As CDO (Chief Digital Officer) Natalie Michulec is in charge of digitalization activities within the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit).

In the course of her work for the innovation section of the Ministry she was among others posted to the Austrian Office of Science and Technology (OSTA) in Beijing as well as to the OSTA in Washington, where she gained useful insights into different approaches towards innovation development.

As a consequence, within the bmvit she became responsible for the development and implementation monitoring of Europe’s first national OI Strategy – the Open Innovation Strategy for Austria.