Resume
Dávid Kitzinger – Hungary, 1022 Budadapest, Felvinci út 5.
Cell: +36303979890 / E-mail: kitzinger_at_gmail.com
Professional experience
| 2011- present
2010-2011
2005 – 2010 |
Head of Sound Recording Licencing at ARTISJUS Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors Rights – New media licensing, phonomechanical licencing, blank carrier remunerations.
Owner at Odorama Consulting Odorama provides consulting services on digital archives, new media development, online audiovisual sevices, public service information re-use consultancy. Our clients are TV channels, book publishers, VoD service providers, and film distributors. John von Neumann Digital Library and Multimedia Center Nonprofit Ltd. – Managing Director |
| General management responsibilities.Operating and developing National Digital Data Archives (search engine, metadata standards, community tools)Setting up and operating the Hungarian National Audiovisual Archive, a legal deposit archive for Hungarian broadcast media and some special digital collections.Book digitization programs.
Setting up and developing an open access Public Service Information search engine. Professional support of legislation and strategic planning on relating fields. |
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| 2004 – 2005 | Hungarian Ministry of Informatics and Communications, chief advisor to the Minister |
| Strategic planning (creative industries, digital media, PSI and public archives)Supervising content development programs:- programs for digitizing cultural heritage and contemporary broadcast media- House of Future exhibition and cultural center for promoting information society.
Participation in the preparation and implementation of Freedom of Information Act and relating decrees. Contribution to various national strategies (Hungarian Information Society, Hungarian Broadband Strategy). Liaising with stakeholders and with the Ministry’s affiliated institutes. Planning and operating funding programs (online content development, digalization and IT related R&D) |
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| 2002 – 2004 | Ministry of Informatics and Communication, deputy director general |
| Liaising with professional and civil organizationsDecision support- Providing support to the Minister in decision-making
– Evaluation of decision influencing factors – Analysis of social effects of policies Interdepartmental relations with Ministry of Cultural Heritage – planning of digital content development programs – coordinating policies |
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| 2001-2002 | Replika, Hungarian social sciences journal, editor |
| 2000-2001 | Kirowski Ltd., Hungarian interactive agency, consultant |
| – Research projects- information architecture planning- project management |
Teaching
| 2001-2008 | Courses in social theory, communication- and media at ELTE University of Budapest and Corvinus University of Economics, Laszlo Rajk College for Advanced Studies. |
Studies
| 2008 | US State Department, International Visitors Leadership Program – study tour |
| 2002 | Central European University, MA in Political Science |
| 2000- | ELTE University of Budapest, Doctoral Program in Sociology, PhD. student |
| 1999 | ELTE University of Budapest, MA in Sociology (Specialization: Sociology of Media and Communications) |
| 1998 | University of Stirling, Film and Media Studies, visiting student |
Main publications
| 2007 | co-author of Public Service Media in the 21st Century – Policy paper for the Hungarian Public Service Television, Mediakutato 2007/2. |
| 2006 | co-author of Culture of Freedom – Hungarian Cultural Strategy 2007-20. Official cultural strategy of the Hungarian Ministry of Cultural Heritage. |
| 2002 | Fairy Tales. Budapest International Fairs as Virtual Shopping Tours. Cultural Studies 2002. Vol.16. special issue 1. with Otto Gecser |
| 2000 | Theory of Moral Panics. Replika 2000/ 40: 23-49. |
| 2000- | Newspaper and journal articles about information society, digital content development, digital culture, new media and cultural policy. |
Language skills
| Hungarian: | Native |
| English: | Excellent |
Skills
Extensive use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Prezi, SPSS. Basic knowledge of archival hardware and software infrastructures. Product development experience. Driving licence.
Professional strengths
– Intelligent problem-solver with analytical skills
– Strategic thinking
– Good motivator
– Excellent communication skills
– Good at teamwork
Personal details
Born in Hungary 02/02/1976.
Two childen: Vilmos (2008), Mihály (2009)
Hobby
Blog writing, ice hockey, running
