Dipl.-Ing. Christian Weber MBA

Work at ZHAW

Position

Senior Lecturer & Researcher - Institute of Business Information Technology - Research projects, teaching and further education

Focus

- Sustainable smart solutions for people in digital ecosystems (Digital Health, Smart & Ambient Assisted Living, Smart City, ...). - Application of mixed reality solutions (VR/AR) in computer-based collaborative working and learning scenarios in the medical sector. - Privacy, cybersecurity, compliance and forensics as enablers for digital ecosystems. - Applications of open source systems in the operational and infrastructural context of SMEs.

Teaching

• Co-responsible module coordinator "IT Security" BSc Business Informatics
• Module coordinator "Emerging Technologies" BSc Business Informatics
• Module coordinator "Pre-course MSc Business Informatics" BSc Business Administration, Business Informatics, Business Law and Applied Law
• Module coordinator "IoT- Data Streaming & Analytics" BSc Business Informatics
• Module coordinator "Introduction to Information Security Management" BSc Business Informatics (start: FS25)
• Module coordinator "Technology Trends in Computer Science" BSc Business Informatics (Start: FS25)
• Teaching in the Digital Transformation module, MSc Business Informatics
• MAS Business Administration - Digitalization in the company
• CAS Cyber Security - ISO-2700X - Management System (Governance/Audit)

Professional development teaching

MAS Business Administration

Experience

• Managing Director and Instructor of the Cisco Networking Academy
  University of Applied Sciences Brunswick/Wolfenbüttel
  2013 - today
• Management consultant (IT management, strategy, security, digitalization, agility,...)
  Self-employed
  2003 - 2019
• Managing Director, ifisys - Institute for Information Systems
  University of Applied Sciences Brunswick/Wolfenbüttel
  2013 - 2016
• Administrative Professor of IT Infrastructure and Security (Head of the Applied Computer Science degree program)
  University of Applied Sciences Brunswick/Wolfenbüttel
  2012 - 2016
• Technical Manager D/A/CH, Member of the Management Board
  NetOp Tech GmbH
  2007 - 2008
• Senior Consultant, multi-project manager
  Compass Deutschland GmbH
  2001 - 2002
• Head of Technology & Communication / Press Spokesman D/A/CH, Member of the Management Board
  Sophos GmbH
  1998 - 2001

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) / General and Entrepreneurial Management
  Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz/McCombs School of Business - University of Texas at Austin/Dongbei University of Finance and Economics Dalian
  2012 - 2014
• Dipl.-Ing / Two specializations: Industrial electronics & electrical power engineering
  RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Institute for Automation Informatics
  1987 - 1999

Continuing Education

• Learning analytics for lecturers
  Free University of Berlin / TU Chemnitz
  2024
• Agile Scrum Master; EXIN, (Cert.-No.: 6286592.20774742)
  EXIN
  2019
• Agile Scrum Product Owner; EXIN, (Cert.-No.: 6286592.20774741)
  EXIN
  2019
• Agile Scrum Foundation; EXIN, (Cert.-No.: 6286592.2077333)
  EXIN
  2019
• Learning 4.0 - possibilities and limits of digitalization in education
  Hasso Plattner Institute / University of Augsburg / MINTEC
  2018
• Exciting visualization: Designing research projects/processes in a target-oriented and appealing way
  Center for Successful Teaching and Learning (ZeLL), Brunswick/Wolfenbüttel University of Applied Sciences
  2016
• Professional program 2013 - 2016 (3 ECTS from 2016) in the “Innovative Teaching Projects Working Group” methodical didactic training
  Center for Successful Teaching and Learning (ZeLL), Brunswick/Wolfenbuettel University of Applied Sciences
  2016
• Exciting and effective visualization in lectures
  Center for Successful Teaching and Learning (ZeLL), Brunswick/Wolfenbuettel University of Applied Sciences
  2016
• Neurodidactics - Consequences of brain research for teaching
  Center for Successful Teaching and Learning (ZeLL), Brunswick/Wolfenbüttel University of Applied Sciences
  2015
• ISMS Lead Auditor nach ISO 27001
  isits–International School of ITSecurity (University Bochum)
  2013
• LON-CAPA workshop Introduction to course management and assignment creation
  Center for Successful Teaching and Learning (ZeLL), Brunswick/Wolfenbüttel University of Applied Sciences
  2013
• Activated by clicker” - designing interactive lectures
  Center for Successful Teaching and Learning (ZeLL), Brunswick/Wolfenbüttel University of Applied Sciences
  2012
• Data Protection Officer GDPR
  komzet@hwk, Rheinhessen Chamber of Skilled Crafts
  2011

