Michael Kass-Buchberger

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Founder of PATHfindr โค๏ธ| Teach for Austria Alumnus ๐Ÿ”ฅ| Community builder ๐Ÿค| Storyteller ๐ŸŽค @ PATHfindr
Michael Kass-Buchberger's Location
Linz, Upper Austria, Austria, Austria
About Michael Kass-Buchberger

Hi, my name is Michael. ๐Ÿ‘‹ My passion is to enable everybody to unlock their full potential. Whether it is in a classroom, on a university campus, in a workshop setting, or on stage โ€“ I love to see the eyes of my audience sparkle when thinking about how they master their future with their own superpowers.I use my 3 superpowers ๐Ÿ‘‰ building communities that support each other๐Ÿ‘‰ telling compelling stories to inspire ๐Ÿ‘‰ creating social impact through purpose-driven actions to make a difference in our society and I invite you with all my heart to come along.๐Ÿš€ ๐๐€๐“๐‡๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ โ€“ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌAs the co-founder of PATHfindr, I am committed to supporting teenagers from underresourced communities in their career orientation process by providing them with an online safe space where they can benefit from anonymous and free career guidance.If you are an enterprise driven to be a socially responsible corporation I would love to get in touch to talk about how you could support our cause.Find out more about what we offer at www.pathfindr.at๐ŸŽค ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ & ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซHaving traveled to 40+ countries, worked in different industries, and experienced some heart-breaking moments in education I love to share my countless stories with others. Be it on stage or in a workshop setting where I guide you through the process of how to achieve a career with purpose.If you are looking for a passionate speaker, look no further - drop me a message.๐ŸŽ“ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒTeaching in middle school and university gives me a great insight into Austriaโ€™s complex education system. Even though the future of any child is still heavily dependent on the level of income and education of its parents I do not rest to fight for equal opportunities for all. I utterly believe that every child has the right to lead a happy life. ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญYou are curious to learn more? Wonderful โ€“ I am happy to connect and chat about how I can support you. You can reach me via the following channels:๐Ÿ“ฌ LinkedIn: Just connect and drop me a message๐Ÿ“ž +43 677 63733198๐ŸŒ www.pathfindr.at๐Ÿ“ฉ welcome@pathfindr.at

