Linnar Viik (born 26 February 1965 in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

) is an

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n information technology scientist, entrepreneur and IT visionary. Currently he is a visiting lecturer at

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and

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, Partner and Member of the Board o
Mobi Solutions
and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of EIT Digital. As founder and Programme Director at Estonian

e-Governance Academy e-Governance Academy (eGA, Estonian language, Estonian: ''E-riigi Akadeemia Sihtasutus'') is a non-profit foundation that assists public sector institutions worldwide in digital transformation. The organization was founded in 2002, by a joint init ...

, he has been advising more than 40 governments on their digital strategy, digital capacities and digital transformation roadmaps. He has been member of the Research and Development Council of Estonia 2001-2017, member of e-Estonia Council 1996-2021. He is also member of the Supervisory Board of SEI Tallinn and member of the Advisory Board of Lisbon Council. Linnar has been member of the Board and lecturing at Estonian IT College since 2000 where he was appointed Acting Rector in 2010. Linnar Viik was founding Member of the

European Institute of Innovation and Technology The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is an independent body of the European Union with juridical personality, established in 2008 intended to strengthen Europe's ability to innovate.

Governing Board, member of Advisory Board of

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, Chairman of the Board of the Open Estonia Foundation. He is a founder and member of the boards of several mobile communications, broadband and software companies, former advisor to the

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on ICT,

innovation Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or service (economics), services or improvement in offering goods or services. ISO TC 279 in the standard ISO 56000:2020 defines innovation as "a n ...

, R&D and

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issues.

Äripäev ''Äripäev'' (Estonian for "Business Day") is an Estonian financial newspaper in tabloid format. It was founded in 1989 by '' Dagens Industri'', a leading Swedish financial newspaper. The first issue of ''Äripäev'' was published on 9 October ...

November 16, 2001
M-äri keskendub SMSile
by Viktoria Korpan
Earlier occupations include

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Development Programme as advisor and

Stockholm Environment Institute Stockholm Environment Institute, or SEI, is a non-profit, independent research and policy institute specialising in sustainable development and environmental issues, with seven affiliate offices around the world. SEI works on climate change, en ...

as Councilor. Linnar Viik has written over 120 articles and 10 reports, mostly on the topics of Knowledge Based Economy and Implications of Information Society, as well as being instrumental in the rapid development of Estonian computer and network infrastructure, as well as the Estonian Internet Voting and eSignature projects.

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Linnar Viik - Estonia's Mr Internet
1965 births Living people Estonian computer scientists Information theorists Computer science educators Estonian scholars People from Tallinn Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 5th Class {{Estonia-academic-bio-stub