Expert in computer science and social anthropology, he is professor and head of the Laboratory of Pedagogical Technologies at the Rezekne Academy of Technologies, in Latvia. He is member of the PHD board ""Economy, Ecology, and Preservation of Agricultural and Environmental Systems"" at the University of Udine, in Italy; President of a private non-profit research institute in Italy (Ecoistituto del Friuli Venezia Giulia), specialized in sustainable development. He worked as a manager in several private ICT companies and was director of an R&D laboratory of a large ICT company in Italy.