Summary
Markus Vesely is a CEO and seasoned technology-business executive with over a decade of leadership across trust services, cybersecurity, and high‑tech communications in Central and Eastern Europe. Currently leading A-Trust, Austria’s leading trust service provider, he combines engineering roots in electronics and IT with strategic management experience from roles at Rohde & Schwarz and Frequentis. Markus builds bridges between Eastern and Western Europe and between technology and people-centered management, advocating digitalisation that enhances security and social value. He holds a doctorate in Competence and Change Management and a track record of guiding R&D cooperation, sales, and cross‑border organisational change—skills that underpin his pragmatic, trust-focused approach to digital identity and authentication. An interesting throughline in his career is the blend of hands-on technical training and high-level strategy, enabling him to translate complex technical capabilities into widely adopted, societally beneficial services.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Exchange Program, Cross Cultural-, Knowledge- & Innovation Management, Exchange Program, Cross Cultural-, Knowledge- & Innovation Management at University College Dublin
Masterclass Central and Eastern Europe, A, Masterclass Central and Eastern Europe, A at IfU - Institute for Strategy and Managerial Accounting
Central Eastern Studies Program, Central Eastern Studies Program at University of Economics, Prague
Czech language summer program, Czech language summer program at Charles University
Ing., Electronics and IT, A, Ing., Electronics and IT, A at Technologisches Gewerbemuseum
Doctor's degree, Competence and Change Management, A, Doctor's degree, Competence and Change Management, A at WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
English, Czech, German, Croatian