Senior Consultant, International Carrier Business Development, Regulatory & ITU Affairs
Austria
Senior Consultant, International Carrier Business Development, Regulatory & ITU Affairs
Austria
Corporate generalist with focus on international business development, sales and consulting in telecommunications. Familiar with both telecommunication services and equipment industry. 30 years of work experience in telecommunications & datacommunications - from design to production, services, marketing, sales, business development, regulatory affairs, lobbying, international organisations and consulting.
Interest in developing new international contacts for business development and for consulting cooperation in telecommunications, carrier, investment and/or lobbying projects particularily in the area of Central and South-East Europe.
Negotiation of Carrier Services & Interconnection Contracts, Business Development with International Telecoms Carriers in Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Romania, France, Spain and Switzerland, Sales & Purchasing of Telecom Services, from 2003 to 2005 Chairman of the ENPM ( European Telecommunications Network Planning Forum )
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)
June 1998 — December 2005 (7 years 7 months)
- Organising Interconnections and Negotiating Carrier Services Contracts with almost all major fixed-network carriers in Central Europe
- Involved in the Development of Carrier Business from 0 to reaching more than 70 mill Euro in 2004,
- Drafting of Business Cases for Investment Decision-Making
- Relation Officer to international telecoms organisations such as IPLC/OSS Forum, ENPM Forum, ITU
- International Carrier Key Account Manager
(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)
October 1991 — May 1998 (6 years 8 months)
- Advising the Austrian Ministry of Telecommunications & Transport on Restructuring the Austrian Telecoms Incumbent Operator and Adaptation of Austrian Telecoms Regulation to EU Standards
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)
December 1980 — September 1991 (10 years 10 months)
- Business Development & International Sales of telecommunication and data transmission equipment to PTTs and public utility companies in Latin America, Asia and Western Europe
- Strategic Business Planing & Market Research
- Organisation of participations in trade fairs and international congresses
- Extensive overseas business travelling
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; International Trade and Development industry)
February 1976 — November 1980 (4 years 10 months)
- Advisor to the Economic Counselor and to the Commercial Attaché of the U.S. Embassy Vienna on bilateral U.S. American and Austrian Trade Matters in the fields of Telecommunications, Science & Technology, Air Traffic Industry, Tourism, ERP Fund
- Business Development, Reporting, Organisation of Trade Promotion and Technology Exchange Events
- Lobbying for the U.S. Telecoms and Air Traffic Industry to get Austrian Government Contracts
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
July 1969 — September 1971 (2 years 3 months)
Design and Product Management for Carrier Frequency Transmission Test Instruments for Undersea Cable Systems, Design Laboratories, Public Transmission Networks and Field Service
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)
September 1968 — June 1969 (10 months)
Design, quality control and alignment of televison transmitters and television / video test instruments
Master in Economics , National Economics, Energy Economics , 1971 — 1976
B.Sc.Telecom Engineering , Telecommunications , 1962 — 1967
Languages: German, Spanish, English, French; Management Development, New Services & Technology, Classical Music, Latin Jazz, Mountaineering