Ronald’s CV

Curriculum Vitae Ronald Wiplinger

Austrian
Non-smoker
Height 1.72m
Born 4th March 1956
Married with 2 children

Tel. +886 988 707742
Email: ronald_wiplinger@yahoo.com or tm.ronald@gmail.com

PROFILE

ACCOMPLISHED SENIOR MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

more than 25 years extensive experience in technical and project leadership positions, willing to contribute to efficient operations in IT and high-tech sectors:

General Management of ISP/ITSP operations
CTO in technical fields related to IT or microprocessor control units
Possess professionalism, integrity and commercial awareness
Extensive marketing and technical experience
Development and care of client relations
Preparation of classification proposals, fee quotations for new products
Account Manager for major local customers
Effective people and resource management
Preparation of accurate and realistic budget and business plans
Financial skills – Monitoring and control of financial performance, P/L, B.S and Cash flow

STRENGTHS

An expert in Internet design (incl. security concerns, firewall, VPN, surveillance systems and VoIP)
Electronic & microprocessor design, with first-hand knowledge of programming of microprocessors.
Seven years experience in developing microprocessor controlled equipment for industrial robots and medical or environmental measurement equipments including Chip cards
Excellent handling of problems – especially under stressful situations
Strong leadership ability with motivational skills encouraging team members in reaching optimal results with efficiency and offering quick solutions to problems
Superior public speaking and written communication skills: Toastmasters speech contest champions and winner of the National Table Topics contest 2004 in Taiwan
Experienced in understanding customers’ needs and translating requests to service requirements
Achieved target growth in ISP/ITSP Operations Management & Business Development

SKILLS / EXPERIENCE Wang’s Trace & ELMIT

MS office / Open Office / Planner
Vmware, VirtualBox
Linux server: SuSE & Ubuntu
IPv6
Linux desktop: Ubuntu in multi desktop/monitor environment
VPN, Hamachi
Linux on flash drive with Puppy
embedded Linux
Web service: Apache, MySQL, PHP, wiki
Remote boot
Samba, LDAP, DNS, DHCP
(Sendmail) Qmail & SPAM prevention
DMX 512
Bandwidth management/filtering
Video phone
Freeswitch, Asterisk
Truecrypt, PGP
SER, OpenSER
SIP, AIX, (H323)
NAT, STUN, media relay
ENUM, sipbroker, ISN
Seminars for engineers, sales and customers

PROFESSIONAL

Director of Taiwan ISP association 1999 ~ 2002
Director of TWNIC, member of IP committee and Anti Spam Task Force 1999 ~ 2002
Member of APNIC 1999 ~ 2002

LANGUAGES

German (mother tongue)
English
Mandarin (basic)

Career History

March 2001 – date Elmit Co., Ltd. (Consultant company, ITSP)
Taiwan
CEO and CTO

Founded and directed company
Designed and delivered VoIP and Internet solutions
Engaged strategic alliances with other VoIP suppliers worldwide focusing on inter-connectibility and optimized routing
Created several VoIP servers/solutions in Taiwan, China and The Philippines
Established measurement systems to ensure 99.999% uptime
Reduced Spam (white/grey listing) and Virus scanning
Improved backup systems
Initiated product packaging, production, assembly, & quality control of VoIP devices

1991 – 2001 Wang’s Trace Co., Ltd. (ISP)
Taiwan
CEO & CTO

Consulted, created and launched a start-up ISP in 1995
Prior to 1995, traded electronic goods made in Asia to European countries
Increased capital from $ 5 to $ 180 million by offering solutions to new technical developments
Within 3 years reached a customer base of 12,500, with a profit of $ 65 million in the year 2000
Installed several Internet houses
Identified and investigated VoIP market potential in 1997
Pioneered an on-line billing system
Conceptualized KTV over Internet (with U-Best)
Formulated a kindergarten and cram school video observation monitoring system for parents
Awarded with a Patent for a Surveillance system connected to the Internet

1985 – 1991 Electronik & Microprozessortechnik
Austria
Gen. Manager

More than 6 years of developing electronic and microprocessor controlled machines and devices.
Supervised a team of 12 engineers completing 50 projects per year
Developed prototypes, like industrial robots or medical or environmental measurement systems.
Attracted the government to offer free employees and low rent offices in the Technology Park Graz.
Cooperated with the Technical University Graz on several projects & solution implementation.

Univ. Prof. Manfred Sakkulin mentioned the fast and non-bureaucratic way we could solve many problems in a short time.

1984 – 1985 PEWAG Schneeketten GmbH
Austria
Organization Programmer

PEWAG is Austria’s largest chain manufacturer. My work was to establish data communication links from the head office to their three factories.
Designed programs to monitor and administer the flow and the manufacturing process, which reduced lead-time (down by 27%) and significantly improved the profit margin (up by 38%).

1983 – 1984 Stiefelkönig GmbH
Austria
Chief programmer

Stiefelkönig is a major shoe manufacturer and retail outlet chain
Expanded the logistics programs for all 160 outlets and the mail order division
Selected as the IBM’s preferred candidates and obtained the best test results ever recorded by IBM

1980 – 1983 Technical University (Institute for Electrical Constructions)
Austria
University Assistant