Dr. Christof Paparella

Data-science-based Project Management, CAPEX Project Governance and High-Frequency Monitoring, Organizational Designs and Decision Acceleration, On-the-fly Business Process Optimization, Requirements Definition Management and Custom Software Design, Project Dashboarding, Statistical Progress Monitoring and Stochastic Predictive Analytics, End-2-End Risk Management and Impact Analytics.

International Project and Program Management for IT projects and economic and business statistics. Creation of customized solutions for enterprise surveys, social networks, data analysis, and global conference management.

In charge of all financial and administrative affairs, including accounting, budgeting, administrative development, IT, conference financials. Development of custom software (web-based administration and payment system, electronic voting system, conference management system).

Accounting, treasury and financial planning. Development of administrative custom software. Participation in the proposal and execution of a research project won in 2009 (400,000 euros) for the development of an economic model for person-based emission certificates trading in cooperation with AIT, AEA, and Vienna University of Technology. Business development for photovoltaic energy consulting/investment projects; i.e. legal framework design, feasibility studies for regions and site assessments.

Team Leader - Energy & Utilities Technology Strategy Team. Integration manager for an industrial automation software (TAS) interfacing with SAP: interface specification, test manager (FAT, SAT), roll-out in 5 provinces of Romania. Custom development of an integration-server based software to monitor SAP-TAS data transmission errors. Test manager international SAP roll-out in the retail industry (FI/CO/SD). Planning and Execution of test process involving 8 countries and 100+ key users.

Manager of the UN National Accounts Database: accounting methodology, data collection, validation, and online/offline dissemination, sales of customized data extractions for customers. Database software development testing and deployment, metadata survey design for poverty measurement, organization of international workshops on national accounts and poverty statistics in Africa and Western Asia. Member of the UN team working on on the revision of the System of National Accounts 1993 (SNA 2008).

Database development, income and wage tax data compilation, validation, dissemination and customized data extractions for large clients in the private and parastatal sector. Global Assessments of National Statistical Systems (Slovakia, Latvia). Compilation of Austria's Methodological Inventory on National Accounts, as required by EU directives. Working member of the European Union’s Subcommittee for Economic and Monetary Statistics.

Investment Promotion Consultant at the UNECE Coordinating Unit for Operational Activities. Creation of a database for investment projects for Central & Eastern Europe. Conceptual design and creation of a 190-pages investment guide for Central and Eastern Europe (the UNECE “Investiguide”) combining macroeconomic profile data and investment opportunities. Presentation of the guide and investment projects in the “Project Room” site at the CEI Summit 2001.

Research on business processes, strategic policies, performance indicators and output measurement in Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). Comparative statistical analysis of two MDBs. Evaluation of technical assistance programs run by the IMF in the area of macroeconomic statistics in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and CIS countries. Visiting Scholar at Asian Development Bank, Philippines (4-7/1998), Inter-American Development Bank, USA (9-12/1998), International Monetary Fund, USA (7-10/1999).

Definition, sale, and execution of a 1,2 million ATS applied consulting project on “Financing and Guaranteeing of Equipment Exports to Asian Emerging Markets”. Investigation of financing structures, risk allocation, and public sector instruments to promote exports of industrial equipment. Commissioning parties: OKB, RZB, Bank Austria, Creditanstalt, Voith, Siemens Austria, VA Tech, FGG.

Statistics, statistical methods for non-precise data

Multilateral Development Banks: institutional characteristics, operational agenda, development assistance output measurement.

Structured finance of infrastructure projects in South-East Asia.