The digital challenge.

2019-05-06

As part of the MCI Alumni & Friends Distinguished Guest Lectures, the Entrepreneurial School® had the honor to welcome the Federal Minister Margarete Schramboeck.

Federal Minister Dr. Margarete Schramböck at the MCI.

Curriculum Vitae
Born 1970 in Tyrol, Austria
Studied Business Administration at the University of Economics and Business in Vienna (WU), where she obtained her Doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences in 1997

Professional Career
Management functions at Alcatel, Service Director Austria
2002 CEO of NextiraOne, an IT communications company based in Paris
December 2008 to December 2011, Managing Director of NextiraOne Germany
2014 CEO of Dimension Data Austria, globally leading provider of network and communications technologies and IT services, in particular in the fields of network and computer centres, cloud services, IT security, voice and video communications as well as application integration
2016 to 2017 CEO of A1 Telekom Austria

Margarete Schramböck remains deeply attached to her Alma Mater and is a member of the WU's Center of Excellence. In 2017 she was elected both Tyrolean of the Year and University of Economics and Business in Vienna WU Manager of 2017.

On 18 December 2017 Margarete Schramböck was appointed Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy.
On 8 January 2018 Margarete Schramböck was appointed Federal Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs.

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