About Me
Here you have it. Me. In a very small nutshell.
I am a very results-oriented and entrepreneurial person.
I love problem solving, and I hate having unfinished business.
Most of my career I have worked driving complex projects as project manager, product manager or general manager. Trouble shooting is my expertise.
My busines education and my technical interest has given me the ability to fluently communicate with both technical and business experts. I can jump in to wide variety of situations and start sorting out the situation.
Most of my best work has been achieved when straightening out sour organizations or projects,
and simply managing and coaching people.
It seems I have a capacity to bring out the best in a person or a team. I'm not sure how I do it, but I have the tendency to make people like their work.
I have also started a publishing company and edited a book. It, actually, sells quite decently. But thats another story.
Lately I have picked up writing - something I always have enjoyed to do, but never thought about doing on a regular basis. I do freelance work to various institutions in Finland and Shanghai.
Work history
- Project Manager and "Primus Motor"- Finnish Charity School project (a 1 year pro-bono assigment)
- General Manager - Avanza Vikingen AB
- Consultant, founder - Nordic Web Solutions / DynaWeb
- Chief Technology Officer - Moneybell AB
- Unit Manager - ABN Amro Software (later aquired by OM Technology)
- Project Manager - Svenska handelshögskolan
Education
- International Executive MBA - Rutgers Business School, NJ, USA.
- Master of Sciences (Econ), Finance & Computer sciences - Svenska handelshögskolan, Helsinki, Finland
- Matriculate examination - Mattlidens Gymnasium (Espoo, Finland)
Positions of trust
- Chairman of the Shanghai Finns’ Association
- Secretary of the Board for the Finnish Business Council Shanhai
- Member of the acting board of the Finnish Chamber of Commerce in China
Hobbies
- Managing Editor, FinnBiz news letter
- Founder, GardenSupport publishing house
- Charity Web-work
Family
- Wife: Cami Lohrum
- Son: Kiwi
Other interests
- Problem solving
- Cooking
- Reading - Globalization & Contemporary business history
- The Chinese language, especially character analysis
- Diving - not done that in a while..
- Soaring - not done that in a while either, but I am so proud of having been able to fly and land an aircraft
Languages
- Swedish, mother tongue
- Finnish, fluent
- English, fluent
- Chinese, very basic conversational, excellent "taxi"-level
- German, elementary
Other
- Army: 11 months at Nylands brigad, assistant educator at preparatory officers school