Martin has 20+ years of experience in building companies in the space of interoperability and standardized data exchange. Starting his career as a software developer in the radiology domain in 1991, he founded Tiani Spirit in 2004. Martin’s vision is enable citizens around the world to share their personal information based on the standardized IHE methodology. After achieving major progress in the healthcare domain, he is determined to bring advances of standardized interoperability to other verticals like energy, education, the financial industry, e-government, automotive, and more.

Wernhard graduated from Vienna University of Economics and Business and has held multiple roles at start-ups, consultancies and multinational corporations in Vienna, London and Silicon Valley. By establishing a Start-Up Accelerator for Cisco, Intel and Deutsche Telekom, he gained experience working at the intersection of the old and the new economy. Before his role at Grapevine World, he was leading business development and go-to-market for Cisco’s Connected Health Interoperability Platform and Medical Data Exchange Solution, coordinating sales, marketing and product management activities across Europe and the US.

Wernhard is also a pro-bono consultant for a social enterprise, a reserve officer in the Austrian army and completing his Masters at the University of Cambridge

Jürgen started in PSK Bank, after Vienna Business School. Later he had several occupations, where he collected experience in various companies. He also was active in several leadership positions. Jürgen co-founded a Viennese local guide and a cross media agency before he finally landed at Tiani Medgraph in 2001. There he gained a lot of experience in software testing, documentation, IHE and was a lead of the service-backend management. As a co-founder of Tiani Spirit, he has experience in the field of interoperability. Jürgen was responsible for partner management, marketing over the last years. In recent years, Jürgen has been working as CMO and has a seat in the executive board of Tiani Spirit. Together with Martin Tiani he developed the grapevine concept and co-founded Grapevine World. In addition, Jürgen is still a member of the IHE MarCom and Steering Committee.

Walter graduated from the International School of Economics in Carinthia - specialized in business informatics and marketing. Later, during his studies of Media and Information Management in Vienna, he applied his knowledge at various marketing agencies, starting as team leader, marketing assistant and project manager. After finishing his master thesis, Walter was responsible for developing marketing strategies for several international companies and supervised the implementations on all levels.

Massimiliano received his M.Sc. in Computer Science, and his Ph.D. from the University of Florence in Grid Computing (with CERN) and Security and Formal Methods, respectively. He participated in the design and planning of security measures and requirements of several nationwide projects (e.g., Austrian ELGA, eHR.ZA in South Africa, Consent2Share in USA). Massimiliano was the coordinator of the core team of the epSOS.eu Security Expert Group and in the e-SENS.eu architectural board, while coordinating all the national eHealth pilots. Massimiliano has been a member of the OASIS and IEEE, and is also the editor of the IHE ITI profile XCF, and participated in the evaluation of the IHE profiles related to security (e.g., XUA, XUA++, SeR, Access Control White Paper, and ATNA). Massimiliano is acting as consultant for the ENISA, for the EU Commission, and the Austrian Federal Ministry of health. Together with the Hyper e-Health team, he is promoting and implementing blockchain-based initiatives.

Abdallah has 10+ years of experience in the deployment of large-scale healthcare projects.

After receiving his M.Sc in Computer Science, he worked for IHE-Europe (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) for 3 years implementing orchestration and validation tools. He, then, joined Tiani-Spirit where he took over the Enterprise Master Patient Index product development. Abdallah helped integrating the local communities to national infrastructures in Albania, Austria and Switzerland. In the recent years, he is involved in many blockchain initiatives trying to reconcile blockchain with the healthcare data. Another strength of his activity is applying the IHE methodology to other verticals, thus his involvement in the IES project.

Prior to joining Grapevine World as a newcomer in December 2017, Bojana gained experience in marketing, PR and project management in various internships. She completed her studies in journalism and communication sciences at the University of Vienna with a focus on public relations and project management. After graduating, she independently managed projects as a PR consultant. Now she is expanding and consolidating her skills in her new position as an assistant in marketing and project management.

Since graduating from Harvard Law School, Sasha Borovik has been working as an international attorney and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, Seattle, Washington DC, Munich, Paris and London. As a member of several management teams, including Microsoft, Akamai and Bio-Signal, which he founded with a world-leading brain scientist from NYU, he has been leading companies’ growth strategy across the world. He has handled major technology deals, with organizations such as NATO, UN and the EC. He is currently a legal & cryptoeconomics advisor for Grapevine and is working on several advanced blockchain projects together with Cryptology AG in finance, healthcare, energy and earth observation industries. Sasha is admitted to professional bars in the EU and in the state of New York.

Jim St. Clair is CTO at The Dinocrates Group and leads the Blockchain Advisory Service. He is also the founder of the Institute for Healthcare Financial Technology. With his expertise in Blockchain technology, health fintech, cyber risk and security, an experienced insider takes a seat on the Grapevine Advisory Board. “Dinocrates Blockchain Advisory Services help guide customers through the understanding, application and adoption of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology” says St.Clair. “The strategic partnership with Grapevine will help establish global reach in offering comprehensive technical and strategic solutions”.

