René Wijnand Wagenaar was a Dutch academic, and Professor of Information and Communication Technology at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management of the Delft University of Technology, known for his work on Modular Network Design and shared service centers.
Education
Born in Amsterdam, Wagenaar obtained his Bachelor of Science in economics from the Free University Amsterdam, and his Doctor of Philosophy in experimental physics from the University of Amsterdam in 1984 with the thesis, entitled "Small angle elastic scattering of electrons by noble gas atom.".
Career
After graduation he started his career in industry as computer network architect at Philips in Eindhoven and Sunnyvale, California. Back in The Netherlands he was appointed lecturer in Information and communications technology at the Faculty of Economics of the Erasmus University Rotterdam, where in 1989 he was appointed Associate Professor in Business Telecommunications at the Faculty of Management. In 1996 he moved back to industry, starting at the telecom company KPN in corporate R&Doctorate strategy.
Also at the Free University of Amsterdam, he was appointed part-time Professor in "Teleservices, in particular their economic aspects." In 2001 he was appointed Professor of Information and Communication Technology at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management of the Delft University of Technology.
Nunen, Jo van, Hans van der Heijden & Rene B. C., and René Wijnand Janssen, Marijn, and René Janssen, Marijn, and Rene.