Nicola Burkhardt

About Nicola

Nicola is a 26-year-old postgraduate student at the University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, attending the Master’s degree program in Information-, Media-, and Technology Management (IMT). His research focus is cloud computing. At the same time, he is member of the board of managers of Shirtex LLC, a company specialized in the processing of textiles. He is responsible for all financial concerns and the internal IT system. He spends his leisure time with kite surfing, snowboarding or in the gym.

Nicola used Sawtooth Software’s ACBC module to write his master thesis at the University of St.Gallen. The goal of the paper, which was written in the context of the 4CaaSt research project , was to identify the most important characteristics and features of on-demand platform solutions from the perspective of business customers and software developers by questioning representatives of companies within the information industry.

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Colin Daniels

 

About Colin

Colin is currently completing his MBA in Entrepreneurship at the Gordon Institute of Business Science at the University of Pretoria and runs a boutique digital agency called More Than Media.

Prior to following his entrepreneurial calling, Colin held various executive positions in the corporate world including; Head of Digital at Auto Trader (South Africa) and Publisher of The Times Online (Times Live) – one of Africa’s largest news portals.

An academic at heart, Colin also lectured new media for 2 years at Rhodes University School of Journalism and Media Studies, where he taught digital theory and production to post-graduate journalism students.

Colin is currently conducting research into what attracts and motivates highly skilled knowledge workers at technology start-ups in South Africa and whether financial or non-financial incentives are more compelling. His research uses a mixed-method design comprising of expert interviews and a conjoint experiment powered by Sawtooth Software’s Adaptive Choice (ACBC).

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