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BIOGRAPHY

CURRENTLY, as the Deputy State Secretary for Technology, Space and Defense Industry at the Ministry for National Economy of Hungary, my primary mission is to design and implement programs which foster technological maturity level improvement among Hungarian SMEs and the industry. I am also an Associate Researcher at John von Neumann University.

Regarding INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, I am the Hungarian head of delegation at the European Space Agency (ESA); delegate at the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA); member of the European Artificial Intelligence Board (AI Board) and Governmental Advisory Committee member at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

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EXPERIENCE

DEPUTY STATE SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY, SPACE AND DEFENCE INDUSTRY

Ministry for National Economy of Hungary 
February 2023 - present

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE 

John Von Neumann University - Hungary
February 2021 - present 

IKE2020 – ASSOCIATION FOR INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES

Founder President & CEO 
May 2014 – July 2020

EXPRESS INNOVATION AGENCY 

Deputy Chief Executive Officer for Valorisation
January 2022 – August 2022

EUROATLANTIC CONSULTING & INVESTMENT

Deputy Chief Executive Officer 

October 2021 – January 2022

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE OF HUNGARY

Diplomat for Scientific and Technological Affairs of Hungary in Tel Aviv 

June 2017 - October 2021 


HUNGARIAN NATIONAL TRADING HOUSE 

Innovation Management Expert / Head of Startup Relations 
December 2016 – May 2017

BUDAPEST ENTERPRISE AGENCY

Head of the Smart Startup Programme 
November 2013 – December 2016

MINISTRY FOR NATIONAL ECONOMY

Employment Policy Expert 
November 2013 – April 2014

PARLIAMENT OF HUNGARY

Employment Policy Expert 
September 2012 – October 2013

UNIVERSO COMPUTER

Founder & CEO 
2009 – 2012

MINISTRY OF NATIONAL RESOURCES

EU and international social policy 
July 2011 – September 2011 
International sport policy
June 2010 – September 2010

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MEMBERSHIPS

European Space Agency (ESA)

European Artificial Intelligence Board

ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Hungarian Geographical Society

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EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctoral School of Geosciences, Pallas Athena Geopolitical Ph.D. Program · (September 2017 - )

EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY

Master's degree, Social Policy Expert · (2014)

UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED

Bachelor's degree, International Relations and Affairs · (2012)

Publications

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