Wolfgang Garn

Wolfgang Garn worked as programme director of Business Analytics and Acting Head of the Business Transformation Department at the University of Surrey. His research interests are in Operational Research and Business Analytics. He worked on modernisation, optimisation and simulation of processes for several companies. Wolfgang was previously a Management Scientist at Telekom Austria in the Department of Operations Research. He was responsible for the network optimisation, transportation, and market analysis amongst others. He worked at the Defence Technology Centre (DTC) on Agent and Decision Support Systems for MoD funded research. One of the outcomes enabled autonomous agents to evaluate and act on military effects using Artificial Intelligence. His role as a senior scientist and project manager for Eurobios allowed him to work with key clients, such as Serco, Biffa, Unilever and DHL. In this context solutions for environmental and delivery services were implemented. He is the CEO and founder of Smartana, which offers SMART Analytics solutions and consulting services to businesses. He earned his PhD at the Vienna University of Technology in the area of Technical Mathematics and Computer Science.