Michael Kass-Buchberger's Current Company Details
PATHfindr

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Founder of PATHfindr โค๏ธ| Teach for Austria Alumnus ๐Ÿ”ฅ| Community builder ๐Ÿค| Storyteller ๐ŸŽค
Michael Kass-Buchberger Work Experience Details
  • Pathfindr
    Social Entrepreneur
    Pathfindr Jan 2022 - Present
    Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
    Imagine you are 15 again โ€“ did you know which path to choose at the end of compulsory school? I did not - and actually, most teenagers really struggle with making an informed and suitable decision.PATHfindr is here to help. Together with well-established Rat auf Draht ๐ˆ ๐œ๐จ-๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐š ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐‚๐Ž๐‘๐ƒ. There, experienced career advisors and especially trained peers offer support in the career orientation process and provide a safe-space for everyone willing to work on their future โ€“ anonymous, free and easily accessible from everywhere.
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  • Teach For Austria
    Teaching Alumnus
    Teach For Austria Jan 2022 - Present
    Haid, Upper Austria, Austria
    The opportunities for kids in Austria still heavily depend on the level of education and income of their parents. Because every kid deserves the right to a bright future ๐ˆ ๐š๐ฆ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ. As a teacher in a public middle school with a high share of teenagers from underresourced communities, I am educating kids aged 10-14 years in the subjects of English, Geography and Economics as well as Digital Education.
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  • Teach For Austria
    Parental Leave
    Teach For Austria Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
    Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
    Being a father comes with great responsibility โ€“ responsibility for the life and future of an individual. Unfortunately, not even 1 out of 5 Austrian dads takes parental leave โ€“ leaving all the burden on the mother. By committing myself full-time for 4 months to take care of our child - while my partner resumes her career - ๐ˆ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. During this time, I encourage learning, celebrate new discoveries, enforce social bonds, manage emotions and lead by example - all 24/7.
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  • Teach For Austria
    Teach For Austria Fellow | 2-Year Leadership Development Programme
    Teach For Austria Jun 2019 - Aug 2021
    Linz
    In a demanding application process, Teach For Austria selects outstanding personalities for its fellow program every year. Less than 10% of all applicants pass this selection process. Fellows are characterized by their professional and social commitment. They go through an intensive 11-week training phase and ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐จ-๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง. The entire school assignment including 1050 hours of accompanying training, workshops and development talks is designed as a leadership program.
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  • Jku Business School
    Lecturer
    Jku Business School Oct 2020 - Feb 2023
    Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
    With more than 23,000 students the Johannes Kepler University Linz ranks among the 5 largest universities in Austria. ๐€๐ฌ a ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ "๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ" (10/21 - 02/23) and "Strategic management in complex and dynamic environments" (10/20 - 02/22). Getting out of the comfort zone, enabling personal growth among students, and supporting them in their future career decision - for me a perfect recipe for a great learning experience.
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  • Erema Engineering Recycling Maschinen Und Anlagen Ges.M.B.H.
    Sales Manager - Europe
    Erema Engineering Recycling Maschinen Und Anlagen Ges.M.B.H. Aug 2016 - Apr 2019
    Ansfelden
    ๐๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต (๐—˜๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ). But there are ways to cope with the constantly growing flow of plastics - the solution is to reduce consumption and recycle! At the world market leader for plastics recycling machinery, I was responsible for all sales activities within Europe for the product group โ€œPET recycling machinesโ€.My duties involved:- business development and customer acquisition- negotiation and deal closing- shaping and steering a Europe-wide dealer network- representation at trade shows and speeches at conferences- developing partnerships with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)With close to a hundred travel days per year to around 20 countries, I got a hands-on insight into the world of plastics recycling in Europe.
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  • Loxone โ€“ Create Automation
    International Partner Consultant
    Loxone โ€“ Create Automation May 2016 - Jul 2016
    Kollerschlag
    ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€. My time at Loxone - an Austrian smart home pioneer gave me an interesting insight into the field of smart solutions. My duties involved consulting for international partners, distributors, and key accounts.
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  • Teufelberger Gruppe
    Business Development - Composite
    Teufelberger Gruppe May 2015 - Apr 2016
    Wels
    ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด-๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป? During my time at the TEUFELBERGER Group, a family-owned company with more than 230 years of successful history I had the chance to immerse in the topic of change management. In a start-up division seeking to diversify the core business by adding new materials, such as carbon fiber in order to create lightweight composite solutions (e.g. for automotive applications), I was responsible for business development, sales, and project management.
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  • Stucon Junior Enterprise
    Junior Consultant
    Stucon Junior Enterprise Nov 2012 - Jun 2014
    Krems
    ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ - ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ. As a member of a junior enterprise I was involved in consulting and project management in the area of Marketing and Event Management. The organization of national networking events and even a trip to the annual junior enterprise network meeting in Brussels were highlights.
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  • Audi Ag
    Project Management In Emerging Markets
    Audi Ag Aug 2013 - Feb 2014
    Ingolstadt, Germany
    As an assistant to project managers dealing with the development of local production possibilities in emerging markets I actively contributed to the compilation of feasibility analysis, the development of decision-making materials, project management and workshop organization.
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  • Hueck Folien Gesellschaft M.B.H.
    Sales And Marketing
    Hueck Folien Gesellschaft M.B.H. May 2012 - Jul 2012
    Baumgartenberg, Upper Austria, Austria
    Supporting the local sales and marketing departments at 2 different sites:- 1 month in Weiden, Germany (July 2010)- 3 months in Baumgartenberg, Austria (May - July 2012)
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Michael Kass-Buchberger Skills

Microsoft Office Intercultural Skills English Teamwork Marketing Project Management Sales Management Marketing Research Team Leadership Negotiation Analytical Thinking International Business

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What company does Michael Kass-Buchberger work for?

Michael Kass-Buchberger works for Pathfindr

What is Michael Kass-Buchberger's role at the current company?

Michael Kass-Buchberger's current role is Founder of PATHfindr โค๏ธ| Teach for Austria Alumnus ๐Ÿ”ฅ| Community builder ๐Ÿค| Storyteller ๐ŸŽค.

What schools did Michael Kass-Buchberger attend?

Michael Kass-Buchberger attended University Of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, School Of Creative Solutions / Pรคdagogische Hochschule Oberรถsterreich, Imc Fachhochschule Krems, Vienna University Of Economics And Business & Mtf Stu Bratislava, City University Of Hong Kong, Europagymnasium Baumgartenberg.

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Michael Kass-Buchberger has interest in Social Services, Politics, Environment, Reading, Sports, Continuing Education.

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Michael Kass-Buchberger has skills like Microsoft Office, Intercultural Skills, English, Teamwork, Marketing, Project Management, Sales Management, Marketing Research, Team Leadership, Negotiation, Analytical Thinking, International Business.

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