Alexander Smolianitski

Alexander Smolianitski is Head of the Products at ZenDiS, the German Federal Center for Digital Sovereignty. His career path ranges from working at a renowned PR agency to jumpstarting his own tech startup and serving as the CDO of one of Germany's largest cities.

ZenDiS is the Center for Digital Sovereignty of the Public Administration and was established at the end of 2022. As a competency and service center, it strengthens the digital sovereignty of the federal, state, and local German governments. It supports the public administration in reducing its critical dependencies on individual IT providers. ZenDiS offers expertise, services, and products to promote the digital sovereignty of the public sector. This also includes easy access to modern, powerful, and scalable open-source solutions. ZenDiS bundles the requirements of the public sector and, in collaboration with its partners, ensures that OS solutions are developed according to demand and can be operated reliably.