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Living as an expatriot

in the Gulf region

Johann GÜNTHERBuraimi, December 9th 2011

Prof. Dr. Johann GÜNTHER

Hauptstrasse 37

A 2371 Hinterbrühl

AUSTRIATel.: ++43 664 1008102

E-mail: johann.guenther@aon.at

www.johannguenther.at

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* CV

• Experience

• Way to come here

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Status (1)

2010/2011 Rector University of Buraimi

2006 – 2010 Director of the Project

“Rebuilding the Higher Education System in Kosovo”“Multidimensional Project for the Implementation of an Instituationalised Partnership between Austria and Kosovo in

the Field of Higher Education, Research and Innovation“

for the Association for European Integration

• more than 10 Projects

Accreditation Agency,

Law in Higher Education,

National Research Council,

Research Calls,

Innovation Agency,

NARIC,

Strategy for University Prishtina, Organisation etc

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• Status (2)

• Professor at State University of

Telecommunications in St. Petersburg (since 1986)

• Board Member of OCG (Austrian Computer Association)

• Member of the Editorial Board of J.UCS

(Journal of Universal Computer Science)

• Professor at Danube University

• Guest Professor at Technical University Graz

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Status (3)

• President of EATA

(European Association of Telematic Applications)

• Vice President of “Polish-Austrian Association”

• Board Member of BEKO

(biggest private software house in Austria)

• Member of National Research Council

in Wuhan, China

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Personal• 1949 born in Rohrendorf near Krems

• married since 1974 to Hannelore

• 2 children

Markus, Junior Professor

at Vienna University

Karoline, Teacher

• Skiing

• Jogging

• Mountain biking

• Reading

• Writing

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International

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Professional Profile

- 50% of professional life in Economic System

(at the end) in leading positions

e.g. General Manager Alcatel Austria & Eastern Europe

- 50% of professional life in Higher Education

- build-up of Danube University

(Vice President and head of technological faculty)

- Head of University of Applied Sciences in St.Pölten

- Build-Up of University System in Kosovo

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Business Career• Philips

Advertising and marketing manager (first PC)

• Kapsch AG

- sales director with Kapsch (Telecommunications)

- managing director of “Data 100“ Vienna

(Joint Venture with Nortel, Canada)

- „DATEX-Technical Development Corp.“

in Frankfurt, Germany

•Alcatel

- sales director of Austria

- export director of “Business System Group“

for Central and Eastern Europe

and Latin America

- Headquarters Paris – responsible for Europe and Latin America

- Network in Ex-Communist Countries

(Companies from Mongolia to Hungary, 100 branches)

- General Manager Alcatel Austria and Eastern Europe

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Education

• Highschool for Architecture

• Worked as an engineer

• In parallel studies at University of Vienna

• Studies in philosophy,

history of art and journalism

• Two terms in Cambridge

• Doctorate (PhD) in 1974 at University of Vienna

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University Career (1)

• 1979 - 1996 lectures at the University of Vienna,

Department for Journalism and Communication

Science, with main emphasis on new

communications technologies

• Professor at State University of

Telecommunications in St. Petersburg (1986)

• Guest Professor at

Technical University Graz (2003)

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University Career (2)

Danube University

• 1996 – 2004 build-up and head of the

Faculty for Telecommunications, Information

and Media

Synergy with Industry

- 7 centers

(Telematics, Media Pedagogics, Science Management, Informatics,

New Media, Journalism, Seminars)

• Vice President (1999-2004)

• International Cooperation

- Greece

- Alaska

- Finland, etc

• 1999 “Jean Monet Project for

European Telematics Training”

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University Career (3)

University of Applied Sciences St.Pölten

• General Manager (2004-2007)

- Doubled student numbers

- New Infrastructure

• “Research Company”Founder and General Manager

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University Career (4)

• In 1974 „Science Award of Lower Austria“ for the

elaboration of „The Press in Austria“

• President of EATA

(European Association of Telematic Applications)

• 1999 Jean Monet project for

European Telematics Training

• 2006-2010 Director at

Agency of European Integration, Kosovo

* 2010/2011 Rector of University of Buraimi

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Publications

• 47 Books

2 in 7 languages

• participation in more than 60 compendiums

• more than 200 articles in specialist journals