Curriculum
Vitae
Personal:
v *22.10.1947 in Baden, Lower Austria
v married, with 3 children. 4 grandchildren
v Nationality: Austrian
Education:
v Primary/ Secondary and High School in
Berndorf,
v 1965 - 71 Technical University of Vienna:
Technical Mathematics and Computer Sciences
v 1970/71 Postgraduate Course
'International Studies'
v plus attendance of lectures on
Philosophy, Sociology, Psychology, Theology
v Executive Management Education (among
others) at
Languages:
v German, English, Italian, French, Croatian
Speaker:
v on many Seminars/Congresses in the
US, Canada, Australia, Hongkong, Singapore, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, UK,
Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Yugoslavia,
Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia on similar matters as above (in English,
German, Italian, Croatian).
v Lectures on Universities/Business
Schools: Politecnico Milan, Bolzano, Stanford, Warwick, College d’Europe/Bruges,
Zagreb, Graz, Klagenfurt, Linz, Innsbruck, Vienna (Economic Univ., Catholic
Faculty), all in local language. Since the start 12/96 Visiting Professor at
Danube University Krems, Austria’s only Post-Graduate-University.
Consultancy:
v Zukunftsforum (Future Forum), Union of
Austrian Industrialists
v Public Educational Institutions
v Federal and Regional Institutions and
Governments,
v many National and International
Corporations in Banking/Finance/Insurances, Manufacturing, Services, Health
Care, IT & Telecom, Accounting/Consultancy in Austria, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Denmark, Norway, UK,
Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada, USA, South East Asia, Australia,
Singapore, Hongkong/China, Japan.
v Since 1991 specialized in Organization
Transformation, Change Management, Leading Change, Strategic Matters, Business
Process Reengineering. Development of a BPR Methodology. Knowledge Management.
IT, Information Management, New Economy. Internet Start-Up companies.
v Board Room Consultancy. Executive
Coaching. Consultancy about Consultancy.
Memberships:
v Union of Austrian Industrialists, Wirtschaftsforum der
Führungskräfte (Union of Austrian Managers),
v Founder and „Spiritus Rector“ of ‘
Public Functions:
v Chairman of “Fonds Johannes XXIII” to
support the Eastern European Churches with theological literature (1972-80),
Chairman of “Serra Club Austria” to foster priest vocation (1980-87), both
initiated by and upon request from Kardinal Franz König
v Member of Education Committee (since
1993) and Zukunftsforum, Union of Austrian Industrialists (1993-2002)
v Member of private advisory team to
Austrian Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary for Science & Research, Dr.E.
Busek on educational matters (1991-93)
v Member of the Jury of the Austrian
Ministry for Science and Research for the K+, the most prominent Austrian
Research Fund (1999-2000).
v Member of the Council for the Future of
the Austrian Catholic Church (1998-2000).
v Member of the Advisory Board for the
“Lower Austrian Technology Strategy”, 2002-2003
v Member of the Scientific Advisory Boards
for Knowledge Management, Communication and Management Development, Telematics
Management - Danube University (since 1996)
v Member of the Jury for the “Lower
Austrian Internet Award” (since 2003)
v Member of the Jury for the Austrian
Architecture Prize 2006
v Member of the Advisory Board of Challenge: Future, 2009
Professional
Positions held to-date:
1971 - 1979 Austro Olivetti, Vienna:
v Systems Engineer for Data Base/Data
Communication Systems
v Marketing and Sales, Systems Division
v Director, Software
1979 - 1984 Northern Telecom
Inc.(now „Nortel Networks“):
v General Manager European, African, Middle
East Distributor Sales (Ann Arbor, MI, Minneapolis, MN; USA)
(involved Selling, Marketing, Logistics,
Manufacturing Planning, Product Planning, Research and Development, Financing)
v Director of Technology, N.T.
Systems Corporation (Hemel Hempstead, UK and Mountain View, CA, USA)
(responsible for Design, Planning, R
& D, Manufacturing Set Up and Market. Introduction of N.T.s voice- and data system 'Vienna')
1985 - 1988 Austro Olivetti, Vienna:
v Managing Director
(„Generaldirektor“).