André is a Professor of Neural Science at New York University. His research focus is molecular, neural, behavioral, and computational aspects of memory. He studies how brains store experiences as memories, and how the expression of knowledge activates information that is relevant without activating what is irrelevant. In an effort to integrate investigations and understanding across levels of biological organization, the Fenton laboratory uses genetic, molecular, electrophysiological, imaging, behavioral, engineering, and theoretical methods to investigate these fundamental and interrelated issues in neuroscience. André and colleagues identified PKMzeta as the first molecule that maintains the persistence of memories in the brain, a discovery recognized by Science Magazine as one of the 10 most important breakthroughs in all of science and technology published in 2006. André founded Bio-Signal Group Corp., which developed and commercialized an FDA-approved portable, wireless, and easy to use platform for obtaining medical quality EEGs anywhere, anytime, and for everyone. It is being used in innovative clinical applications including in emergency medicine, sports, space exploration, and underserved clinics in Africa. André co-hosts NOVA Wonders soon to air on PBS.

Dr. Peter Pokieser manages the Institute of Medical Imaging at Sanatorium Hera and is founder and CEO of Unified Patient Program at the Medical University of Vienna. „The patient-oriented perspective of health professionals, directly to inform, communicate and share education at the point of need, seems to be completely underestimated in current E-Health activities. This has to change as soon as possible“, says Pokieser. He will advise Grapevine based on his medical expertise and knowledge of IT strategies for medical information, communication and learning systems. Pokieser is also adding his far-reaching network to Grapevine World.

Fredrik has extensive domestic and international experience in eHealth and the healthcare industry and he has an understanding of its key business drivers. He has a diversity of skills in the eHealth field and recognition as a distinguished international leader in a multidisciplinary environment. He has always been driven by a strong social mission and a desire to improve the efficacy and efficiency of healthcare systems, mainly by improving the eHealth solutions ability to connect scientific research and healthcare delivery for mutual benefit. Fredrik was project coordinator of the European eHealth project epSOS, the forerunner of the current implementation of national contact points for healthcare across Europe.

Yagub Rahimov is Co-founder and CEO at 7marketz Group, a leading global FinTech/Blockchain media holding with 17 brands worldwide. 7MARKETZ Group Blockchain Solutions is one of the Top 3 Global ICO makers. The group is the party behind leading brands such as iCoinSummit, iCoinSentiment, AtoZMarkets, GrowthChannel.io, NewsOgram, and a number of other Fintech brands.

Yagub is a Liberterian with strong vision in decentralized economy. He has been in Bitcoin world since July 2009. He has advised exchanges, trading platforms, regulators, compliance agencies and over 30 ICOs.

Mr. Bayer brings with him more than two decades of experience in the high-tech industry. His deep understanding of multiple technologies, global markets, large enterprise operations and passion for digital innovation are expected to prove invaluable as Grapevine continues to hone its go-to-market strategy.

Michael B. Bayer spent the bulk of his career running organizations and operations addressing the needs of multiple complex industries, including Service Providers, BPOs, Governments, Retail, T&L and Financial Services. He has a strong track record in successfully leading global organizations, as well as implementing and operating of large-scale initiatives.

Most recently Mr. Bayer was Executive Vice President and Executive Director at NCR, in this capacity he was responsible for their global x-industry sales and field marketing forces and had run their Retail Division prior to this assignment. Throughout his career he held different senior positions in tech companies like Cisco, Symbol Technologies and Avaya.

Being admitted to the Austrian bar since 1993, Wolfgang has gained broad experience in commercial law through his involvement in more than 3,000 court and arbitral proceedings. Exemplary for his highly successful work in litigation, he was mandated in the Kaprun and BAWAG cases, both cases being among the largest ever to go to trial in Austria. Also, during his international activities as advisor for the negotiation and the drafting of numerous large-scale investments and contracts he represented multinational companies, especially in the high technology, IT and Healthcare sector. As highly respected and experienced professional with specific knowledge, he regularly counsels and represents leading companies in innovation and technology.

Thomas holds a German Diploma in business administration from the university of Wuerzburg (Bavaria). In the first years of his career he worked in several business informatics projects focusing on the implementation of standardised software solutions. Later he joined a German asset management group and, since that, led many successful investments in companies (small caps and startups) and asset managers. After actively supporting a former portfolio company as head of investments & business development he joined Heliad Equity Partners, a listed German investment company, as CEO. He has broad experience in private equity and venture capital investments, especially in the fields of IT, e-commerce & B2B services.

Martin has 15+ years of experience in building communities in the space of interoperability and standardized data exchange. Martin’s vision is a connected society, where citizens and patients are able to receive new services and benefits using connected data.
With Grapevine World he wants to enable people around the world to access and manage their health information based on global standards and with consent. After achieving major progress in the healthcare domain, he is determined to bring advances of standardized interoperability to other verticals such as energy, education, government, automotive and more.

Felix has the entrepreneurial spirit. At the age of 18 he founded his first start-up. He participated in several university programs around the globe (Wharton School, Cevro Institute, Kyiv National Economic University, University of Konstanz, City University of London). Besides his main study in London and Konstanz, he was working as Head of IT for a student led consultancy and advised a number of tech start-ups. Moreover, he was involved in creating a new IT environment for a hospital chain. Felix is specialized in classical econometric approaches such as Monte-Carlo simulations and bringing these into Grapevine’s token economics. His main goal is to assure a scalable GVINE Token to create a long-lasting ecosystem and supporting Grapevine World in building a new health economy.