Frode Karlsen

Independent consultant | Project management

Frode Karlsen
Frankfurt, Germany

Experience

Jan 2013 - Jan 2015
3 years 1 month
Germany

Associate Director

Cognizant Business Consulting

Jan 2008 - Present
17 years 2 months
Germany
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Independent consultant

Experienced independent consultant and entrepreneur with a background in IT and management consulting. Specializes in digital strategies, IT governance, control remediation, process management, marketing, sales, and eCommerce. Strong industry knowledge: 70 projects, 15 industries, more than 40 clients across 8 countries.

Core Capabilities:

  • Strong focus on results and delivery
  • Project management to achieve agreed outcomes within time and budget across different functional areas in multi-cultural environments
  • IT-Audit/IT-Assessments; design and implementation of IT-Controls, certified IS Auditor, ISO 27001, IT security, data protection
  • Digitalization/improvement of business processes using packaged- and custom-developed IT solutions
  • Business Analysis: planning cloud migrations, due-diligence, value chains, redesigning data flows, specifying changes to applications, develop business cases and plans for insourcing/outsourcing of applications
  • Data modelling: Designing and implementing new data models for e-commerce platforms to improve scalability and performance
  • Technical expertise: MS Office, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, SAN storage, Oracle, MySQL, AWS, procurement processes (EDI) and integration of customer POs and invoicing over SAP Ariba procurement platform, software development languages

Personal Strengths:

  • Entrepreneurial mindset: 5 years' experience as entrepreneur, ability to think out of the box and create order out of chaos
  • Comfortable working in and leading cross-cultural and multinational teams
  • Business and IT liaison: Understanding both sides well and frequently act as the "linking pin"
  • "Keeping people honest" – formulating and asking the right questions
  • Deep understanding of operational needs and technology capabilities
  • Balanced understanding of the importance of implementable solutions vs. ideas and concepts
  • Strong communication skills: Fluent in German, English, and Scandinavian languages (NO, DK, SE)
Jan 2005 - Jan 2010
5 years 1 month
Norway

Innovator, Founder, Entrepreneur and MD

Mobile Innovation AS

Jan 1999 - Dec 2005
6 years
Norway

Principal Consultant

PA Consulting Group

Sep 1997 - Dec 1999
2 years 4 months
Germany

Project Manager

Telefonica O2 (VIAG Interkom)

Employee of Telenor Norway

Jan 1994 - Aug 1997
2 years 8 months
Norway

Consultant

Accenture

May 1992 - Aug 1993
1 year 4 months
Oslo, Norway

IT-coordinator

Bjerke Borough of Oslo

Jan 1990 - May 1992
2 years 5 months
Norway

Software Developer

Den Norske Hypotekforening

Jan 1990 - May 1992
2 years 5 months
Norway

Software Developer

Miros A/S

Summary

Frode is an experienced and reliable consultant who specializes in digital strategies, IT governance, control remediation, process management, marketing, sales, and eCommerce. With a strong entrepreneurial mindset and a proven track record of delivering results, he helps clients develop and implement new strategies for success.

Languages

English
Native
German
Native
Norwegian
Native
Danish
Advanced
Swedish
Advanced

Education

Sep 1993 - Oct 1994

Bayes Business School, London

MBA · IT and Management · London, United Kingdom

Aug 1986 - Nov 1989

University of Oslo

M.Sc. · Computer Science · Oslo, Norway

Aug 1984 - Jun 1986

University of Østfold

B.Sc. · SW Development · Norway

Certifications & licenses

CISA

ISACA

Prince 2 Practitioner

Scrum Master