Thomas Stutenbäumer has worked for more than 25 years as an IT professional for public utilities. After his study of mathematics at Westfälischen-Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, Germany he was responsible for the reorganization of the IT organization of a medium-sized public utility. He has worked for different professional organizations, published articles on the applications of new information technologies and appeared as a speaker at utility industry events. For more than 10 years, he has developed ABAP programs and has modified standard SAP code since 2013 has been a senior consultant at the enterprise ConUti GmbH.