How a Major Organizational Shift Initiated a DevOps Transformation at Daimler Truck

In 2022, the world's largest truck and bus manufacturer was spun off from Mercedes-Benz as Daimler Truck. This shift gave the possibility to build a modern development environment, bringing Developer Experience and DevOps culture into the spotlight. A unified developer platform, The Truck Toolchain (T3), was introduced to enable a healthy Developer Experience and prepare for upcoming technical innovations, including new GenAI-based tooling.

In this session, we will share the journey of carving out an enormous business, including the R&D and all developer tooling. We will discuss the lessons learned and share tips for organizations currently on their developer platform journey.



Michael Vormittag, Head of SAP Delivery, Architecture, Analytics & CTO Office, Daimler Truck

Michael Vormittag is currently leading the CTO Office as well as most of the infrastructure and technology topics for the financial systems at Daimler Truck. In his role, he is in the middle of carving out Daimler Truck from its former parent company Mercedes-Benz. To do this successfully, he is on one hand driving the digital transformation and on the other hand, providing foundational technology products to the whole organization. Michael has a passion for technology and collaboration and strongly believes that the combination of both leads to sustainable progress and innovation.

Prior to this function, Michael was heading “Digital Innovation & Partnerships” at Mercedes-Benz Marketing and Sales, working on all aspects of the innovation value chain. Throughout his career, he held various positions in the field of how to bring innovation to reality, from product ownership and app development to agile coaching and design thinking – always having a holistic picture of how to build digital products in mind.



Marko Klemetti, CTO of Eficode
Marko is dedicated to innovation, transformation, and building a healthy culture. He advises organizations on their path to becoming modern and software-driven and is a passionate programmer, working mostly on emerging technologies. He is also a founder and advisor in many tech startups.

Marko is an active speaker. You can watch some of his latest talks at The DEVOPS Conference, GOTO Copenhagen, QT World Summit, and DevOps.com.