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Gerhard Wieser

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CTO and Head of Engineering at Elisa Polystar
📍 Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Gerhard is the CTO and Head of Engineering at Elisa Polystar, with extensive experience from senior roles at Cisco and as CEO of FRINX. He is a leader in business development and creating top engineering teams, with skills in network architecture and technology management. Colleagues often describe him as having "vision and strategic acumen".

He holds a U. S. patent for a system and methods for compressing message headers, a technology developed during his time at Cisco.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
CTO and Head of Engineering
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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AI in Telecom
As CTO of Elisa Polystar, he frequently speaks on how AI and ML are central to the future of telecom, particularly for automated assurance and network operations.
Network Automation
As the former CEO of FRINX, he focused on open-source network automation tools and continues to post about workflow automation and modernizing service delivery.
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Career

Work history

11-2024
CTO and Head of Engineering
Elisa Polystar
4-2022 - 11-2024
VP Business Development Elisa Polystar
Elisa Polystar
9-2016 - 2-2021
CEO
FRINX
5-2013 - 9-2016
Sr. Director Engineering
Cisco Systems
6-2012 - 9-2013
Senior Manager Engineering
Cisco Systems
In the press

Media appearances

FutureNet Asia Video Interview featuring Gerhard Wieser, CTO Elisa Polystar, and Darius Singh, Director Consulting Enterprise Platforms, Lead STL Partners. Featured in FutureNet World
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Education
1995 - 1999
D.I.(FH)
FH Technikum Wien
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