Facts Introduction - Istvan Polony

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FactsIntroduction - Istvan Polony

• Haas School of Business, MBA class 2001
• Nationality Hungarian
• Age 27
• Studies Budapest University of Economic
  Sciences (business administration), 1996
• Hobbies snowboarding, sailing, playing bridge

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ExperienceIntroduction - Istvan Polony

• Worked for Oracle in Hungary and all over the
  place - Europe, Kazakhstan - as a consultant,
  implementing Oracle ERP systems
• Worked for Oracle in product sales and marketing
  in the ERP market, responsible for Financial
  Services and Telecommunications industries
• Started own company doing Strategic Internet
  Consulting - worked mainly on telecommunications
  and Internet access services projects for the
  Hungarian PTT

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InterestsIntroduction - Istvan Polony

• Innovative Telecommunications solutions
• Broadband / last mile issues
• Internet and the handhelds / wireless devices
• Internet traffic security - challenges of privacy
• Anything that is new and not too complex to
  understand for an average MBA student

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ExpectationsIntroduction - Istvan Polony

• Meet and work together with intelligent and
  motivated people
• Try to get a grasp of how people like you think,
  work and find out whether CS folks and business
  guys are really that different ?!
• Be able to effectively contribute to a teams
  efforts in turning an idea into a successful
  prototype

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• Thanks!