Andreas Herceg, University of Bern, Switzerland

Short bio

I hold a Physics degree from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (Erlangen, Germany). My professional career began in IT consulting (ITSM, DWH/BI), before joining the University of Bern over ten years ago, where I was able to establish and expand Application Integration and Enterprise Architecture. Currently I am Deputy CIO and head of the Strategy, Governance & Portfolio.

My passion is making complex data and processes clear and manageable. My focus is on reducing redundancies and applying management principles to create added value for research and teaching.

I was born and raised in Germany with Croatian roots and have been living in Switzerland for 16 years. This background shapes my motivation for cross-border collaboration. Since joining EUNIS I have been active in the EA SIG.

I look forward to bringing my strategic and managerial mindset to the Board, representing EUNIS, and helping IT to receive the management attention it needs to thrive across Europe.

LinkedIn profile.

Motivations:

  1. Why do you want to join the EUNIS Board?

    For well over a decade, I have been dedicated to making the complexity of processes and IT landscapes manageable. Our efforts in this regard are always aimed at adding value to research and teaching. Despite all national differences, European HEIs regularlyshare specific structural and value-based commonalities: high institutional autonomy, education as a public good, closely intertwined with local communities as city universities, and harmonised through Bologna reforms.

    Consequently, we face common challenges; for instance, IT often lacks management attention at a strategic level. Not least, the current geopolitical climate demands closer cooperation. Although EUNIS harbours a wealth of best practices, standards, resources and, above all, committed contributors, its visibility in individual regions, e.g.Switzerland, remains surprisingly low.

    As member of the Board, I would like to help align our digital strategies with our shared reality and values. I would like to strengthen EUNIS’s presence in regions and areas where it is currently under-represented, thereby creating added value for our entire community. As a member of the EA SIG, it is also very important to me to represent EUNIS and its values in my own country and to help align our efforts in Europe with common standards rather than within isolated silos.

  2. How will you contribute to EUNIS and its strategic priorities?

    My approach generally is to combine strategic and managerial perspectives from service management, business intelligence, software development, and architecture management to create added value for research and teaching. This includes using reusable IT and process building blocks to reduce redundancies and maximise efficiency.

    As a newer member, I bring fresh perspectives. I recognise both EUNIS’s strengths and the barriers that can limit access to its resources. I aim to promote more effective use of existing knowledge and support members in translating shared expertise into organisational value. I see EUNIS as a model for reusable collaboration across Europe. My goal is to support its strategic priorities by improving the visibility, accessibility, and implementation of its outcomes across institutions.

    A key contribution will be active liaison work, especially in under-represented regions such as Switzerland. I aim to help close this visibility gap through partnerships and engagement at national and institutional levels. With my international and interdisciplinary background, I am well positioned to foster dialogue between higher education systems and to advocate for IT as a strategic enabler of research and teaching across Europe.