Dipl.-Ing. Valentin E. Wille

born on the 4th of June in 1975,
grown up in Baden near Vienna and South-Tyrol.

SCHOOL ...

• 1 year katholic boarding school of the Salesians of Don Bosco in Unterwaltersdorf (Lower austria)
• 3 years grammar school "Frauengasse" (2500 Baden), main emphasis on geometric drawing
• 1 year commercial college "Muehlgasse" (2500 Baden)
• 4 years upper school "Hegelgasse 12" (1010 Vienna), main emphasis on music and painting
• 1995 university entrance qualification (A-level)

 

... AND AFTERWARDS

• 1995-1996 military service as truckdriver and secretary in Bruckneudorf, Burgenland
• studies at Vienna University of Technology (Architecture)
• April 2006 Degree as "Diplom-Ingenieur", equ. Master of Science
• since 1999 webdesigner, graphic designer and engineering draughtsman for several firms in vienna (see projects: architecture, book design, webdesign)
  
• Since 2007 candidate PhD in technical sciences, Vienna University of Technology. Point of research: Development of the architecture of hydropower plants in Austria

FORMER BUSINESS ACTIVITIES (in reverse order)

• August 2006 - Julis 2008 scientific research assistant at the Institute of History of Art, Building Archaeology and Restoration at Vienna University of Technology. Main point of research: "Architektur im Verbund". Client: Verbund (Austrian Electricity Company).
  
• October 2004 to July 2006: Project- and Marketing Manager of GEODATA, 1150 Vienna. From May 2005 Projectmanager and Chief of the Department of Architectural Documentation
  
• Since June 2006 several readings in the field of industrial heritage lectured at Vienna University of Technology (Institute of History and Theory of Architecture and Historic Building Survey)
• summer 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 engineering draughtsman in the office of Architect Weinmann, 1020 Vienna. Special project 2003: Foot Locker Store Vienna (Kaerntnerstrasse, city centre). 2002: Giorgio Armani flagship store Vienna (Kohlmarkt, city centre)
• 1999 - 2010 papers and powerpoint presentations made in London, Dublin, Frankfurt and Budapest under commission of the IMC Krems. Subject matters: 1999: accounting in a hotel, for example the Grosvenor House. 2000: organisation of a hotel pre-opening in centre London. 2001 - 2003: comparison of two hotels in the city centre of London: Metropolitan and Art&Tech by Le Meridien, former Cumberland Hotel. 2004-2005: The Cumberland Hotel and The Waldorf Hilton. 2006: Carton House hotel and Hilton Frankfurt.
• summer 1998 ambulance service driver in the private hospital "Golden Cross", 1090 Vienna
• summer 1997 trainee in the headoffice of the "Supply of energy of lower austria" (EVN), Maria Enzersdorf (Lower austria)
• 1996 - 2006 freelancer at verlagsbuero wien, 1010 Vienna (book graphic / advertising, webdesign and event organisation)
• summer 1996 education secretary at the "Kolping holiday private coaching", 3100 St. Poelten (Lower austria)
• summer 1995 leader of a youth group in the "S.O.S.-Holiday Camp Caldonazzo" (Trentino, Italy)
• summer 1992 and 1994 summer job in the Hotel Camping "Steiner", 39055 Leifers (South Tyrol, Italy)