DI Dr. Heinz Mayer

Heinz Mayer studied telematics at Graz University of Technology, where he gained several years’ experience as a university assistant. He subsequently worked at Magna Steyr, including as head of the Information Management division. In 2007, the Graz native joined JOANNEUM RESEARCH and served successfully as Deputy Director of DIGITAL, the Institute for Information and Communication Technologies, and as Head of the ‘Image Analysis and Measurement Systems’ research group before taking over as Director of DIGITAL in 2013. Since 1 September 2021, he has been head of JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft, headquartered in Graz. Heinz Mayer is also Vice-President of Forschung Austria, a non-profit association dedicated to promoting non-university research.