Christian holds a Master´s degree in Business Administration/Environmental System Sciences and a Master´s degree in European Project Management. He is a Graduated Adult Educator, certified by the Austrian Academy of Continuing Education Austria. Currently, he is working on his PhD in social sciences. Being a project coordinator, lecturer (at the Institute of International Management and…

Born 1970, Rupert Beinhauer holds a doctor degree in Psychology at the Karl-Franzens University Graz (Austria). He is currently lecturer and research and development manager at the department of International Management at FH JOANNEUM (University of Applied Sciences in Graz/Austria) and works as a part-time freelance lecturer and trainer, developing workshops and seminars. Working in…

Valerija Čuček is a psychologist by education, working on the master’s in HR management, employed as head of developmental projects at Kadis, a small Slovenian HR consulting company. She has been working in the area of HR selection, consulting and career guidance for the last 8 years, linking the experience with employers on one side with career…

Maja Pivec, Ph.D, is professor of Applied Game Design and Learning with Multimedia at the FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria.  She teaches also Project Management and Entrepreneurship, Applied IT for Project Management and Presentation Techniques and is visiting professor at UPV in Spain. Her research interests are in the field of…

Thomas Schmalzer received his Master’s degree in Economics magna cum laude at the Karl-Franzens University, Graz (Austria), and Bachelor’s degree in Economics after having studied at the Karl-Franzens University, Graz, and the University of Twente (Enschede, Netherlands). Thomas Schmalzer is currently lecturer and head of the transfer centre at the Department of International Management at…

Prof. Vito Bobek currently works as a professor of international management at the University of applied sciences FH Joanneum (Graz, Austria) and at the University of Maribor (Slovenia). He is also a manager and owner of Palemid – Consulting, Research, Education LLC and president of managing board at AREMA (Academy of Regional Management). Other positions:…

Doris Kiendl was born in 1968. She received her Master´s degree and her Doctorate in Law at Karl Franzens University Graz (Austria) and her degree of Master of Legal Studies in Comparative European and International Law (LL.M.) at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). Presently Kiendl is a Senior Lecturer in the International Management…

Mark Edwards has over 30 years of investment management experience. He spent 11 years at the Minnesota State Board of Investment where he managed internal equities and oversaw the trading desk. He spent the next 20 years as a Managing Partner at the Plexus Group, where he consulted with mutual funds, money managers, brokers and…

Associate Dean and Professor of International Management at the School of Management of California Lutheran University

Vlad Vaiman is an Associate Dean and Professor of International Management at the School of Management of California Lutheran University and is a visiting professor at several premier universities around the world (Austria, France, Iceland, and Finland).  Dr. Vaiman has published three remarkable books on managing talent in organizations – Smart Talent Management: Building Knowledge Assets…

Bruce Gillies comes to CLU with a varied career. After 22 years of active duty in the Navy – spending time on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier, engine rooms on destroyers, and several years in human resources, he retired in March of 2000 as a Master Chief (E9). Bruce has also held leadership…