Mátyás Horvai

His first job was at the Measurement and Computing Research Institute (MSZKI) of the Central Physics Research Institute (KFKI) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, where he worked on the design and implementation of large industrial and laboratory IT systems.

From 1989, he became the Managing Director of LIAS Ltd. of the KFKI Group, and then – after the merger with another network company of the Group, Networx Ltd. in 1996 – of its successor LNX Hálózatintegracíos Ltd. The merger resulted in the creation of the country’s largest network integration company at the time. In 2003, LNX Ltd. was transformed into a joint-stock company, of which he became the chairman.

In 2004, the restructuring of the KFKI Group began at his suggestion, in which he performed operational management tasks. He was appointed CEO of the new KFKI Group (KFKI LNX, ICON, IQSYS). The KFKI Group became one of the most significant systems integration companies in the country, becoming a market leader in several activities (e.g. network integration, custom application development).

From September 2006, through an acquisition, the KFKI Group became a member of the Magyar Telekom Group and continued to operate as its subsidiary. It left the Group in October 2009 upon the expiration of its contract.

In 2009, he graduated from the accredited coach training school of Neosys Organization Development and Consulting Ltd., and then worked as a consultant at Neosys for a year. After that, he worked as a freelance business consultant and coach.

Starting in 2012, he supported the development of special mobile applications in several start-up companies, sometimes as an investor, sometimes as a senior executive, and sometimes as a consultant.

From the mid-1990s, he was a member of the presidency of the Association of Information Technology, Telecommunications and Electronics Enterprises (IVSZ) for a few years, and head of the Network Department.