| 1981-1991 | Consultant, JSI |
| 1995-1998 | Managing Editor, Public Health Reports |
| 2000-2003 | Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zipcar |
| 2004-2005 | Fellow, Loeb Fellowship, Harvard GSD |
| Board Member, Zipcar |
| 2006 | Member, Boston Mayor's Wireless Task Force |
| 2005-2009 | Chief Executive Officer, Meadow Networks, Cambridge, MA |
| 2006-2010 | Chief Executive Officer, GoLoco |
| 2008-2011 | Member, Intelligent Transportation Systems Program Advisory Group, Washington D.C. |
| 2009-2010 | Transportation Working Group, World Economic Forum |
| since 2009 | Advisory Board Member, World Resources Institute, Washington D.C. |
| 2010-2013 | National Advisory Committee of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, US Department of Commerce |
| 2011-2014 | Co-Founder and Board Member, Buzzcar, Paris |
| since 2012 | Co-Founder and Board Member, Veniam |
| since 2014 | Member of the Board, Tucows, Toronto |
| since 2015 | Sharing Economy Advisory Board Member, Internet Society of China |
| since 2016 | Sharing Economy Advisory Board Member, City of Seoul |
| 1998-2003 | Bachelor, Physics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile |
| 2004-2008 | PhD, Physics, University of Notre Dame |
| 2005-2006 | Visiting Researcher, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston |
| 2006 | Visiting Researcher, Center for International Development, Harvard University, Boston |
| 2007 | Visiting Scholar, Santa Fe Institute |
| 2007-2008 | Visiting Research Scholar, Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University, Boston |
| 2008-2010 | Research Fellow, Center for International Development, Harvard University, Boston |
| 2008-2012 | Consultant, The Asian Development Bank, Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation |
| 2009-2013 | Adjunct, Lecturer in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Boston |
| 2010-2013 | Faculty Associate, Center for International Development, Harvard University, Boston |
| since 2010 | Assistant Professor, Media Arts and Sciences, Media Lab, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge |
| 2012-2014 | Consultant, United States International Trade Commission, Washington |
| 2014 | Consultant, The World Bank |
| since 2015 | Associate Professor, Media Arts and Sciences, Media Lab, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge |
| | Asahi Broadcast Corporation Career Development, Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, Media Lab, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge |
| 1966 | Founding Chairman, European Youth |
| 1973 | Ph.D., Economic and Social Sciences, Johannes Kepler University Linz |
| 1990-2000 | Member, Government of the Federal State of Upper Austria with portfolio for Economy, Finance and European Affairs |
| 1995-2000 | Member, Committee of the Regions (CoR), SME Division |
| 2001-2005 | President, Eurochambres (Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry) |
| 2005-2009 | President, European SME Union |
| since 2006 | Honorary President, Eurochambres |
| Chairman, Global Chamber Platform |
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| | Academic Posts |
| | Visiting Professor at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business (International Trade Department) |
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| | Guest Lectures |
| | Princeton University |
| | Fudan University, Shanghai |
| | University of Cape Town |
| | T.C. Istanbul Commerce University and Marmara University |
| | MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| | Harvard University |
| 1995-1997 | Chairman, Austrian National Students Union, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| 1997-2000 | Research Assistant, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| 2000-2005 | Managing Director, legend Consulting GmbH |
| 2006-2010 | Founder and Managing Director, Pleon Publico Public Relations & Lobbying |
| 2011-2012 | Founder and Managing Director, cumclave Unternehmensberatung |
| 2011-2014 | Managing Director, Tauern Holding |
| 2014-2017 | State Secretary, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy |
| since 2017 | Austrian Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy |
| 1973-1976 | Studies, Psychology, Sociology and Educational Sciences, University of Vienna |
| 1976-1979 | Scientific Research Assistant, Austrian Institute for Occupational Research |
| 1979-1983 | Spokesman for Minister of Education and Arts Dr Fred Sinowatz, Austrian Ministry of Education and Arts |
| 1983-1986 | Spokesman for Chancellor Dr Fred Sinowatz, Austrian Government |
| 1986 | Spokesman for Chancellor Dr Franz Vranitzky, Austrian Government |
| 1986-1990 | Secretary General, ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) |
| 1991-1992 | Chief Executive Officer, Tele 5 |
| 1992-1994 | Chief Executive Officer, RTL 2 |
| 1994-1998 | Chief Executive Officer, ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) |
| 1998-2005 | Chief Executive Officer, RTL Television |
| 2003-2012 | Chief Executive Officer, RTL Group |
| 2005-2012 | Member of Executive Board, Bertelsmann |
| since 2012 | President, Turner International |
| 2014-2015 | Non-Executive Chairman, GAGFAH S.A. |
| since 2014 | Board of Directors, Central European Media Enterprises |
| 2015-2016 | Supervisory Board, Vonovia SE |
| 1994-2005 | Different jobs, from doctor´s to tax consultant office, from parliament to marketing company |
| 2000-2005 | Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| since 2005 | Journalist; Editor; Reporter, Radio Österreich 1, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna |
| since 2010 | Journalist; Editor; Reporter, Zeit-im-Bild, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna |
| since 2016 | Host ZiB, ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna |
