Markus Karner was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1979. He studied electrical engineering at the Technische Universität Wien, where he received the degree of Diplomingenieur in November 2004. He joined the Institute for Microelectronics in November 2004, where he was involved in several European and National projects. His scientific interests include modeling and simulation of optical devices as well as modeling of quantum effects in device simulation. Since June 2007, he is the head of Global TCAD Solutions.

Christian Kernstock was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1982. He studied electrical engineering at the Technische Universität Wien. His scientific interests include structure generation, meshing, and visualization for scientific computing. He is the leading software developer of Global TCAD Solutions.

Oskar Baumgartner was born in Krems an der Donau, Austria, in 1982. He studied electrical engineering at the Technische Universität Wien, where he received the degree of Diplomingenieur in January 2007. He joined the Institute for Microelectronics in February 2007, where he is currently working on his doctoral degree. His scientific interests include modeling and simulation of quantum transport in optical and nanoelectronic devices. He is responsible for the development of simulation models.

Petra Karner was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1980. She studies European economics and business administration at the University of Applied Sciences, BFI Vienna. She is responsible for finance, marketing, and controlling.

Manfred Fischer was born 1952 in Austria. He is the Managing Director of the Hirtenberger Defence Systems GmbH & Co KG. He is a financial and project consultant and supports Gobal TCAD Solutions as a business angel.

Hans Kosina received the Diplomingenieur degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree from the Technische Universität Wien in 1987 and 1992, respectively. He received the venia docendi in Microelectronics in 1998, where he is currently an associate professor. His current research interests include modeling of semiconductor devices and strain effects, quantum transport in nanoelectronic devices, organic semiconductors and optoelectronic devices, and computer aided engineering in ULSI-technology.