User:Keoolofsson

Karl Erik Olofsson is an independent development consultant with a background in the telecommunications industry. His focus is on development of technology and business as a means for human and social development.

Since 1994 Karl Erik operates his own consultancy firm Manconsult Development and offers services to the Private Sector, Government and Public institutions world-wide.

He takes on assignments as:

Project manager and team leader

Strategist and organisation development expert

Process development and quality management systems expert

Development projects appraisal and evaluation expert

Karl Erik Olofsson has an M.Sc. E.E. from Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden with the following personal qualifications and professional profile:

A thorough knowledge of telecommunications, IT systems and general business management, acquired from many years as line manager, development manager and project manager.

Several years experience of institutional development and capacity building through management and staff development as well as process and work method changes.

Strong project management powers for complex and large projects on institutional change, infrastructure and technical development in major companies and in multicultural corporate environment.

Lecturer/course developer of international top and mid level managers training programmes. In all:

35 years in Telecom and IT

15 years as Line Manager and Project Manager for development & engineering

11 years as independent Consultant in International Development

First national ICT Project 1986-88

International from 1976 in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe:

Saudi Arabia, Liberia, Libya, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Nigeria, Tanzania, Pakistan, Kashmir, Ecuador, Namibia, Thailand, Uganda, Laos, Yugoslavia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, Kuwait, Belarus, Costa Rica.

Language proficiency: Swedish and English (fluent), Portuguese (good), and also some Spanish, German and French (fair).