LASSE V. SYVERSEN

Lasse V. Syversen, Founder, Chairman and President of Bloksberg, Inc. has spent 30 years in the IT Industry both in Norway and internationally. These include 10 years with General Electric as Country Manager of Norway and Marketing Manager in London for International Trade, responsible for Europe and Far East. He left GE to become Managing Director of Honeywell Bull, Norway and later General Manager Northern Europe for Public Sector. He also passed ISO 9001 certification for his operation. Mr. Syversen was Managing Director for Olivetti before joining Dell Computer as Country Manager Norway and Director Sales Operation for Nordic countries, participating in developing Dell Computer in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Baltic States.

After taking over Flagship Technologies,Inc., a software house based in Rockville, Maryland, in the summer of 1998, he left his native Norway to resume the position of chairman of the board and CEO of Flagship. He co-founded NorHouse in October 1997.

Mr. Syversen has his education from Oslo Business School, Norway, in Business Administration, INSEAD, France in Change Management, and Sea Trade Academy, UK in Container Transportation. He received his membership in International "Who's Who of Enterpreneurs" in the US, and is currently holding a director position in the Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce, Mid-Atlantic Chapter, and he is a past president of The Rotary Club of North Bethesda, MD., as well as chairman of the Norwegian Church Service in Washington, D.C.


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