Current Activity
The core research interests of Bernd Schenk are Serviceoriented Architectures (SOA), Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP systems) and Business Process Management (BPM). Bernd is a lecturer in the Bachelor and Master study programs in Information Systems and Business Process Management. Furthermore, he is the executive director of the Competence Center ERP located at the Institute of Information Systems.

Bernd Schenk is executive director of the Master program in Business Process Management. As Executive Director of the institute he coordinates the administrative processes and further education programmes of the institute.

As Vice-President of the Liechtenstein Chapter of the AIS (LCAIS) Bernd Schenk is responsible for conferences and programs of the LCAIS.

Bernd Schenk's research has been published in several conference proceedings, including the American Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) and the International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS).

Office hours: Wednesday 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm, only by appointment with the administration office ().

Thesis Topics for Students
I am open to discuss any topics related to the area of ERP and BI systems, SOA, and web service technology as a possible topic of your bachelor/master thesis. Please prepare a short description (one-pager) as a starting point for a discussion during my office hours. Please see also the tab "Theses" in my profile.

2003 - 2009
PhD (Doctor rerum socialium oeconomicarumque)
Institute for Management Information Systems, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria.
Title of doctoral thesis: "Modifications of the implementation process caused by intensive modularisation of ERP systems by means of web services for companies in the retail sector"
Supervisor: em. Univ. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Robert Hansen

1998 - 2003
Master of Science in Business Administration (Magister rerum socialium oeconomicarumque)
University of Innsbruck, Faculty of Social and Economic Science, Austria.
Specialization in Information Systems and Marketing.

1993 - 1998
Industrial Engineer (Ingenieur)
Technical College for Textile Industry, Department of Industrial Engineering, Dornbirn, Austria

2007 - 2008
E-Commerce Coordinator and Data-Warehouse Information Manager
in the segment of luxury textile goods

2006 - 2007
Consultant
for SAP-SCM and SAP-SRM Systems
Trainer
for SAP-SCM on behalf of the SAP AG in Germany, Switzerland, Austria

2006
Analyst
for SAP-SCM und SAP-SRM Systems

2003 - 2005
Self-employed Consultant
for projects in the area of Information Systems and Marketing

2001 - 2003
Coordinator for PR & Marketing
in the segment of social services

since 1998
IT and Marketing-Coordinator
Mode Emi Schenk GmbH

since 2011
Member of executive committee, mid-level faculty, University of Liechtenstein

2010
Guest lecturer
Tongji University, Shanghai, China

2009
Guest lecturer
University of Barcelona, Spain

since 2009
Guest lecturer
University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, Germany

2005
Internship in the area of software development and software testing
Bangalore, India

2001
Austrian Students Program
University of New Orleans, LA, USA

2009
SAP - Certified Solution Architect
ERP Integration of Business Processes with mySAP ERP

2006
SAP - Certified Solution Consultant
for SAP-SCM and SAP-SRM

since 2008
Association for Information Systems (AIS)

since 2001
Austrian Computer Society
Vienna, Austria