Eirik V Johnsen

Radical realist, Experience builder and Technology advisor

Norway

Current
  • Manager, Consulting services at Tarantell
Past
  • Technology partner at marchFIRST
  • Technology advisor at Gazette
  • IT director at McCann Ericsson
  • IT director at McCann Erickson
  • Software developer at Dana Systemutveckling
Education
  • Universitetet i Oslo
  • Nordens Fotoskola
Connections
303 connections
Industry
Internet
Websites

Eirik V Johnsen’s Summary

Eirik moves easily and comfortably between technology and marketing. His background in both computing and arts makes him equally comfortable in technology architecture, user experience and brand architecture.

He is pragmatic, solution oriented and has long and solid experience in designing and building industrial grade solutions.

He has spent equal time in development, consulting and IT management and is a welcome addition to both to the conceptual/analytical phases as well as the execution and management phases of projects.

Eirik V Johnsen’s Specialties:

Technology and marketing, User Experience, Information architecture, Requirements processes, IT architecture and strategy, Web process management, Enteprise web architecture, usability consultant, User Experience strategist, Information architecture


Eirik V Johnsen’s Experience

  • Manager, Consulting services

    Tarantell

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    February 2004Present (4 years 7 months)

    Head of consulting services in Tarantell. Also working with Internet and technology consulting, architecture, process design, responsible for partners, strategist and User Experience advocate

  • Technology partner

    marchFIRST

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

    March 1999January 2004 (4 years 11 months)

    Together with Jostein Borgmo and Odd Martinsen cofounder of the Norwegian instance of USWeb/CKS (later marchFIRST). Special focus on creating a culture that REALLY merged professionals with expertise in brandbuilding, technology and user experience. Also responsibility for partners in Nordic. Additionally focus on consulting, especially conceptually, analytically and process developement.

  • Technology advisor

    Gazette

    (Internet industry)

    20032004 (1 year)

  • IT director

    McCann Ericsson

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Internet industry)

    June 1992April 1999 (6 years 11 months)

    IT manager in JBR (30+ employees) - creating a fully integrated agency together with Pål Roppen, Petter Gudmundseth and Per Dahlin. JBR was aquired by McCann i 1993 and the company grew to almost 200 employees locally by 1998. Some European IT work at strategic level, but the special focus on creative technology in Norway made this a much more exiting workplace.

  • IT director

    McCann Erickson

    (Public Company; Internet industry)

    19931999 (6 years)

  • Software developer

    Dana Systemutveckling

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    September 1982December 1989 (7 years 4 months)

    Dana Systemutveckling developed ERP systems. I worked as a support programmer, technical writer, software developer. While working i studied both liberal arts and photograpy, so the employment was not fulltime through all the years.


Eirik V Johnsen’s Education

  • Universitetet i Oslo

    Cand Mag, Kriminologi, Antropologi, SLI, 19801991

  • Nordens Fotoskola

    N/A, Documentary Photography, 19851988


Additional Information

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Eirik V Johnsen’s Interests:

User experience, Customer experience, Photography, Fine art

Eirik V Johnsen’s Groups:

BI Multi-channel retail track 2008

  •    WebAnalysts.Info Web Analytics, E-business Optimization, and Online Marketing Blog Group
  •    Norge (Norway)

Eirik V Johnsen’s Contact Settings

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