Christine Jama

Program Coordinator

Christine Jama is the Program Coordinator at Impact Hub Vienna.

Ahmad Lkoud

Member Admin

Ahmad Lkoud is the Member Admin at Impact Hub Vienna.

Alina Moldovan

Investment Ready Program Lead

Alina is the lead of our Investment Ready Accelerator Program.

Erika Büttner

Art Director

Erika Büttner is the Art Director at Impact Hub Vienna.

Alexis Eremia

Co-founder & Managing Director

IMPACT IS... making a difference, leaving a mark, adding value.

WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE BECOMING PART OF THE IMPACT HUB VIENNA TEAM?
I coordinated CEE entities in a bank for infrastructure and public finance as a Country Manager in Romania, Hungary, Czech Rep, Bulgaria, Adriatic

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?
You feel the impact every day

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ACHIEVED AS PART OF THE IHV TEAM BY THE END OF THE YEAR?
- codification of main Practices
- 1mil revenues
- focused team

WHAT DOES YOUR PERFECT SUNDAY LOOK LIKE?
It should be sunny and I should have no plan (nothing scheduled)

WHAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY RANDOM FACT ABOUT YOU THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW?
Random? me?! Never :-)

PLACE OF BIRTH?
Bucharest, Romania

LANGUAGES YOU SPEAK?
English, Romanian, German

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Barbara Inmann

Process Optimizer

IMPACT IS... Breaking up silos, building bridges and collaborating to create solutions that address societal issues in an innovative and sustainable way.

WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE BECOMING PART OF THE IMPACT HUB VIENNA TEAM?
I worked with GfK as a marketing consultant and intrapreneur in various industries and cultures, changing processes, engaging talent and developing client strategies and products. I also worked in the field of social media research and consulted different social entrepreneurs voluntarily.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?
The diversity of the community, ideas / projects / ventures, spaces. The work on topics that matter to me. The common dreaming

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ACHIEVED AS PART OF THE IHV TEAM BY THE END OF THE YEAR?
I want to have the necessary processes in place that allow Impact Hub Vienna to attract, inspire, connect, empower and retain a diverse and collaborating community of members, program participants, partners and experts from diverse fields.

WHAT DOES YOUR PERFECT SUNDAY LOOK LIKE?
Homemade pancake brunch with friends, family and newspaper, long walks through the woods, jumping into a lake, reading an inspiring book, picnic with friends in a park, dancing to life music at a roof-top terrace

WHAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY RANDOM FACT ABOUT YOU THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW?
As a small girl I had an imaginary friend called “Anschko”, who I would love to meet again!

PLACE OF BIRTH?
Vienna

LANGUAGES YOU SPEAK?
German, English, Spanish

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Dušan Janković

Community Catalyst Consultant

IMPACT IS... Taking inspiring, intention-driven, and courageous actions resulting in permanent positive difference.

WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE BECOMING PART OF THE IMPACT HUB VIENNA TEAM?
I worked on building “Razlivalište” – an NGO aiming to build capacities of young talents in Serbia; studied Informational systems and technologies at University of Belgrade; worked for AIESEC in Serbia; traveled.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?
The ‘professional’ curiosity – exploring and understanding what it is that our community calls work, and more importantly – understanding the drivers behind it.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ACHIEVED AS PART OF THE IHV TEAM BY THE END OF THE YEAR?
To host a large, diverse, and impact-driven community that has the sense of belonging, trust and determination.

WHAT DOES YOUR PERFECT SUNDAY LOOK LIKE?
Run (outdoors) > Swim (in river / lake / sea / ocean) > Shower (long) > Eat (tasty food) > Drink (amazing coffee) > Laugh (with great company) > Explore (new ideas) > Unwind (with a perfect sound / view / movie / book / wine - red) > Sleep > Enter Monday

PLACE OF BIRTH?
Smederevo, Serbia

LANGUAGES YOU SPEAK?
Serbian, English

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Sarah Haas

Community Tummler

IMPACT IS…
Getting from Talking well to Doing good.

WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE BECOMING PART OF THE IMPACT HUB VIENNA TEAM?
I was studying “Environmental- and Natural Resource-Management” at the University of Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), was active in the Students’ Council, organised the Global2000 Festivalradln and worked at the Austrian Institute of Ecology as an adviser for Green Events. My current project is, together with a team of 19, co-creating the [sic!] - students' innovation centre, Vienna's first student-driven idea-creation and implementation space for sustainable projects and start-ups - perhaps the small sister of the Impact Hub Vienna. ;)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?
The atmosphere of creativity and positivity at the Hub and getting inspired & impressed by Impact Hub Vienna Members every day.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ACHIEVED AS PART OF THE IHV TEAM BY THE END OF THE YEAR?
Having created an even more inclusive culture of collaboration and feeling of community, having facilitating meaningful connections and having triggered fruitful member-to-member-support.

