Biographies

Prof. Dr. Franz Lehner
Born in 1958, Franz has been assistant professor at the Institute for Organizational Research at the University of Linz, Austria, since 1986. Before this he gathered experience in the field of EDP as head of the educational centre at a software house and as an independent consultant. From 1992 to 1994 he was professor for business administration and information management (MIS) at the Koblenz School of Corporate Management (WHU, Germany) where he was elected as dean of the faculty in 1994. After that a short period followed as president of the new founded Danube-University at Krems which is a centre for postgraduate studies in Austria. In 2004 he accepted a call to the University of Passau where he holds now the Chair for Information Systems (Wirtschaftsinformatik) since April 2004.  He has published 25 Books (including some as co-author) and more than 100 articles in national and international journals to various topics in the field of information science and information management. His research is focusing on E-Learning as well as Information and Knowledge Management.

Franz Lehner

Prof. Dr. Klaus Bredl
Klaus was assistant professor at the Institute for Information Systems at the University of Regensburg, Germany from 2001 until 2005. Before this he had gathered experience in the training centre at Toshiba Europe. In 2006, he was first professor for media at a private College. After that he received a call to the University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg where his teaching and research was in the field of Social Informatics. In 2009, he accepted a call to the Institute of Media and Educational Technology (Chairman of the Board) at the University of Augsburg. His team is focused on the research of Digital Social Media in the field of E-Learning and Knowledge Management.

Klaus Bredl

Dr. Ronald Maier
Ronald holds a PhD in Management Information Systems (MIS) from WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar, Germany, and a habilitation degree from University of Regensburg, Germany. After positions as Visiting Professor at University of Athens, Georgia (USA) and as Chair of MIS at Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, he has been appointed Professor of Information Systems at University of Innsbruck, Austria, since 2007. He has published numerous articles in journals and conference proceedings and books on knowledge management systems and enterprise knowledge infrastructures. His research interests include flexible and adaptive business processes, knowledge management and technology enhanced learning.

Ronald Maier

Prof. Dr Klaus Tochtermann
Klaus is a professor for Computer Media at the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel (Germany). From 1997 to 2000 he was deputy head and later head of the department for Environmental Information Systems at the, FAW Ulm (Germany). The FAW was an industry research institute with a strong focus on knowledge management and knowledge technologies. From October 2000 to Jun 2010, Prof. Tochtermann was the director of Austria’s first industry-based research institute on knowledge management Know-Center. The work of the Know-Center includes projects on knowledge management, knowledge relationship discovery, semantic technologies, workplace-integrated learning, Web2.0. Since 2004 Klaus Tochtermann has also been head of the institute for knowledge management at Graz University of Technology. Klaus’s doctoral thesis in the field of formal models for hypermedia and Internet-based services resulted is a scholarship from the Max-Kade Foundation that enabled him to pursue post doctoral research at Texas A&M in the USA. In addition to his professorial duties, Klaus is the Director of the ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics. With about 270 employees maintaining more than 4,2 Million documents related to economics, ZBW is the world’s largest library for economics.

Klaus Tochtermann

Ms. Latha Alaguvelu
Latha  is Associate Vice President at Infosys Limited and is currently responsible for all operations of the KM function at Infosys. She has been with the Education & Research department of Infosys (which hosts KM) for more than seventeen years and has donned various roles in education and learning during this period. Her interests include Corporate Education Models, Design, Development and Deployment of KM solutions, and integration of KM with Education to realize the organization’s charter of providing all its employees with an eco-system promoting effective “Anytime, Anywhere Learning”. She has a Bachelors and a Masters in Engineering from  the PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India.

Latha Alaguvelu

Prof. Dr. Markus Bick

Markus is Professor of Business Information Systems at ESCP Europe Wirtschaftshocschule Berlin, Germany. He teaches business and management information systems in the Masters, and MBA programs of ESCP Europe, as well as knowledge management in the Master program (M.Sc.) Virtual Education in Business Information Systems (VAWi) at the Universities of Bamberg and Duisburg-Essen. He earned a Ph.D. in Business Information Systems from the University of Duisburg-Essen, and a Diploma (M.Sc. equivalent) in business information systems from the University of Essen. His main research interests and activities are related to knowledge management, ambient intelligence, e-learning, convergent systems, simulation systems and IT management.

