Elmar Grasser, an Italian citizen, is the Chief Technology Officer of Sunrise, a position he has held since April 2013. Before joining Sunrise, Mr Grasser was the Chief Technology Officer of Orange Austria Telecommunications GmbH from 2008 to 2013. From 2006 to 2007, Mr Grasser served as Chief Technology Officer for networks and IT at E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co. KG in Germany. He also served as Chief Technology Officer at tele.ring Telekom Service GmbH in Austria from 2004 until 2006. Mr Grasser gained international management experience in various positions as a director of engineering for O2 Germany, O2 Limited London and Iridium until 2004. Before that, Mr Grasser worked as an engineer for Siemens in Austria, France and the USA. Mr Grasser has a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the Vienna University of Technology. In 2019, Mr Grasser received a «CTO of the Year» award from Mobile Europe magazine in recognition of his role in connection with the Sunrise 5G technology launch.