Susanne Dirks

Current

• Manager, Global Centre for Economic Development at IBM Institute for Business Value

Past

• Lead Resource & Delivery Manager at IBM
• Managing Consultant at IBM
• Manager, Euro Business Development at IBM

• EMEA Software Telesales Manager at IBM

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Education

• The University of Edinburgh
• Middlesex University
• Fachakademie fuer Fremdsprachen an der Universitaet Erlangen

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Websites

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Susanne Dirks’s Experience

• Manager, Global Centre for Economic Development

  IBM Institute for Business Value

  (Management Consulting industry)

  January 2007 — Present (3 years )

  Research into and development of thought leadership in the area of economics and ICT

• Lead Resource & Delivery Manager

  IBM

  (Public Company; Management Consulting industry)

  January 2004 — December 2006 (3 years )

• Managing Consultant

  IBM

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  January 2001 — December 2003 (3 years )

• Manager, Euro Business Development

  IBM

  (Government Administration industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

• EMEA Software Telesales Manager

  IBM

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 1998 — December 1999 (1 year 2 months)

Susanne Dirks’s Education

• The University of Edinburgh

  MSc , Knowledge Based Systems , 1992 — 1993

  MSc Thesis: "Development of a Knowledge-Based System for Personal Financial Planning Guided by Pragmatic Kads"

• Middlesex University

  BSc Hons First Class , Information Technology with Science, Technology & Society Studies , 1989 — 1992

• Fachakademie fuer Fremdsprachen an der Universitaet Erlangen

  Staatlich Gepruefter Uebersetzer , English/Germany & Technology/Economics , 1987 — 1989

Additional Information

Susanne Dirks’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Portfolio
• My Portfolio

Susanne Dirks’s Groups:

•    Executive Suite
•    Edinburgh Informatics Alumni
•    The Economist Newspaper readers
•    Irish German Expatriates
•    Urban Planning Group
•    Middlesex University London Alumni
•    GREEN CITIES: Smart Growth & Sustainability for the DENSE URBAN context.
•    The Digital Future Group
•    International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
•    STRATEGY PROFESSIONALS NETWORK
•    Future Trends
•    Intelligent Community Forum
•    IASP 2009
•    Smarter Planet
•    EURADA
•    EU/US Economic Development Networkers
•    SMART CITIES and CITY 2.0
•    Innovation Cities [2thinknow]
•    Economic Development Research Partners
•    Renewable Energy World
•    TEDx Dublin
•    2010 Leadership Summit
•    Global Thought Leadership community

Susanne Dirks’s Contact Settings

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