About Cognoor

Building systems that run businesses — not just interfaces

A Berlin-based engineering team for data platforms, dashboards, automation and digital products.

Our story

Cognoor started from a simple observation: most organisations don’t lack software, they lack systems that fit together. Data sits in different tools, processes run on spreadsheets and email, and teams spend their time moving information instead of using it.

We founded Cognoor in Berlin to close that gap. We combine long experience in process automation with modern data and software engineering, and we take responsibility for the whole path: understanding the operation, designing the architecture, building it, and keeping it running.

Today we work with mid-market and enterprise companies on data platforms and dashboards, act as technology partner for startups building digital products, and develop our own SaaS product for the hospitality industry.

What we do

From manual coordination to reliable systems

Our solutions combine backend platforms, automation pipelines, AI-assisted processing, integrations, dashboards and approval workflows.

When teams coordinate through WhatsApp, Excel and emails — we build workflow systems.

When data is copied between platforms — we build integrations.

When decisions depend on manual checking — we build automation.

When operations scale — we build infrastructure.

How we think

Technology should reduce thinking overhead — not create new tools to manage

Operations first

We start from how the business actually runs, not from a tool or a trend.

Reliability over features

A system people stop noticing — because it simply works — is the goal.

Ownership stays with you

No licence traps. Code, data and documentation belong to our clients.

Straight communication

Clear scope, honest estimates, and early warnings when something changes.

Team

Leadership

Portrait of Abdul Raoof Mohammed

Abdul Raoof Mohammed

Founder & Managing Director — Process Automation & Systems Architecture

18+ years in automation and digital transformation, converting real-world operations into scalable workflows and enterprise process logic.

Process automationSystems architectureEnterprise workflows
Portrait of Mohammed Ishtiaq Hussain

Mohammed Ishtiaq Hussain

Founder — Full-Stack & Data Systems Engineering

Full-stack engineer building scalable platforms using Python, React and cloud infrastructure with a strong focus on performance and maintainability.

Data engineeringFull-stack platformsCloud infrastructure
Portrait of Florian Buschbacher

Florian Buschbacher

Strategic Advisor

Serving CEO of a multinational company with more than two decades at the intersection of tax, finance and technology. Former Executive Board Member & CEO of Digital Suxess AG, Partner and Tax Technology & Analytics Leader EMEIA at a Big Four firm, and 15 years at PwC, including as Head of Big Data & Advanced Analytics.

Digital transformationTax & legal techData & AI strategy

A senior core team with a specialist network

Beyond the founding team, we work with a vetted network of specialists in software engineering, cloud infrastructure, data engineering, mobile development and UI design. That lets us scale delivery to the size of each project while you keep one accountable partner.

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See what we’ve built

Case studies from enterprise data platforms to mobile products.