Thomas Schubert, Austria
Keynote Lecturer
Thomas Schubert is responsible for export markets at LEITNER ropeways facing increasing demand on urban projects. Urban ropeways provide social integration, overcome obstacles and create added value for tourism. References of the Group also produce relief on highly congested cities in an economical and sustainable manner. For cities in developing countries ropeways are an immediate solution provider, for Western municipalities ropeways represent a state of the art transport-solution with incomparably high availability.
Thomas graduated in Civil Engineering and Business Administration (New Venture Creation), has built up and restructured several subsidiaries in the construction industry while living more than 10 years overseas. His focus has been on market placement and sales of heavy equipment for infrastructure-projects, that are in particular subject to economic cycles of the public sector.