{"id":22212,"date":"2017-06-05T10:33:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T10:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quadris-consulting.net\/?page_id=22212"},"modified":"2021-12-21T22:44:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T21:44:44","slug":"about-us-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/quadris-consulting.com\/index.php\/en\/about-us-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1513426403522{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;border-top-color: #f29029 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #f29029 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Who we are<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1490766325237{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496993301794{margin-top: 40px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;21636&#8243; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1513426485084{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #f29029;\"><a style=\"color: #f29029;\" href=\"mailto:kirsten.tangemann@quadris-consulting.com\">Kirsten Tangemann<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f29029;\">Managing Partner<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1510324403378{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]After more than ten years in international research institutions , working to improve our understanding of complex disease mechanisms , Kirsten moved on to establish and manage the academic business incubator in Graz (Science Park Graz GmbH), helping scientists to develop sustainable business models and to make their start-ups work. In 2008 she and her partners founded Quadris Consulting GmbH.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class='q_icon_with_title  normal_icon center'><div class=\"icon_holder \" style=\" \"><div class=\"icon_holder_inner\"><span class=\"q_font_elegant_holder normal \" style=\"font-size: 60px;color: #f29029;\"><span class=\"icon_text_icon q_font_elegant_icon icon_quotations\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 60px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"icon_text_holder\" style=\"\"><div class=\"icon_text_inner\" style=\"\"><h4 class=\"icon_title\" style=\"\"><\/h4><p style=''><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1513426552325{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Be the change that you wish to see in the world.<\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1510324412333{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]Kirsten Tangemann moves easily between the academic and the business worlds, helping to set up collaborative and transfer projects. She is involved in the development of nonprofit networks and helps them to adapt and operate strategically. She made a significant contribution to the Austrian business incubator network AplusB . As an Ashoka coach (worldwide network that promotes social entrepreneurship) Kirsten is committed to developing solutions where science and technology serve people and society.<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1513426506556{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Selected qualifications and functions:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Studies in Biochemistry\/Biophysics and Music (violin performance)<\/li>\n<li>International research (University of Basel, University of California, San Francisco)<\/li>\n<li>Certified Business Consultant (CMC)<\/li>\n<li>Ashoka Visionary Program<\/li>\n<li>Managing director of business incubator Science Park Graz GmbH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496993512390{margin-top: 40px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;22764&#8243; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640089374830{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #f29029;\"><a style=\"color: #f29029;\" href=\"mailto:Siegfried.Voessner@quadris-consulting.com\">Siegfried Voessner<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f29029;\">Partner<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1510324445369{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]In Siegfried\u2018s work people are in the middle of all practical and scientific considerations. He takes a holistic and systemic view on the interactions between people and different societal and technological systems. This core principle runs like a unifying thread through all his projects.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1510324518071{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]After completing his PhD at Graz University of Technology he spent four years on research and teaching at the <i>Department of Engineering Economic Systems and Operations Research<\/i> at Stanford University, USA. Thereafter he spent several years on the design and development of international projects at the consulting firm <i>McKinsey &amp; Company <\/i>in the areas of operations management\/strategy, logistics and information technology. In 2003 he became a Full Professor at Graz University of Technology and Head of the Department of Engineering and Business Informatics. His research stays also took him to <i>Berkeley<\/i> and the <i>University of Auckland <\/i>in New Zealand.[\/vc_column_text]<div class='q_icon_with_title  normal_icon center'><div class=\"icon_holder \" style=\" \"><div class=\"icon_holder_inner\"><span class=\"q_font_elegant_holder normal \" style=\"font-size: 60px;color: #f29029;\"><span class=\"icon_text_icon q_font_elegant_icon icon_quotations\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 60px;\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"icon_text_holder\" style=\"\"><div class=\"icon_text_inner\" style=\"\"><h4 class=\"icon_title\" style=\"\"><\/h4><p style=''><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1513426572314{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">The most important things in life are not things.<\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1510324526899{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]In his research he focuses on Systems Engineering and Systems Architecture and on the basics of Modelling and Simulation of Systems, and on how they can be applied to social-technical systems.\u00a0He puts his research into practice in his work on business and operations strategy, system design and optimization of processes with international corporations and companies in the high-tech sector, automotive and assembly, consumables, and the media.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1513426513171{margin-top: 20px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Selected qualifications and functions:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Studies of Engineering Sciences (Mechanical\/Industrial Engineering, Informatics)<\/li>\n<li>International research at Stanford University, USA (Applied Mathematics, System Modeling)<\/li>\n<li>Professor of Business Informatics<\/li>\n<li>Strategy and Operations Consulting: McKinsey &amp; Company<\/li>\n<li>Creativity &amp; Facilitation Trainer, McKinsey &amp; Company<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1490606590939{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_separator type=&#8221;normal&#8221; border_style=&#8221;&#8221; up=&#8221;0&#8243; down=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1490767371092{margin-top: 70px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496993668300{margin-top: 40px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;22864&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640122943764{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Our team members and our network<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640123006828{margin-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;]Our team and our network are a key element in Quadris\u2019 success. We run a collaborative practice, bringing together a wide range of strengths and perspectives, disciplines and skills.<\/p>\n<h3>Selected qualifications and skills:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Studies in Engineering, Natural and Social Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Many years of project experience<\/li>\n<li>Moderation und presentation skills<\/li>\n<li>Quantitative und qualitative analysis techniques<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1513426403522{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;border-top-color: #f29029 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #f29029 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text] Who we are [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1490766325237{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1496993301794{margin-top: 40px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;21636&#8243; add_caption=&#8221;yes&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22212","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quadris-consulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quadris-consulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quadris-consulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quadris-consulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quadris-consulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22212"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/quadris-consulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22985,"href":"https:\/\/quadris-consulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22212\/revisions\/22985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quadris-consulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}