI architect, consultant and founder of Goedly. He built and led the Competence Center AI at Fabasoft, researched graph neural networks at Johannes Kepler University Linz and holds a bachelor’s and master’s in Artificial Intelligence with distinction. He builds production-grade LLM, RAG and agent systems with a focus on integration, evaluation and operation.
Talks & seminars
Both are speakers at ARS Akademie. Formats range from a 30-minute keynote to a full-day seminar.
Why AI maturity starts with information, accountability and management, not with the model.
What connected company data, connectors and agents can do today, and what they cannot.
Permissions, accountability boundaries and control in connected AI systems.
Measuring, quantifying and implementing automation potential in indirect functions, with the people affected.
Which data may go into which tool, and why bans fuel shadow AI.
Together on stage
Making company data usable. Connecting data sources, clarifying access and applying AI. One day, in Vienna or online.
For editors
Next step
Write to stefan.hofmayr@progress.works; we usually reply within one business day.
