Head of Department of State Information Systems

Арво Отт – Член Правления Совета Директоров Академии Электронного Управления. Таллинн, Эстония. Г-н Отт возглавляет департамент государственных информационных систем Эстонии, также является членом двух комитетов ЕС по развитию информационного общества.

Date of birth 1954

Education

1972-1977 Engineer, Tallinn Polytechnic Institute

1887 Academy of Sciences, Institute of Cybernetics

Occupation

1976-1991 Head of Department of Speech Technology, Institute of Cybernetics of Academy of Sciences of Estonia

1991-1993 Director, CEO at AS Univoice Ltd

1993 – Head of Department of the State Chancellery, from 2000 Ministry of Transport and Communications, Department of State Information Systems

Other information

Membership of professional bodies:

• Member of Estonian Informatics Council

• Estonian representative of International Council for IT in Government Administration (ICA), Member of Joint High Level Committee (Committee on Information Society of

CEEC – EU initiative on development of Information Society in Europe

• Member of IT Committee of Baltic Council of Ministers

• Estonian representative of Northern Dimension actions on IT

• Member of Council of Estonian National Library

Other skills: (e.g. Computer literacy, etc.)

• Project management

• Expert on IT and Speech technology

• Experience on Information Policy issues and implementation of coordination of state information systems starting from 1993