Dr. Karl Maria Grünauer

Dr. Karl Maria Grünauer has a diverse work experience spanning various industries and roles. Dr. Karl Maria started their career as a Marketing Manager at Anton Paar GmbH in 1993 and later moved on to become a Wissenschaftlicher Assistent at IWI-HSG - Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik, Universität St.Gallen from 1996 to 2000. Dr. Karl Maria then joined IMG - The Information Management Group in 1998, where they served as a Senior Vice President and Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung until 2009. In the same year, they became the Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter at ETOGAS GmbH (vormals SolarFuel GmbH), a role they held until 2016. From 2009 to 2016, they were also the Managing Director at Pixelfaerie. In 2016, Dr. Grünauer joined Audi Business Innovation GmbH as the Head of Business Innovation, a position they held until 2021. Dr. Karl Maria is currently the Head of New Business (M&A) at Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG.

Dr. Karl Maria Grünauer earned a Dr. oec. HSG degree in Information Management from the University of St.Gallen between 1996 and 2000. Prior to this, they completed a Dipl.-Ing. degree in Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen Maschinenbau at the Technische Universität Graz, though the specific years are not specified.