János Vinnai

Between 1973 and 1976, he was a trainee at the Bemérő plant of the VIDEOTON Electronics Company's factory in Székesfehérvár.

In the fall of 1976, he joined the Miskolc Research Branch of the Institute of Construction Economics and Organization (ÉGSZI), at the EMG-830 computer center. Here, he was involved in the operation of EMG-830, R-10, R-20 and IBM-360 computers and later became the Head of Development Office there.

In 1988, he and several colleagues founded the well-known Szinva Net Informatikai Kft., which prospered in national projects, and was its manager from the beginning. By 2019, he had trained dozens of professionals from his nearly 250 employees who became managers or senior staff of the most outstanding Hungarian companies.
He played a prominent role in the installation and network development of the personal computer systems of the Hungarian Post Office, the Northern Hungarian Electricity Supply Service (ÉMÁSZ), and the Hungarian Oil and Gas Company (MOL) - first using Token-ring and then Novell technology.
He and his company are responsible for the first DOS ABC and then Windows ABC educational programs, with which they won the COMPFAIR exhibitor award.

He was the vice-president of the Association of Information Technology, Telecommunications and Electronics Enterprises (IVSZ) for two terms, then became the president and later co-president of the Information Technology College of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MKIK). His main area of expertise is primarily the digital preparation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Awards: Ministerial Diploma for the Information Society; Magnum Aurorum (University of Miskolc); Entrepreneur of the Year (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County);
SME Entrepreneur of the Year (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Chamber of Commerce and Industry); Outstanding Supporter of the Year (Miskolc City Municipality).