CEO: Franz Reinisch
'The motor urging me on'
Franz Reinisch was born on July 11th, 1963 in Graz. After finishing his secondary education and military service he studied mechanical engineering at the University of Graz. Since 2000 Franz Reinisch is chairman of the reinisch AG, that celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2012. At reinisch AG Franz Reinisch's focus lies on the company's strategic direction and together with the management he develops customer-specific systems for documentation and service management.
Besides his technical expertise, the combination of value-awareness and unconventional way of thinking of the 48-year-old regularly provide innovative solutions. Further striking features of the native Austrian include an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and interest in a wide range of topics. Reinisch employees appreciate him as a reliable and tolerant employer, who emphatically gives attention to his partners in discussion.
A further emphasis of Franz Reinisch's work is the intellectual capital statement and the targeted application of knowledge management methods. He's the author of the book 'The minds are the capital: balancing and successfully using knowledge'. In view of his commitment and motivation Franz Reinisch says: 'Broad horizons, fresh approaches and clever minds inspire me every day. Linking new impulses with existing knowledge and using this for ongoing development – that is the motor urging me on'.
COO: Bernhard Waage
'Actively change something today'
Bernhard Waage was born on February 9th, 1967. After finishing his secondary education and military service he studied physics at the Graz University of Technology. He is married and has two children. Since 2005 Bernhard Waage is the managing director of reinisch AG. Besides developing individual project concepts and prominent sales campaigns, the focus of the native Austrian lies in the technical feasibility of innovations. For 44-year-old Bernhard Waage, the connection of product and service information is the basis of After Sales-oriented product information, to optimise the generation of added value in Service. Reinisch AG employees know him as a fair partner in discussions who goal-oriented states his opinions. Being ready for change and acting foresightedly is elementary for Bernhard Waage, when he says: 'What we don't change today, will change us tomorrow'.
Facts and figures
Central goal of our work is the value enhancement for our customers. Critical factors for success are: a clear focus on technical branches, decentralised growth close to our customers, the positioning as leading provider for documentation and service. Corresponding to changing market requirements, our competences have continually expanded in the past few years. Not least a strong 'Partnering for Performance', the specific management organisation and corporate culture contributed to this growth. We pursue a sustainable expansion strategy to be able to strengthen our entrepreneurial ability to act and operate throughout Europe in the future.
Basis for the attainment of our goals is a regular internal intellectual capital statement presented in an Intellectual Capital Report. Because the success of our company is largely dependent on the know-how and the targeted development of our employee's capabilities. By using knowledge management methods we are able to document experiences, avoid loss of knowledge and tap knowledge potentials. We know the value of our intellectual capital and are in the position to design an intelligent portfolio so as to offer market-directed solutions. The way we align and develop ourselves, our processes, structures, systems and relations in order to achieve common goals, decisively promotes our company's success.