Klaus-Michael KOCH

About

Klaus-Michael Koch holds a Dr.-Ing. in Engineering from RWTH Aachen University. He gained international research experience as a staff scientist at Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany), Los Alamos National Laboratory (USA), and the Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland). He served as Founding Director and Dean of Electronics at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, where he played a key role in shaping engineering education. He also established Austria’s first Fraunhofer joint venture, Carinthian Tech Research AG. Since 1999, he has been Director of Research and Development at Technikon Forschungs- und Planungsgesellschaft mbH in Villach, Austria, leading applied research and European innovation projects.

Experience

• Owner at TECHNIKON Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
  Apr 1999 - Present · 27 yrs 3 mos

  Industrial Research Services Security Research

• Managing Director at Bartenbach GmbH
  1997 - 1999 · 2 yrs

  Managing Director for the Austria Headquarter and its subsidiaries in Germany and Switzerland.

• Founding Director at CTR Carinthian Tech Research AG
  1996 - 1997 · 1 yr

  Start-up Manager

• Head of Electronic Studies and Managing Director Forschungsgesellschaft at FACHHOCHSCHULE KÄRNTEN
  1995 - 1997 · 2 yrs

  Head of Electronic Studies and Managing Director Forschungsgesellschaft

• Head of Electronic Studies (Lecturer Graz University of Technology) at Fachhochschule Vorarlberg
  1993 - 1995 · 2 yrs

  Head of Electronic Studies on behalf of Technical University Graz