Markus Bick

Dr.-Ing. Peter Heisig

Peter is Senior Research Fellow at the Leeds University Business School and visiting researcher at the Engineering Design Centre at Cambridge University. Since 1988 he works in the area of Knowledge Management and has been responsible for several KM projects in industry (e.g. Siemens, Volkswagen), public administration (e.g. Police, Ministry) and research organizations (e.g. Fraunhofer). Peter served as KM-Expert to the EU and CEN („European Guide to Good Practice in Knowledge Management“, CWA 14924). He is a member of the VDI KM Working Group and of German Knowledge Management Society (GfWM), the Design Society and INCOSE.

Peter Heisig

Dr. Mag Claudia Thurner-Scheuerer
Born in 1978 in Leoben, Austria Claudia studied Business Administration with Erasmus period abroad and Doctoral Studies in Social and Economic Sciences at Karl-Franzens-University Graz. Since 2003 in the interdisciplinary field of Knowledge Management. 2008 completion of her dissertation. Since 2007 she is the community manager of Plattform Wissensmanagement, the largest KM-community in the German-speaking area and is working for Know-Center, Austria's competence center for knowledge management.

Claudia Thurner-Scheuerer

Dr. Mag Alexander Stocker
Alexander was born in 1975 in Rottenmann, Austria, studied business Administration at the University of Graz and at Graz, Technical University. Dealing with computer-based information systems for more than ten years. Currently he is senior researcher at the Institute DIGITAL, JOANNEUM RESEARCH.

Alexander Stocker

Dr. Dipl.-Kfm Alexander Richter
Alexander was born in 1980 in Buchloe, Germany, studied Business Administration at the Universities of Augsburg and Rennes. As a research assistant at the Cooperation Systems Center Munich (Prof. Michael Koch) at the Bundeswehr University Munich he observes with great interest the adoption of Social Software in various German and international companies.

Alexander Richter

Dr Paulette DeGard
Paulette serves as a Vice President of West Coast Operations for ProCarta, a process/knowledge management capture tool. Her responsibilities include creating products that capture business processes for government, financial institutions, medical practices and real estate. Paulette has also worked with the US Navy and The Boeing Company as well as numerous Fortune 500 companies around North America conducting knowledge management, process management and software deployments. Additionally, Paulette started a management training school in northern Poland, worked on the world's largest re-engineering project at Boeing, and created a knowledge transfer method to keep 40,000 end-users informed about software changes. LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=8255058&trk=tab_pro

Paulette DeGard

Selvi Kannan
Selvi is a lecturer, researcher and advisory consultant.  She has over twenty years prior experience at senior management level in both the private and public sector internationally, managing change in  a variety of specialized areas including; Knowledge Management & Learning in Organizations, Workplace Diversity and Organizational Culture and Mentoring and Coaching Business Executives

Selvi Kannan

Jan M. Pawlowski
Jan works as Professor in Digital Media - Global Information Systems at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Born in 1971, originally from Essen, Germany. Masters' Degree and Doctorate in Business Information Systems (University of Duisburg-Essen). Since 10.2007 working as Adjunct Professor within the Faculty of Information Technology. Since 12.2009 Professor of Digital Media with the specialization "Global Information Systems". This includes the research coordination of several national and European projects. Main research interests and activities are in the field of Global Information Systems, E-Learning, Modeling Learning-related Processes, Procedural Models, Learning Technology Standardization, Quality Management and Quality Assurance for Education, and Mobile / Ambient Learning. Actively involved in research organizations (AACE, GI, IEEE) and in standardization organizations (DIN, CEN, ISO/ IEC JTC1 SC36). Acting chair of the CEN/ISSS Workshop Learning Technologies.

Jan Pawlowski

Eduardo Rodriguez
Eduardo is experienced in knowledge management, risk management and analytics in the insurance and banking industry. He has been Knowledge Management  Advisor at EDC Export Development Canada in Ottawa, Regional Director of PRMIA (Professional Risk Managers International Association)in Ottawa and currently, he is Quantitative Analyst for EDC, Director of IQAnalytics, Director of Strategic Intelligence UNAD Colombia. Mathematician, MBA, MSc. Mathematics, certification of the Advanced Management Program McGill University. PhD Candidate at Aston Business School in the UK research in the field of Knowledge Management applied to Enterprise Risk Management.

Eduardo Rodriguez

Updated 4 August 2011