Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Göbel MA studied architecture at Bochum University of Applied Sciences and graduated with a degree in engineering in 2000. Shortly afterwards, he completed a Master of Arts in Architecture Media Management. As an architect, Andreas Göbel got to know modular planning and construction from the client’s side and, as he says himself, learnt to ‘love’ it. He initially applied his knowledge at Vonovia, Germany’s largest housing group, for which he planned and realised modular residential buildings early on as a project developer. Since 2020, he has been pursuing the communicative approach at Daiwa House, the world’s seventh-largest construction group. Andreas Göbel is responsible for sales in Germany at Daiwa House Modular Europe.

Alexander Oswald is Managing Partner of FUTURA and co-founder of Make Marketing Great Again. Before that, he spent a total of 15 years at Philips and Nokia. At Philips he was initially responsible for Domestic Appliances Personal Care Eastern Europe and then at Video in Global Product Strategy and Planning. At Nokia, he started as Marketing Director for Austria and Switzerland and was later responsible for 15 markets in Central and South Eastern Europe. Futura solves individual problems for clients in the areas of strategy, brand and marketing.

Dr Frederik Lehner heads the market intelligence company Interconnection Consulting, which was founded in 1998. He has many years of consulting and lecturing experience in the areas of decision-oriented market research, marketing, price management and internationalisation. Annual market studies in over 200 sectors provide him with a wide range of expertise in the B2B and B2C markets. In Austria, IC is one of the leading analysis and consulting companies for the recruitment and recruitment services markets.

Livia Rainsberger is the owner of the consulting firm WISSENCE, which specialises in supporting companies in their transformation processes towards contemporary sales. The expert supports companies in the conception and implementation of state-of-the-art strategies, approaches and processes in sales. She also teaches at universities of applied sciences and imparts valuable knowledge on these complex and important sales topics with keynotes, lectures and specialist publications, creating awareness of the necessary changes in the sales environment.

Her specialist books have been published by the renowned Springer Gabler Verlag in German and English: “KI – die neue Intelligenz im Vertrieb” (2021), “Digitale Transformation im Vertrieb” (2021) and “Der moderne Kunde – das PHANTOM” (2022).

Thomas Stemeseder is managing director of the family business G.S. Stemeseder GmbH, which has decades of experience in the aluminium sector and places great value on a consistent quality policy, innovative product development, customer orientation and reliable delivery service. The company produces patented aluminium profiles for windows and doors as well as sun and insect protection systems. The company has been operating in Pinkafeld since February 2020 and is one of the most important employers in the Burgenland region.

Carsten Heuer has been CEO of REHAU Window Solutions since 2017. His expertise is based on decades of successful work in the industry.

‘REHAU Window Solutions has always stood for sustainability in practice and sees itself as a pioneer and driver of the industry in this context. The solid foundation for this is a circular economy that has been completely closed for decades. REHAU Window Solutions is constantly providing new innovative impetus, such as bio-attributed PVC as an outstandingly sustainable material, solutions for tracking windows or a clear strategic roadmap that firmly anchors sustainability as a guiding principle at all levels of the entire organisation’s business activities,’ says Carsten Heuer.

Erich Steinreiber has been Managing Director of ISS Austria since 2012. The Viennese had previously held various management positions at ISS for over 25 years.

“We are increasingly in demand as consultants and cooperation partners for our customers – from the design of new working environments to the use of materials in building planning and energy efficiency management.

With all innovations, people (…) will continue to come first.”

Erich Steinreiber, CEO ISS Austria

Dr. Franz Juen is CEO of QUOMATIC.AI, a leading Austrian company in the field of artificial intelligence, which uses the expertise and experience gained from years of research and project work in the areas of IT, machine learning and artificial intelligence to generate value for its customers from data. Dr. Franz Juen holds a doctorate in computer science and a degree in economics.

Peter Berger studied sales management and has over 30 years of management experience in international technical sales. He is a specialist in the areas of sales-oriented management consulting, sales process optimisation, CRM/CAS implementation and lead management. As General Manager for Sales and Marketing, he actively managed sales organisations for 20 years and as Key Account Manager he was at the forefront of optimising sales strategies.

Stefano Armandi has been responsible for the preparation of studies and consulting projects at Interconnection Consulting since 2013. He is an expert in the field of market intelligence and international economics, particularly in the development of forecasting models. Stefano Armandi previously worked for many years as a management consultant, before that in research and teaching at the International University Vienna. Stefano Armandi studied economics at the University of Rome and holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Milan.