Born in 1960, he graduated in 1983 from the Electro-Technical Faculty of Slovak University of Technology. Until 1993 worked at the Department of Telecommunications at the Faculty of Electronics and Informatics of Slovak University of Technology. He received his PhD in the field of digital telecommunications networks in 1993. During 1994-1996 he was the technical manager of AT&T in Slovakia and in 1996 he became technical and later sales manager of Lucent Technologies SLovakia where he worked until 2000. He has worked in the position of Executive Vice-President/CSRO at Slovak Telekom since October 2003. He acted as the chairman of the General Assembly of European Telecommunications Network Operator's Association in 2006, he is a memb…

Marián Velšic, graduate of the Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia with a Ph.D. degree in sociology. During 1993-1994 worked as an analyst for political parties. From 1995 to 1998 worked for the Cabinet of Political Sciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Since September 1998 he has worked at the Institute for Public Affairs. In 1995 he was a founding member of a revue titled 'Quo vadis, Slovakia?' and remained on its editorial board until 1998. He has co-authored a number of publications, including: Two Years of Political Freedom; Democracy and Discontent in Slovakia; Slovakia and its Election Rules; The 1998 Parliamentary Elections and Democratic Rebirth in Slovakia, The Country in Motion; Slovakia - A Global Report on the …