Kristjan Rebane, information society expert

Kristjan Rebane has been involved with information and communication technology (ICT) topics for 15 years, and is no stranger to a sea of acronyms from TCP/IP to SWOT.

His responsibilities have included managing Information Society Programme at the Open Estonia Foundation and administering the Tiger University Programme of the Estonian IT Foundation. Some of Kristjan's noteworthy projects are coordinating the establishment of the first Public Internet Access Points in Estonia, setting up the Estonian IT College, and launching SAIS, the national Internet-based enrolment system for universities.

Kristjan has also served on the boards of the Estonian Junior Achievement Foundation and regional internet-connectivity development programme Külatee.

Kristjan graduated with Honours in the telecommunications policy field (Comm. Mgmt) from the University of Strathclyde (Scotland) Business School Master's (MCM) programme in 2003.

The languages he commands best are Estonian and English, but can manage well also in Finnish, Russian and Norwegian. In his free time, he enjoys good music and films, travelling and spending time with his good friends. Kristjan joined the Development Fund in September 2007.