Primary Job Title Founder and Managing Director & Director Solution Consulting Primary Organization Open Networks
Location Austria, Europe Regions European Union (EU), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Daniel Knözinger - born in Germany - moved to Austria with his father as a teenager where he studied electrical engineering at the Vienna University of Technology. He then completed the University of Applied Sciences for Telecommunications and Media in St.Pölten in the field of telecommunications. In the course of his diploma
thesis, he developed an SMS-based authentication solution for the Viennese IT specialist Sans Souci Solutions as a cost-effective alternative to conventional hardware token systems. Already during his studies and after that he worked in the areas of software development, server and network support and was significantly involved in the planning and execution of IT surveys of a major financial services provider in several Eastern European countries. In 2004, he also moved to the Open Systems department of Getronics Austria as System Engineer, where he worked on numerous key accounts for network design, presales consulting and technical training. Following the acquisition of Getronics Austria by Kapsch BusinessCom AG, he oversaw existing key accounts as Senior Systems Engineer and Consultant alongside his existing clients. Based on his knowledge of data centers, he joined the Trusted Technical Advisors Community established by CISCO in 2006, making him one of the experts in the field. Following the acquisition of Getronics Austria by Kapsch BusinessCom AG, he oversaw existing key accounts as Senior Systems Engineer and Consultant alongside his existing clients. Based on his knowledge of data centers, he joined the Trusted Technical Advisors Community established by CISCO in 2006, making him one of the experts in the field. Following the acquisition of Getronics Austria by Kapsch BusinessCom AG, he oversaw existing key accounts as Senior Systems Engineer and Consultant alongside his existing clients. Based on his knowledge of data centers, he joined the Trusted Technical Advisors Community established by CISCO in 2006, making him one of the experts in the field.
In December 2008 he founded Open Networks GmbH together with 3 other colleagues and Isarnet AG and is active in the fields of IP Routing / Switching, MPLS, Content Networking, Datacenter Technologies, Network Monitoring, Provisioning and since 2016 Sales.