(Austro Olivetti was Olivetti's subsidiary
in Austria; 250 employees, 500 Mio. Ash revenues: responsibilities included
Sales,
Marketing, Software and Services,
Business Planning, Finance and Administration, Acquisitions, Joint Ventures,
etc.)
1988 - 1997 Olivetti International
Education Centre, London, U.K.:
v Managing Director
Responsibility for the International
Education Activities of the Olivetti Group to it's employees: Management
Education, Professional Education, Technical Education, Graduate Induction
Programmes.
OIEC was a separate company (1988 -
1996), run as a profit centre. It served Olivetti employees in 37 countries,
Olivetti partners and external clients.
We had a course portfolio of 120
different courses (in English and partly Italian, German, French, Spanish).
Responsibilities included also running
grounds of 15 ha, hotel, restaurant and recreation facilities(until 1996).
1998(January till November) Polytechnic
University Salzburg (Techno-Z-Fachhochschule) for the Information Economy (Telecom, MultiMediaArt,
Information Management):
v Dean and Managing Director.
from 1995 - 2002 Federal Union of
Austrian Industrialists
v Consultancy on "Self-Renewal of the
Austrian Industry"
since 1998: Management
Consultancy/Business Transformation Consultancy, e.g. in Austria through NUTs, internationally with various strategic
partners
v to many different companies in public
seminars and in-house initiatives
since 1997 - Danube University Krems.
v Visiting Professor (Telecommunications,
New Media, Digital Economy, Change Management, Globalization, Information- and
Library Management, Knowledge Management, IT Consultancy, IT Security,
e-business, e-government, telepurchasing, Supply Chain Management, etc.)
from 2000 - Arkileios,
Spokane, WA, USA. Senior Associate.
v Arkileios is a Company "fostering
globalization", helping New Economy Companies to go public in an
international environment.
from May 2002 till August 2004 - as a
consultant Vice President Human Capital of the International MIBA
Group, with 10 international sites.
Consultancy for Management Education Projects,
various companies
since 1995 so to say “Portfolio
Worker”, i.e. sharing my time now between
various companies which I am consulting with, Management Education Projects,
“The traditional concept of management
is reaching the end of the road. The notion of management as a significant idea
in itself, and as a major part of the organisation, is obsolete.
I think we will have three kinds of
people in the future organisation. We will have the overwhelming majority who
are the value-added performers, the people who do the real work - whether it’s
routine or highly creative work. We will have a small cadre of coaches to
facilitate and enable them. And we will have a handful of leaders, who are the
people who direct the organization .
These leaders will have the wisdom,
talent and insight to determine the direction of the organization, and to
create the environment in which everyone else can operate. They will not be
bureaucratic managers who have risen through the ranks. They will really be
entrepreneurs, even in a large organizational setting.
Today, entrepreneurs can just as easily
be 30 years old or 60 years old. So I think the idea that the oldest
people reside at the top of the organization will not necessarily be the case.
You may have front-line performers who
are senior in age, and who have grown through their career, but whose influence
is felt not through commanding others but through the wisdom that they have
gained, by their ability to share with others and the exemplary performance
they are able to bring to their work.
So it is talent, rather than
superiority, that will bring people to leadership roles in the future
organization.
In the intermediate term, I anticipate
that the number of managers per capita in organizations will quite quickly
decline to about 50 percent of what it is today. And over the long term, I
suspect it will go down significantly further than that.
In the twenty-first-century corporation,
we may have only 20-25 percent of the number of ‘Managers’ that we have today.
And they will not be the only high-status people in the organization.”
Michael Hammer, “Beyond the End of
Management”, 1997
“The future world of work can be best
represented through the ‘Shamrock Organisation’. Work is going to happen in all
three leaves:
· the core labour
· the contractual fringe
· flexible labour.
The new worker will be the Portfolio
Worker, i.e. a person who does work in more than one leaf. A part of the
portfolio will be the core activities for providing the essentials for living,
whereas the rest will be other things that we think of as personal fulfilment,
as responsibilities towards other people or even just as fun.”
Charles Handy, “Finding Sense in Uncertainty”, 1997
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