Karl Persson, Ph.D.

Current

President at Persson Consulting LLC
Chief Executive Officer at Fast Box Systems, Inc.
Directory of Technology at Caribbean Tours & Cruises/Allinclusiveoutlet.com

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Past

Systems Administrator and Web Developer at Caribbean Tours & Cruises
Assistant to the Director of Computing Services at University of Kentucky Athletics Association

Education

University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Karl Persson, Ph.D.’s Summary

IT Director, Information Systems Architect, and Business Process Improvement Visionary with strong academic credentials and experienced in strategic planning and leading design and project development for e-commerce business systems.

Analytical problem solving and logical reasoning prowess that, together with superior technical skills, business acumen, exceptional interpersonal communication skills, and leadership abilities, have resulted in a proven track record of success and lead to significant and consistent revenue growth.

Ability to 'bridge the gap' between business executives and technology staff, and understand both strategic goals and technology challenges.

Karl Persson, Ph.D.’s Specialties:

Information system architectural design; team leadership, agile software engineering project management, and BPO; Six Sigma and lean methods; CRM and ERP systems; SEO, SEM and e-mail marketing; academic research and technical writing; systems and network planning, design, integration, and maintenance; Xen virtualization, Linux systems administration, software engineering, web development, and network security; e-commerce business systems, including online hotel and airline reservations systems

Karl Persson, Ph.D.’s Experience

President

Persson Consulting LLC

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
Chief Executive Officer

Fast Box Systems, Inc.

(Public Safety industry)

September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Directory of Technology

Caribbean Tours & Cruises/Allinclusiveoutlet.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

Chief architect, supervisor, and lead developer of hotel and airline reservation systems. Diligent advocate of improvement efforts and instrumental to the optimization of overall operations and existing business processes. Project Visionary and coordinator for agile DSDM software engineering projects managing both internal and external resources. Extensive expertise with search engine optimization, search and e-mail marketing. Integral understanding of the travel and hospitality industry as well as e-commerce operations. Proficient in both Windows and Linux system administration, network security management, strategic network infrastructure planning and design, firewall policy writing, host monitoring operations, and planning and configuration of VoIP infrastructure.
Systems Administrator and Web Developer

Caribbean Tours & Cruises

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2002 — December 2005 (4 years )

Developed PHP/MySQL based hotel and airline reservation system. Responsible for web programming and search engine optimization tasks, as well as UNIX and Windows system administration.
Assistant to the Director of Computing Services

University of Kentucky Athletics Association

(Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Education Management industry)

January 2000 — May 2001 (1 year 5 months)

Assisted in the administration and maintenance of departmental Novell network. Handled computer support for Athletics Department and assisted with maintaining computer statistics systems during University of Kentucky men’s basketball games.

Karl Persson, Ph.D.’s Education

University of Kentucky

Doctor of Philosophy , Computer Science , 2005 — 2009

Dissertation topic: "A Protocol Suite for Wireless Personal Area Networks". Completed May 2009.

Activities and Societies:

Published multiple journal and conference research publications on Bluetooth scatternet ad-hoc networks, Journal reviewer for Elsevier Journal for Information Sciences
University of Kentucky

Certificate , Business Administration , 2007 — 2007
University of Kentucky

Master of Science , Computer Science , 2001 — 2005

Activities and Societies:

Research Assistant with focus on distributed operating systems and mobile computing, Teaching Assistant in object-oriented software engineering course
University of Kentucky

Bachelor of Science , Computer Science , 1998 — 2001

Activities and Societies:

Cum Laude, Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honor Society of Computing Sciences, Alpha Delta Lambda Freshmen Honor Society

Additional Information

Karl Persson, Ph.D.’s Websites:

Karl Persson, Ph.D.’s Interests:

Technological innovation, lean principles, wireless and mobile computing and networking, web security, network system design, scuba diving, mountain biking, hiking and camping, skiing, climbing and mountaineering, bridge

Karl Persson, Ph.D.’s Groups:

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
American Society for Quality (ASQ)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
ACM SIGMOBILE

PHD Networking Excellence
eOffice
Executive Suite
NetSquared
QualityNet - Quality Professionals Network
Networlding
Lean Six Sigma
NetworkingPros
Business 3.0™
GoSecure
University of Kentucky Alumni
International Business
Swedish Business Group
Travel & IT Industry
CIO Forum
Greater Louisville Networking Group
Sweden Networking Group
Search Engine Land
Travel 2.0: Interactive Travel Industry Professionals
Advanced Innovation Methods (AIM)
Travel Technology Experts
Supply Chain Optimization
UX Design / Information Architecture
Travel & Tourism Industry Professionals Worldwide
Search Engine Optimization ( SEO ) Professional
Univ. of Kentucky
Online Travel Technology
Net Work (ing)
OpenTravel Alliance
PubCon
Social Media in Travel
Lean Six Sigma and DFSS for IT and Software Engineering
Innovate the Future
VC - Venture Capitalists, Founders, Entrepreneurs, Innovators, Startups, Advisors, Consultants
The Art of SEO