The digitallabor
digitallabor.berlin is an independent group within the DSGV e.V.’s Digitalization and Payment department. digitallabor.berlin is financed on a permanent and project-independent basis and thus has the opportunity to develop its own ideas as well as to participate in real-world laboratory projects in German and European politics.
digitallabor.berlin
Ein crossfunktionales Experten-Team
Oliver Lauer
Oliver Lauer is head of digitallabor.berlin and represents the DSGV department "Identity and Fintech". In leading positions, he successfully implemented the transformation and digitalization of global insurance companies and banks, such as AXA, HSBC and Zurich. As a trained computer scientist, his focus is on topics such as architecture and innovation.
Florian Andreae
Florian Andreae is a Senior Software Engineer and contributes his skills in software development to the implementation of prototypes and pilots as well as the EU projects around the European digital wallet (EUDIW). He has many years of experience in the technical implementation of IT projects at leading financial services companies (Zurich, Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank, etc.).
Mirka Lehrer
Mirka Lehrer is responsible for the further development of the digital lab's prototype and pilot projects. After completing her Bachelor's degree at a maritime university, she began
began her professional career as a systems analyst at an international logistics group in Hamburg. Fascinated by the complexity and collaborative working methods within software development, she went on to complete a Master's degree in Software Engineering Leadership and further professional positions in the logistics, energy, automotive and IT security sectors.
Maximilian Bieler
Dr. Christian Lange-Hausstein
Dr. Christian Lange-Hausstein - Christian is a lawyer in Berlin and in-house lawyer for the Digitalization & Payment department at the DSGV. He supports the association's IT projects with a focus on data protection, money laundering and civil law issues. As a member of a DG FISMA expert group, he advised the EU Commission. Before joining the DSGV, he was a lawyer in a commercial law firm specializing in banks and fintechs.
Tim Kremer
Tim Kremer is a lawyer and specialist lawyer for banking and capital market law in Berlin and in-house lawyer in the Digitalization and Payment Transactions Law Group of the German Savings Banks and Giro Association. He advises the association's national and European identity initiatives on data protection, money laundering and civil law issues. Previously, he advised credit institutions and consumers on banking and capital market law matters.
Lukas Schmidt
Lukas Schmidt supports digitallabor.berlin as an external consultant in the PMO and operations area. He holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration and has been supporting financial service providers in digital transformation in an international context as a management consultant for several years.
Nina Groß
Nina Groß supports the PMO as a project team member and has many years of savings bank experience with a focus on sales.
As a bank clerk with further training as a savings bank specialist for investment and finance, she combines theoretical knowledge with practical expertise. She is passionate about supporting projects that drive digital transformation in the savings bank world.
André Engelhorn
As an external consultant, André Engelhorn supports the design and implementation of prototypes and pilots relating to digital identities, for example in the implementation of payment processes with the EUDIWallet. He is a computer scientist and contributes his many years of experience in the digital transformation of various industries, from large-scale concepts to start-ups.
Claus Kerpen
Claus Kerpen is a physicist and has been an application developer in the Java ecosystem for 25 years. He has supported the technical implementation of numerous IT projects, primarily in the banking and insurance sectors. At digitallabor.berlin, led by Oliver Lauer, he acts as an external consultant on topics relating to the European digital wallet (EUDIW).
Tanja Blankenburg
Tanja Blankenburg is a Senior Legal Counsel and advises on legal issues relating to the implementation of the Digital Lab's projects. She previously worked as a lawyer in various commercial law firms, as a lawyer in the legal department of a bank and in the deposit protection organisation of the Association of German Banks.
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