René Schuster

René Schuster, CEO Telefónica o2 Germany GmbHwill explain the connections between technological developments in the telecommunications industry and globalization processes in his presentation "How the mobile Internet revolution will change our working and business world".

René Schuster has been CEO of Telefónica O2 Germany GmbH & Co. OHG since June 2009. Prior to this, he held management positions in the telecommunications and IT industry for many years.

Mr. Schuster began his career in the mid-1980s as a development engineer at Robert Bosch GmbH. René Schuster later became a partner at KPMG, where he was responsible for consulting in Europe and the Middle East. After holding senior positions at Compaq and Hewlett Packard, Mr. Schuster became Global Marketing Director of Vodafone in 2004.

In his contribution to the 18th Munich Management Colloquium "How the mobile internet revolution will change our working and business world", René Schuster will explain how the internet is driving globalization processes. In this context, he will give specific examples of changes in business processes, communication and corporate culture. At the same time, he will explain the added value that telecommunications companies bring to this development. He will also address the entire value creation process of telecommunications services.

Status: Beginning of 2011