I was a young employee at a trading company when I met Reinhold Karner about 30 years ago. Together we implemented a new ERP business software solution with Reinhold's software and consulting company KTW. I had already at that time been very impressed with Reinhold Karner's practical focus and his promising ideas and solutions that fascinated me.

This remained the same in all the 20 years of working together and Reinhold Karner was always my go-to person for new and ground-breaking IT solutions.

Even today, despite the fact that our business paths have parted, I follow Reinhold Karner’s career and he remains a "phenomenon" far beyond the IT world. His ability to predict future trends, together with his life's and business experiences, make him a source of inspiration for every company and its employees.

I have been honoured to know Reinhold for several years and since I first met him I was always struck by his keen sense of business, entrepreneurship and his gentlemanly way of doing business. An astute observer and predictor of trends, he is one of the few I refer to when I need some serious, unbiased advice.

The fact that he has impressive business connections and a keen sense of charming, self deprecative humour makes him the life of any party.

Reinhold Karner, for me, is an extraordinary person. We met in 1997 when his company won a contract over international competition for an ERP system for the Playmobil Group in Germany and Malta. This business connection developed into long years of close friendship.

He is none the less a person who has helped me over the years through his deep knowledge with objective, competent advice. As his friend I watched him as an acclaimed young entrepreneur in Tyrol suddenly facing ruin. He has not only learned his lesson but also reinvented himself and he is now extremely successful in advising businesses from start-ups up to top companies, worldwide.

His career is an epitome of a perfect motivator and sparring partner for entrepreneurs, leaders and executives. His drive to focus on the newest technological and business topics of our time turns every conversation into a master class of thought. Students, young entrepreneurs, business people, leaders and managers will profit immensely from his knowledge and his experience.

Most importantly, Reinhold Karner always puts human values at the cornerstone of everything. It is an honour to be his friend.

Reinhold Karner is an impressive individual: entrepreneur, advisor, networker and lateral thinker! He specialises like no other in hot technological and business topics of our time. His ability to identify trends, to see the bigger picture, coupled with his experience and first-hand knowledge, make him a thinker who is second to none.

You would be hard pushed to find someone like Reinhold Karner who possesses such profound and detailed knowledge of digital technologies and artificial intelligence - AI - simultaneously and who could still see "the big picture" and social developments. Reinhold Karner is an exceptionally significant and influential initiator on these topics.

For over 15 years Reinhold Karner has been a key sparring partner; he gave me also essential impulses for my latest book, "Digital Disruption"!

Hundreds of students benefitted from his fascinating guest speeches at the University of Innsbruck and the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, learning from his knowledge, his experience and his personal career advice.

I got to know Reinhold Karner when working on a very large IT project with our company back in 2012. Due to his very pleasant and down-to-earth nature, we quickly established a good working relationship. Over the years, Reinhold has become a close friend of our company and myself as well as an indispensable advisor in many general and strategic business situations.

Reinhold has been a memeber of the Travel partner Group's Advisory Board since June 2018. We are very proud that we were able to win him for this role and that he will accompany and advise us in all relevant future corporate decisions! 

The expertise contributed by Reinhold Karner, especially in the digital world, are both fascinating and inspiring for us, so that we, as a tourism company, are able to easily absorb and implement complex technological correlations continuously and profitably within our company since years.

For me, Reinhold is a very impressive and enriching personality that I have come to know as an entrepreneur in my business life.

Reinhold Karner is one of the most impressive individuals I have ever met in my entrepreneurial life. His unique career, which took him up to the very top and also down to the bottom, made him the perfect coach and sparring partner in my view. He has shown what true resilience looks like and this is something every entrepreneur should learn.

Aside from his diverse experiences, it is his network that's truly valuable. There has hardly been an innovative topic for which he did not have the right contacts – most of the time though the best contact was himself.

I have benefitted a lot from his inspiration and my latest book on the topic, “Digital Transformation – how to manage the transition as a family business”, would have hardly been possible without his input. I enjoyed working with Reinhold Karner and he is a real highlight for my students!