WHAT DOES YOUR PERFECT SUNDAY LOOK LIKE?
Lots of sun, no plans and just going with the flow.

WHAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY RANDOM FACT ABOUT YOU THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW?
If there is latin- or 60s-music I can dance all night and day - if there is music I don’t like, I can’t even bring myself to jiggle on the spot.

PLACE OF BIRTH?
7th district, Vienna (just two blocks from the Hub)

LANGUAGES YOU SPEAK?
German, English, Spanish

Ioana Constantin

Acceleration Unit Lead

IMPACT IS... something you do that influences the people around you in a positive way.

WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE BECOMING PART OF THE IMPACT HUB VIENNA TEAM?
I was the Global Growth Coordinator for the Impact Hub network. I hosted, supported, and guided founding teams all around the world through the process of building their Impact Hubs.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?
That most of the times it does not really feel like a job.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ACHIEVED AS PART OF THE IHV TEAM BY THE END OF THE YEAR?
That the learning experience for the Accelerate program runs smoothly and that we support ventures to realize their ideas.

WHAT DOES YOUR PERFECT SUNDAY LOOK LIKE?
In the summer I like to go outside and enjoy the great weather, go swimming, meeting friends and discovering the city without any maps. If we were really talking perfect, then I would spend my day skiing.

PLACE OF BIRTH:
Bucharest, Romania

LANGUAGES:
Romanian, English, Spanish und ein bisschen Deutsch

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Lena Gansterer

Program Director

Coming from the field of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Lena is the Program Director of Investment Ready Program, an accelerator program for social entrepreneurs from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

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Matthias Reisinger

Co-founder & Director

IMPACT IS... Doing what makes you come alive in a way it contributes to more than just yourself.

WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE BECOMING PART OF THE IMPACT HUB VIENNA TEAM?
I was finishing my studies and building up emersense, the NGO which gave birth to the Hub

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?
Prototyping the new way of doing business

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ACHIEVED AS PART OF THE IHV TEAM BY THE END OF THE YEAR?
Hosting the impact eco-system in Austria and bringing it to the next level

WHAT DOES YOUR PERFECT SUNDAY LOOK LIKE?
Excercize + Chillaxation + Good Food & Good Movie in Good Company

WHAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY RANDOM FACT ABOUT YOU THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW?
When I was learning the piano as a child, I refused to learn the music pieces I was supposed to, but only wanted to play my own compositions

PLACE OF BIRTH?
Linz, Austria

LANGUAGES YOU SPEAK?
German, English, French

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Steliana Kokonova

Employment & Happiness Officer

IMPACT IS... what happens when creative & sustainable thinking meets good intentions and creates solutions that work for all.

WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE BECOMING PART OF THE IMPACT HUB VIENNA TEAM?
I did a Masters in Organizational & Social Psychology in London. And just before that I worked at another social business, the Grameen Creative Lab, as part of the Academia Team.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?
Getting to know many different and interesting people every day and working in a young and fun team.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ACHIEVED AS PART OF THE IHV TEAM BY THE END OF THE YEAR?
I would like to have a smoothly running new 1200m2 operation of Impact Hub Vienna with a larger community that creates even larger impact.

WHAT DOES YOUR PERFECT SUNDAY LOOK LIKE?
Delicious brunch with good coffee and good company, reading a book, and my regular Bulgarian folk dance class which takes place every Sunday :)

WHAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY RANDOM FACT ABOUT YOU THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW?
Since more than 2 years I am part of an enthusiastic, amateur Bulgarian folk dance group called “Pendari”

PLACE OF BIRTH?
Sofia, Bulgaria

LANGUAGES YOU SPEAK?
Bulgarian, English, German, French

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Sophie Wirth

Finance Assistant

IMPACT IS...
making the world a better place for all of us

WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE BECOMING PART OF THE IMPACT HUB VIENNA TEAM?
I first joined the Impact Hub as a community host, then became a volunteer for the community circle and finally joined the team as Finance Assistant.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?
The people - the unique community we have here at Impact Hub Vienna!

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ACHIEVED AS PART OF THE IHV TEAM BY THE END OF THE YEAR?
Smooth finance operations ;-),

WHAT DOES YOUR PERFECT SUNDAY LOOK LIKE?
Getting up late, having a luscious breakfast, heading out into the Wienerwald, the Prater, the Donauinsel or Vienna's vineyards with one of my bikes, having a picnic with friends and in the evening, enjoy the sunset with a glass of beer or Rosé wine.

WHAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY RANDOM FACT ABOUT YOU THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW?
Besides my job at Impact Hub Vienna, I'm also an entrepreneur: I run a sportswear startup called Fitico Sportswear, combining my passions for sports, fashion and a sustainable lifestyle.

PLACE OF BIRTH?
Graz, Austria

LANGUAGES YOU SPEAK?
German, English, Spanish

Daniel Utrilla

Floor Manager

IMPACT IS
The beginning of the reaction, every change depends on an action, and the impact is this journey between one idea to a final resolution.

WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE BECOMING PART OF THE IMPACT HUB VIENNA TEAM?
I've studied Mechanical engineer and Product and Industrial Design, so I've worked, in Barcelona in another Coworking space, in different fields in design, product designer, graphic designer, interaction designer, marketing,... So I did a lot of things in relation to design, then I came to Vienna and I started in the hosting program until now.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?
Being in contact with people, and resolve their daily problems, I think every big change, every Impact, depend on small details, so in a way, I am part of the big Impact, and I love that.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ACHIEVED AS PART OF THE IHV TEAM BY THE END OF THE YEAR?
The IHV is a place for the diversity, and from my experience diversity means knowledge, so I really would like to learn from everyone in order to get more information to do the new design of the space in the best way for everyone, and then all of us can feel at home in our working place, sorry, Coworking space.

WHAT DOES YOUR PERFECT SUNDAY LOOK LIKE?
A good Sunday for me means, wake up go to running, prepare a good breakfast, take my camera, go out, meet with my friends, prepare something to eat all of us together, spend the rest of the day talking and laughing, and for the end of the day watch a film on the sofa.

WHAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY RANDOM FACT ABOUT YOU THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW?
I am a completely random person, maybe is because I'm Spanish, or maybe is just because I have a bad connection in my mind, but if I need to choose something, I would say this one:

When I was a child, I was super curious, I've preferred to learn everything from myself and understand the reason for everything. Someday I saw how my father planted a seed and months later we had a tree with fruit, so I decided to plant my piggy bank, and I wait for months, I never could find it again, and I learn that the money doesn't come from trees.

PLACE OF BIRTH?
In a room of the Hospital "Virgen de Los Llanos" in Albacete, Spain

LANGUAGES YOU SPEAK?
Spanish, English, and German.

Kristen Cole

Marketing Lead

IMPACT IS...
Addressing global issues by reinventing the way we think about business and creating unique solutions to societal challenges through entrepreneurship.

WHAT DID YOU DO BEFORE BECOMING PART OF THE IMPACT HUB VIENNA TEAM?
Before I joined Impact Hub Vienna, I held a digital marketing position with one of the fastest-growing business is in Denver, Colorado.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?
The best part about my job is the opportunity I have to share the Hub and the amazing stories of our entrepreneurs with the world. I love chatting with our network about the work happening inside our walls and watching people get inspired.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ACHIEVED AS PART OF THE IHV TEAM BY THE END OF THE YEAR?
By the end of the year I hope to have a scalable inbound marketing machine set up so we can more effectively reach our target audiences and spread the word about impact entrepreneurship in Vienna.

WHAT DOES YOUR PERFECT SUNDAY LOOK LIKE?
My perfect Sunday involves waking up early, driving to a mountain, and climbing to the top of it. The harder the climb the better the view.

WHAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY RANDOM FACT ABOUT YOU THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW?
I love Hot Cheetos.

PLACE OF BIRTH?
Huntington Beach, California

LANGUAGES YOU SPEAK?
English, Spanish-ish, and a few key phrases in German

Marieke Pluk

Investment Ready Program Lead (maternity leave)

MPACT IS...
Creating new insights in people's minds that change their behaviour towards a more sustainable one for themselves and for the planet

WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT YOUR JOB?
Working with do-ers, entrepreneurial minded people with a drive to create positive change

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ACHIEVED AS PART OF THE IHV TEAM BY THE END OF THE YEAR?
Two successful editions of the Investment Ready Program and a good outlook on the future goals of the program.

WHAT DOES YOUR PERFECT SUNDAY LOOK LIKE?
Hang out with family or friends in a nice spot in nature with good food.

WHAT IS AN ABSOLUTELY RANDOM FACT ABOUT YOU THAT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW?
I love chocolate

PLACE OF BIRTH?
Veghel, Netherlands

LANGUAGES YOU SPEAK?
Dutch, English, German, French, Spanish