Draft:Loina Prifti

Dr. Loina Prifti (born 26 June 1988) is a German-Albanian business executive who is the chairperson of the board of management (CEO) of Identitek.

Early Life And Education
Dr. Prifti graduated from high school in 2006. She studied computer science at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) from 2008 to 2011 in Germany. Following this, she pursued a Master of Science in Information Systems at TUM in 2011, completing the degree in March 2014. Her academic journey continued at TUM, where she undertook a Doctorate in Computer Science in 2014 and earned the title of Dr. rer. nat. in March 2018. During the doctoral studies, her research focused on Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things, digital transformation, competency building, and training and education. Prifti’s dissertation, titled "Professional Qualification in ‘Industry 4.0’: Building a Competency Model and Competency-Based Curriculum," addressed the critical aspects of professional development in the context of emerging technologies.

Professional Journey
Dr. Prifti started her career in 2008 by gathering experiences in different multinational manufacturing companies and working in different positions starting in software engineering, followed by project management and consultancy roles etc. She worked for a car manufacturer, lighting manufacturer, engine manufacturer and consumer goods manufacturer.

After completing her masters, she worked in the educational industry in the role of a product owner. During this time she was also a lecturer at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and offered SAP certification courses in the whole EMEA region.

After her Doctoral Degree she led various digital transformational projects for a German car manufacturer, where she managed digital planning initiatives, trained stakeholders on digitalization topics, and developed and introduced the agile transformation methodology for product development. In this roles, she led an international team and oversaw a product portfolio that included operations and development, managed migration projects, coordinated vendors, and managed stakeholders and partners for various technologies and plants worldwide.

Since March 2023, Prifti has been the Chairperson of the Board of Management (CEO) of IdentiTek, a governmental entity specialized in the registration, production, and distribution of biometric documents for Albanian and foreign citizens with permanent or temporary residence permits in the Republic of Albania.

Scientific Publications And Books

 * Professional Qualification in “Industrie 4.0”: Building a Competency Model and Competency-Based Curriculum
 * Hinrichs, M.; Prifti, L. (2022): Visualizing Maintenance Data to Support Decisions on Strategic Maintenance Planning. PETRA, 2022.
 * Prifti, L.; Knigge, M.; Löffler, A.; Krcmar, H. (2017): Emerging Business Models in Education Provisioning. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, 2017 (2).
 * Prifti, L.; Heininger, R.; Utesch, M.; Krcmar, H. (2017): Analysis and Evaluation of Tools, Programs, and Methods at German University to Support the Study Skills of School Students. EDUCON, Athens, Greece.
 * Utesch, M.; Seifert, V.; Prifti, L.; Heininger, R.; Krcmar, H. (2017): The Playful Approach to Teaching How to Program: Evidence by a Case Study. ICL, Budapest, Hungary.
 * Löffler, Alexander; Prifti, Loina; Knigge, Marlene; Kienegger, Harald; Krcmar, Helmut: Teaching Business Process Change in the Context of the Digital Transformation: A Review on Requirements for a Simulation Game. Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik, 2018Lüneburg, Germany
 * Löffler, Alexander; Levkovskyi, Borys; Prifti, Loina; Kienegger, Harald; Krcmar, Helmut: Teaching the Digital Transformation of Business Processes: Design of a Simulation Game for Information Systems Education. 14. Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI 2019)
 * Robert Heininger, Loina Prifti, Victor Seifert, Matthias Utesch, Helmut Krcmar: Teaching How to Program With a Playful Approach : A Review of Success Factors. 2017 IEEE Global En g ineerin g Education Conference (EDUCON), 2017Athens, Greece
 * Robert Heininger, Victor Seifert. Loina Prifti, Matthias Utesch, Helmut Krcmar: The Playful Le arning Approach for Learning How to Program: A Structured Lesson Plan. 30th Bled eConference. Digital Transformation – From Connecting Things to Transforming Our Lives, 2017Bled, Slovenia
 * Knigge, Marlene; Prifti, Loina; Kienegger, Harald; Krcmar, Helmut: Teaching enterprise organization and enterprise resource planning systems in schools: Playing a serious game with pupils. 2017 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), IEEE, 2017
 * Prifti, Loina; Knigge, Marlene; Löffler, Alexander; Hecht, Sonja; Krcmar, Helmut: Emerging Business Models in Education Provisioning: A Case Study on Providing Learning Support as Education-as-a-Service. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP)
 * Bögelsack, A.; Baader, G.; Prifti, L.; Zimmermann, R.; Krcmar, H. (2015): SAP Systeme in der Cloud: Implementierung und Betrieb, Rheinwerk Verlag, Deutschland.
 * Bögelsack, A.; Baader, G.; Prifti, L.; Zimmermann, R.; Krcmar, H. (2016): Operating SAP in the Cloud: Landscapes and Infrastructures, Rheinwerk Publishing, USA.
 * Simulation Games for the Digital Transformation of Business Processes. 2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2018Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain)
 * Prifti, Loina; Heininger, Robert; Hecht, Sonja; Krcmar, Helmut: Service Desk Requirements for Cloud Service Providers. Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI 2014), 2014Paderborn, Germany)
 * Bögelsack, André; Baader, Galina; Prifti, Loina; Zimmermann, Ronny; Krcmar Helmut: SAP-Systeme in der Cloud - Implementierung und Betrieb. Rheinwerk Verlag, 2015
 * Robert Heininger, Loina Prifti, Markus Böhm, Helmut Krcmar: Towards a Model of Heterogeneity in IT Service Value Networks: Results from a Literature Review. 29th Bled eConference: Digital Economy, 2016Bled, Slovenia
 * Prifti, Loina; Levkovskyi, Borys; Knigge, Marlene; Krcmar, Helmut: Developing an Evaluation Model for Information Systems Curricula. Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik, 2018Lüneburg, Germany