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Urs Merz

Most Relevant Educations and Trainings

  • Mag. Phil.: Master in Philosophy/ Educational Science at the University of Vienna, main topics: Adult Education and Psychoanalytical Education.
  • Dipl. Trainer in Adult Education (Wifi* Vienna)
  • Dipl. Coach (Wifi* Vienna)
  • Transactional Analysis, Certificate 101 (University of Vienna)
  • NLP Practitioner and NLP-Additional to Coach (Wifi* Vienna)
  • Fish!- Trainer (Wifi* Vienna)
  • Advanced Hypnotist (Phil Martin, Vienna)
  • PDCA-Certificate (TME Brussels)
  • Project Management course at Intec AG (Schaffhausen, CH)
  • Competent in System- und Chaostheory
  • Competent in Neurology und Psychology
  • Competent in Digital Ethics and AI in HRM

*WIFI: Institute of Economic Development (Vienna), part of the Austrian Chamber of Economy

Milestones

Since 2009 One person company EduConsult

2008-2009 HR Development Senior Consultant European Markets at INTEA GmbH, Kerpen (GER)

2006-2008 Lecturer at the CAMPUS02 University of Applied Sciences, Graz (AUT)

2002-2007 Junior Training Manager at GM Austria, Vienna (AUT)

2000-2002 CEO at CANPET GmbH, Screen Printing Company, in Vienna (AUT), at the same time Freelance Trainer for WEP-team GmbH, in Herisau and Zurich (CH)

2000 I moved to Vienna

1999-2000 Training Officer at Logismata Software AG, Zurich (CH)

1998-1999 Project Manager at Ulrich Jüstrich AG, Walzenhausen (CH)

1996-2000 Freelance Trainer at WEP-team GmbH, in cooperation with Zurich Insurance Group, Zurich and Herisau (CH)

Excited Customers and Partners (selection):

  • Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH, Wien
  • Bank Austria, Wien
  • BIG, Bundesimmobilien Gesellschaft, Wien
  • Campus02, FH Graz (als Lektor)
  • Chart Industries, Georgia USA: Flow Instruments, Monheim (GER)
  • Direct Mind, Wien
  • Donicité Fundraising, Paris
  • Ford Motor Company (Austria) GmbH, Wien
  • Frequentis AG, Wien
  • Generali Versicherung AG, Wien
  • GM Austria Vertrieb GmbH (all brands), Wien
  • INTEA GmbH (D, Eisenach)
  • KIA Austria GmbH, Wien
  • Logismata AG, Zürich
  • Mistubishi Motors Deutschland, Köln
  • Toyota Deutschland GmbH, Köln
  • Toyota Great Britain, Burnaston
  • Toyota Motor Europe SA/NV, Brussels
  • Wiener Stadtwerke AG, Wien
  • Zentralverband d. Deutsches Kraftfahrzeuggewerbes e.V., Bonn
  • Zurich Insurance Group (HQ Zürich)

What more?

  • Born 1971 in St.Gallen (CH)
  • Childhood and youth in Appenzell (Herisau, CH).
  • Living in Vienna since 2000.
  • What I like: cooking, specialist literature, playing music, travelling, nature and mountains, aviatics and astronomy.
  • What I do not like: blood pudding, viruses, twelve-tone music and snots.

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