Professional Career

Managing Partner
Serentschy Advisory Services GmbH

February 2014 – Present, Vienna – Austria
We advise the C-level and subject matter experts in the Telecom, Media, Technology and Logistic sector. Our focus is on selected strategic areas: (1) Regulation, (2) Competition, (3) Spectrum, (4) Policy Development and (5) Strategic Communication.

Senior Advisor
Squire Patton Boggs
Privately Held; Law Firm
October 2015 – Present, Brussels Area, Belgium
Squire Patton Boggs has one of the most well-recognized international public policy practices, founded in 1962 as a counsel to sovereign states entering the United Nations. Since that time, it has continued to expand and has been the preeminent legal and political advisor to more than 100 sovereign governments and international businesses. The team includes former World Trade Organization officials, European Commission officials, Member State ambassadors and national politicians.

Senior Advisor
Quantum Technology Laboratories (qtlabs)
October 2021 – Present
Rapid advances in developing an industrially available quantum computer make conventional encryption schemes such as RSA-2048 obsolete. This is a terrifying scenario for companies operating critical infrastructures, such as energy producers and distributors, banks, insurance companies, telecom companies, etc.
Quantum cryptography is the most mature technology able to mitigate this threat. If implemented correctly, it’ll secure public and private infrastructure based on nature’s fundamental law. qtlabs develops designs and prototypes for the technical implementation of quantum encryption into critical infrastructure.

Member of the Cyber Security Platform Austria (CSP)
July 2019 – Present
The Cyber Security Platform, launched by the Federal Chancellery as apublic-private partnership in 2015, is Austria’s central platform for cooperation between the private and public sector in the area of cyber security and the protection of critical infrastructures.
https://www.digitales.oesterreich.gv.at/cyber-sicherheit-plattform

Senior Representative Match-Maker-Ventures (MMV)
April 2016 – Present
Match-Maker Ventures’ mission is to accelerate innovation by fundamentally changing the way start-ups and corporates work together to unlock hidden value.Our Senior Representatives are industry experts with deep topic expertise who have developed a reputation in their line of business as leaders, supporting the management team with content knowledge and client access as further multipliers.

CEO Telecommunication and Postal
RTR – Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunication
November 2002 – January 2014 (11 years 3 months) Vienna, Austria

BEREC (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communication)
January 2011 – December 2011 and January 2013 – December 2013 (2 years) Brussels – Riga
Vice Chairman 2011 and 2013

BEREC (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications)
January 2012 – December 2012 (1 year) Brussels – Riga
Chairman 2012

Head
Competence Centre Internet Society –KIG
March 2010 – January 2014 (3 years 11 months) Vienna (RTR)

Managing Director Austria and Director TIME
Arthur D. Little
1997 – 2002 (5 years)

CEO
Austrian Aerospace Company (ORS)
October 1982 – December 1996 (14 years 3 months)

Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Strategy Beyond Markets – Building Reputation and Competitive Advantage
2019 – 2019
Grade: Certificate of Completion

Harvard Law School
The Program on Negotiation and Dealing with Difficult People and Difficult Situations
2004 – 2004
Grade: Certificate of Attendance

University of Vienna
Doctor of Philosophy – PhD, Physics
1969 – 1978

Language
English (Full professional proficiency)
German (Native or bilingual proficiency)
French (Elementary proficiency)
Hungarian (Elementary proficiency)