Boris Nemsic was born in 1957. In 1980 he graduated from the Technical University of Sarajevo and in 1990 obtained his PhD from the Technical University of Vienna. He began his professional career in 1980 in radio broadcasting and started working in 1983 at Sarajevo Technical University. From 1988 to 1990 he was employed as an Assistant Lecturer at the Institute for Telecommunications and Radio Frequency Engineering Vienna. From 1990 to 1997 he managed the department for Mobile Communications Development at ASCOM in Vienna and Solothurn (Switzerland) and headed the hardware and software development at BOSCH Telecom in Vienna and Berlin. Starting in 1997 Boris Nemsic was director of network planning at mobilkom austria AG. In November 1998 he became CEO of Vipnet the first private mobile communications operator in Croatia. In May 2000 Mr. Nemsic was appointed CEO of mobilkom austria AG. Boris Nemsic was member of GSM and UMTS core preparatory groups and is an expert of the European Commission in the field of telecommunications. Mr. Nemsic joined the Management Board of Telekom Austria on July 1 2002 as Chief Operating Officer Wireless (COO Wireless). He became Vice Chairman of the Management Board of Telekom Austria on April 11 2005. Boris Nemsic became CEO of Telekom Austria AG on May 24 2006 in addition to his position as CEO of mobilkom austria AG. Boris Nemsic was recently named to the board of the GSM Association (GSMA) for the 2007 and 2008 term. He is also a member of GSMA’s Public Policy Committee. |