Vyke Communications, April 2007-

Vyke Communications is a leading Voice-over-IP service provider offering VoIP and callback services globally. We're currently experiencing a booming growth, and are listed on the London Stock Exchange. I work on the African markets as VP Sales Africa.

IPdrum AS, April 2006 - March 2007

IPdrum is a young Norwegian technology company, supplying innovative hardware and software to the fast growing market for mobile internet telephony.
IP VoiceLink is a GSM/VoIP gateway that enables users to make and receive Skype calls on ordinary mobile phones. Launched in November 2006, the product became commercially available in December same year.
Position: Sales Executive Western Europe.
Tasks: Development and management of relationships with distributors and retailers, partner skills augmentation, training of salespeople, development of sales and marketing material.

For more information on IPdrum, please see www.ipdrum.com, or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipdrum.

Position: Sales Executive
Tasks: Selling mobile, fixed, xDSL, and fibre optic solutions to the corporate market.

For more information on Ventelo Norge AS, please see http://www.ventelo.no.

Biashara Consulting, January 2004 - August 2005

Between January 2004 and August 2005, I operated as a Business Strategies Consultant in Nairobi, Kenya, through my own company, Biashara Consulting.
My major reference projects in Biashara Consulting were:

ICRAF (UN Nairobi Office).  http://www.icraf.org.

1. Content development and coaching of an ICRAF Information Management workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for national information managers from 11 countries under the SEARNET project organization. Subject of the workshop: Internet-based Information Management.
2. Development of a strategy for internet-based communication for SEARNET. The project included supervision of the implementation process, and coaching of an e-workshop for the network, as well as advising, planning and supervising the development of online tools for knowledge management.

Medsafe ASA. http://www.medsafe.no

Analysis of the market for syringes in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, South Africa and Nigeria, covering regulatory aspects, manufacturers, distributors, main types and brands, main procuring units and the roles of bilateral and multilateral funding institutions. Various representations tasks. 

CLIK (Computer Literacy Initiative of Kenya).   http://www.clik.org

1. Development of a fundraising strategy.
2. Establishment of a Kenyan-Norwegian cooperation project eligible for NORAD funding, between CLIK and FAIR (Fair Allocation of Infotech Resources).
3. PR and representation tasks. 

KCB (Kenya Commercial Bank).  http://www.kcb.co.ke/

Project administrator in the KCB VoIP project.

Kenya Investment Authority (through the Norwegian Peace Corps (Fredskorpset)). 
November 2002 – November 2003

From November 2002 to November 2003, I participated in the AIESEC Make A Difference programme, sponsored by the Norwegian Peace Corps. The program consisted of 3 major parts, being the Fredskorpset course in Intercultural Communication, a traineeship in a Kenyan organization, and public information work upon returning to Norway.
The traineeship was carried out at the Kenya Investment Authority (the called the Investment Promotion Centre), under the Ministry of Trade and Industry.  The Kenya Investment Authority is a parastatal whose goal is to promote and facilitate investment in Kenya.  My main tasks were:

• Supervision of the IPC computerization program and coaching of KIA employees.
   
• Developing the long-term IT strategy.
   
• Participating as a board member at the e-Kenya Initiative (by the Ministry of Trade and Industry), in charge of developing the business model.

IT Consulting January 1995 – October 2002

While in high school and in college, I ran my own IT consulting business as a part-time venture.

Major references customers were:

• The Norwegian Postal Museum. (1997-2002).
  1.) Planning and deployment of the museum information systems.
  2.) Development of several database solutions.
  3.) Development of the web service Poststedsdatabasen, a searchable online database.
  4.) Technical coaching of employees.
   
• Topjobs.no. (2001).
  Development of the site www.bistud.no, an information site for job recruitment events targeting students at the Norwegian School of Management.
   
• Ergo Group. (1995-1999).
  1.) Development of the first corporate web site for Ergo Group (then SDS) in 1995.
  2.) Consultant to the TAPPE project from 1996 to 1999, developing presentation and web material.

Military Service, September 1996 – August 1997

Royal Norwegian Air Force. Mandatory 1-year military service. Served in the Air Force Security Police at Andøya Airport.