Network

Membership of networks

• German Informatics Socie
• LinkedIn
• ResearchGate
• EMBA Alumni Mainz e.V. / Gutenberg School of Business Mainz

Awards

• Best Paper Award, L. Berntzen, M.Rohde Johannesen, S. Böhm, Ch. Weber, R. Morales, „Citizens as Sensors - Human Sensors as a Smart City Data Source“
  SMART 2018 - The Seventh International Conference on Smart Cities, Systems, Devices and Technologies, July 22, 2018 to July 26, 2018 - Barcelona, Spain
  07 / 2018
• "Educate to lead" award from Soroptimist International Europe for the STEM camp for girls at Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel University of Applied Sciences in Suderburg
  Soroptimist International Europa
  12 / 2016

Projects

• Smart Hospital – Integrated Framework, Tools & Solutions (SHIFT) / Team member / Project ongoing
• ZHAW Digital Culture Assessment: After the Pandemic / Team member / Project completed
• Digital (public) Health Hackathon / Project leader / Project completed
• Remote, Hands On Computer Networks Lab / Project co-leader / Project completed

Publications

• Scheppler, Björn; Weber, Christian,

  2020.

  Robotic process automation.

  Informatik Spektrum.

  43(2), pp. 152-156.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00287-020-01263-6

• Seiler, Roger; Straumann, Ruben; Weber, Christian; Block, Andreas,

  2022.

  Gamified VR simulation in nursing education : how to generate value with VR in nursing education [paper].

  In:

  Weghorn, Hans; Isaias, Pedro, eds.,

  Proceedings of the International Conferences on Applied Computing and WWW/Internet 2022.

  19th International Conference on Applied Computing (AC), Lisbon, Portugal, 8-10 November 2022.

  IADIS Press.

  pp. 71-78.

• Berntzen, Lasse; Rohde Johannesen, Marius; Böhm, Stephan; Weber, Christian; Morales, Roberto,

  2018.

  Citizens as sensors : human sensors as a smart city data source [paper].

  In:

  Berntzen, Lasse, ed.,

  SMART 2018 : The Seventh International Conference on Smart Cities, Systems, Devices and Technologies.

  SMART 2018 : The 7th International Conference on Smart Cities, Systems, Devices and Technologies, Barcelona, Spain, 22-26 July 2018.

  IARIA.

  pp. 11-18.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Koschinat, Sascha; Bal, Gökhan; Weber, Christian; Rannenberg, Kai . 2011. "Privacy by Sustainable Identity Management Enablers.", In: Privacy and Identity Management for Life, ISBN: 978-3-642-20317-6, pp. 431- 452, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.
• Working paper: Bal, Gökhan; Hegen, Marvin; Koschinat, Sascha; Weber, Christian; Wolos, Lars . 2009. "Study on IdM related Data Assets on the basis of current IdM Player’s Data-Handling".
• Editorship:: (2012) Rannenberg, Kai; Varadharajan, Vijay; Weber, Christian (Guest Eds.) Computers & Security, IFIP/SEC 2010 "Security & Privacy − Silver Linings in the Cloud", Elsevier, Volume 31, Issue 7, Pages 805-856
• AICT(2010) (2010) Security and Privacy – Silver Linings in the Cloud, Proceedings of the 25th IFIP TC-11 International Information Security Conference, SEC 2010, Held as a Part of WCC 2010, Brisbane, Australia, September 20 - 23, 2010, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany
• Workingpaper: (2010) Weber, Christian eScience and Shared Workspaces: Enabler for next generation research environment, In: Pre-Proceedings PrimeLife/IFIP Summer School

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