Dr. Markus Pizka is founder and managing director of itestra GmbH, with offices in Munich, Stockholm and Vienna. For more than 20 years, itestra has modernized business-critical legacy software for insurers, banks, public authorities, retail and industry. Today his focus is on agentic AI as the key to creating innovative digital solutions and driving AI transformation. Before founding itestra, he researched high-performance computing, compiler construction and operating systems at the Technical University of Munich.