Johannes Gutleber is in charge of developing strategies and implementation scenarios for future research infrastructure projects at CERN. In particular, he coordinates CERN’s its host states, France and Switzerland. In the frame of this work, Johannes leads socio-economic studies, an integral part of CERN's future project developments, to identify new tools for measuring and optimising the different types of societal benefits that stem from investments in large-scale research infrastructure.

Before the launch of the FCC study in 2014, Johannes conceived and managed the implementation of a number of key systems for the MedAustron particle-accelerator based cancer treatment facility. The project was developed as a cooperation between the Austria and CERN and is considered as an example of knowledge transfer from fundamental scientific research to societal applications.

Before the MedAustron project, between 1997 and 2008 Johannes developed the on-line software systems of the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS), one of the two large experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This was one of the mission critical subsystems of the experiment that enabled scientists the timely scientific research that led to the quick experimental verification of the Higgs boson.

Johannes Gutleber holds a doctorate degree and a diploma engineer degree from the Technical University Vienna, Austria in technical sciences and in computer science.

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