Leo Steiner has, since January 2007, served as Country General Manager at IBM Austria. Previously he was Vice President of Technology for Collaboration Services STG, Vice President Business Development STG of Northeast Europe, and Vice President e-business on Demand, Europe. In 1997 Steiner was Director of Industry Sales, Emerging Markets; in 1999, Director of Networking Hardware Sales, and in 2000 Vice President of Web Server Sales at EMEA. After completing his studies in 1978, Steiner was employed as Systems Engineer for the Public Sector area of IBM Austria, where he held various professional and management functions in sales, engineering and services until 1997. Grazer is married and is the father of a daughter.