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Founding Members
Florian Sturm, Chairman, 
born in 1984, working as ICT4D researcher and web design freelancer. Has a Master in Business Informatics from the University of Vienna and works at the University of Vienna and the Vienna University of Technology as tutor. He is an active member of the students' organisation IAESTE and has experience with Java EE programming, web design (AJAX, CSS, XML, web services) and various CMSs (Joomla!, Wordpress, Drupal).
Martin Tomitsch, Vice Chairman,
born in 1978, interaction designer, is especially interested in the application of interactive technologies in unsought contexts to improve everyday situations. He has a PhD in Informatics (in the area of human-computer interaction) from the Vienna University of Technology. He has taught courses on user interface design and usability engineering at the Vienna University of Technology. Since 2009 he is working as lecturer in design computing at The University of Sydney. His interests include prototyping, evaluation, and contextual user studies.
born in 1978, is a software architect and software developer focusing on web / mobile applications. He solves problems that arise with software architecture and the software development process; practicing Model Driven Architecture (MDA). He is committed to open standards and Open Source Software. He has experience with enterprise applications using Java EE and TYPO3.
Directing Members (in alphabetical order)
born in 1978, currently working as a .Net developer in the hospitality industry in Zell am See, Austria. His continuing interest in working in developing countries has gotten him involved in ICT4D and is currently responsible for the coordination of teachers for the Zanzibits project.
born 1978, Honolulu, Hawaii, is currently studying Business/Accounting at the University of Innsbruck and is interested in the financial management of NGOs. In the US she worked as an Immigration Advisor and a Tax Advisor for non-residents. She served two years with the US Peace Corps in Guyana as an Education/Program Coordinator.
born in 1981, is employed as a junior tax consultant at TPA Horwath and is currently working on his PhD at the University of Technology, Vienna. His field of research is the Future of Internet from the technical and business point of view.
born in 1969, Oliver is working as a marketing-consultant for software-application and telecommunication solutions and a co-founder of the open-source-software-society „Bootlab e.V. (www.bootlab.org)“ in Berlin/Germany, famous for several media-projects in the last decade. He studied economics/social sciences in Germany and wrote his master-thesis on „Values of ICT-Systems in Tourism“.
Isabella Wagner
Thomas Strasser
Supporting Members (in alphabetical order)
born in 1984, studies Software and Information Engineering at the Vienna Technical University. He has completed several web projects, mainly in PHP using the framework Code Igniter, and also has experience in Java EE, GWT, XML, SOA, etc. In his free time he plays drums in a metal band called Locracy and is very committed to music in general.
born in Sweden 1973. Working as an independent film producer and publisher for UZI Magazine and is a freelance editor. Educated at the Swedish School of Television in Gothenburg, Documentary film in Umeå, Media and Information Studies and Latin American Studies at the University of Gothenburg. Working in Final Cut and DVD Studio Pro.
born in 1979, working as a software engineer and lecturer with a focus on Java EE and Web Programming since several years. Has a degree in Media Technologies from the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences and is currently working on another master thesis for his studies at the Vienna University of Technology. Now looking forward to procras^D^D^D working as a lecturer in Zanzibar, Tanzania to use his technical and educational know-how in a more social context.
born in England in 1943. Studied Physics at New College, Oxford and did an MSc in the University of Ghana, Legon, where he encountered his first computer. Has wide experience of teaching at all levels (school to university level), and for the past three decades has worked as an independent consultant and software developer. Is a director of neuSoft Ltd, a UK company specializing in neural network solutions. Has done voluntary work in a number of sectors, and in his spare time leads the viola section in Kingston Philharmonia.
born in 1971, has a degree in Education and a postgraduate qualification in Mass Communication (Journalism). She is currently working on her MBA. She has worked in the book publishing for many years and is currently interested in exploring all the new avenues for sharing information and ideas that emerging technologies have opened up and the opportunities and challenges these new avenues present to traditional publishing channels.
Karola Riegler, born 1965, freelance Photographer. Graduated from the FH with a degree in European Economics and Business Management; her thesis was written on “Das Konzept des nachhaltigen Tourismus in der Dritten Welt, am Beispiel von Sansibar/Tansania.” (The Concept of Sustainable Tourism in the Third World, for example, in Zanzibar, Tanzania"). She has several years experience in the area of PR and Marketing. She has traveled to Africa, and has worked and resided in Zanzibar, Tanzinia and in the Sahara, Niger for extended periods. The focus of her work lies in the documentation of projects, people, life's circumstances, change.
born in 1983, Worlali grew up in and is currently working in Accra, Ghana, as a Research Analyst providing market intelligence, research, and consultancy on key aspects of Ghana's ICTs and business markets. He is also an advocate for Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), believing it will result in faster technology development through collaborative innovation and ultimate economic development for all. He intends to enroll in a distance learning MSc. Informatics program in Sweden.
born in 1971 in apartheid South Africa, Werner is a software developer, teacher and social entrepreneur. Having studied anthropology and archaeology at the University of Cape Town, he moved to London in 2000 and became co-founder and CTO of MeWe Art & Education, a youth organisation fostering personal and career development among 14-25 year old disadvantaged young people. After qualifying as a teacher at Greenwich University and obtaining his LPI Certification, Werner established in 2006 the social enterprise MeWe OpenSource which harnesses training for income generation and Development. He is currently living in South Africa and loves PHP, Perl, Python, S60 and that other OS, GNU/Linux.
Daniela Wolf born in 1988, studies information technology and journalism at the Vienna Technical University and at the University of Vienna. In addition to studying, she has several jobs, for example: IT-trainer, blog support, cash machine installer, bar-lady, reporter and photographer. In her free time she loves do to sports and is also very interested in music and books.
