Lars e Hjaltman

Current

• Head of Product and Software Development at actant AG
• Author at WRITING BOOK(s):
• Founder and Chief Mentor at Charity: Mentoring & Coaching of disenfranchised young people

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Past

• Executive Vice President and COO/CPO at ESS - Electronic Shipping Solutions
• Senior Vice President and Group CIO at Group RCI
• Senior Vice President and CIO at Monster

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Financial Services

Lars e Hjaltman’s Summary

Mr. Lars e Hjaltman (“Lars”) is a highly commercially focused senior Executive, someone with a broad and extensive international experience of leadership in; IT, business change & business project. Lars operates in highly complex PLC and private companies with strong communication, leadership and business acumen. Extensive experience from Executive, Board and Management board engagement to Audit comity level, he has a proven track record of setting; strategies, project delivery and IT confidence with the highest levels of companies. He is a charismatic, hi-energy and seasoned leader with an unrivalled track record of leading large and complex change.

Member of a number of high profile “think-tanks” on subjects so as SOA, SOX, Innovation & Service Management processes he is globally visible with his books on leadership, coaching & mentoring, change and interpersonal development methods.

While Lars majority experience is IT he has also served in several non-IT functional roles (Sales, Marketing, Finance, Op's, Customer Service) and have worked during his career across as wide industries as;

• Pharmaceutical, healthcare & bio-technology
• Software, Product Development & IT/IS services
• Logistics, Shipping, Distribution & Transportation
• Retail-, Commercial- & Investment banking
• Online Media, eCommerce & Internet
• Travel, Leisure & Tourism
• Management Consulting
• Manufacturing / Supply Chain

As an IT Executive Lars is considered a top “heavy lift” CIO/CTO specialising in complex and difficult change, governance and compliance improvements, sourcing and operational optimisation.

Lars e Hjaltman’s Specialties:

Just entering his 40ies Lars career include working & responsibility for companies; start-up's, privately held, PE backed, PLC's, LLC's, FTSE/FORTUNE 50; (1) > 2,500 staff + external staff, (2) Budgets; IS to $300m, IT to $700m / pa, (3) Sourcing; Out- to $650m, Off- to $950m / pa

With Lars specialising in; (i) Change, (ii) Strategy, (iii) Leadership, (iv) Talent Management, (v) Governance, (vi) Sourcing.

Lars is an experienced operator with complete 24 / 7 IT/IS operational; experience.

Lars e Hjaltman’s Experience

• Head of Product and Software Development

  actant AG

  (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

  Heading up the functions of Software Development, Product Development and technology strategy in this market leading trading software provider. Located in Zug, Switzerland (CH) and London (UK).

• Author

  WRITING BOOK(s):

  (Publishing industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  Writing books; main author of 5 topical books on leadership and people development;
  
  - The art of delivery; it is in your genes not in your jeans
  - Coaching & Mentoring for professionals; a systematic method
  - Mystery leadership; a new model for leaders to develop leaders
  - Leadership, the Monster within; anecdotal good vs. bad leadership
  - Leadership in large enterprise, a boom or bust business?
  
  After having my publisher going bankrupt/cutting their publishing catalogue three times in the least two years because of the credit crunch these books are now under current self publishing procedures and will be launched as soon as they are ready on Amazon and other online book stores. Watch this space, soon in a bookshop near you!!

• Founder and Chief Mentor

  Charity: Mentoring & Coaching of disenfranchised young people

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  April 2003 — Present (6 years 8 months)

  Founder of this charity network, aimed at providing leadership, coaching and mentoring to young men and women from and in the North West England, building and supporting equal opportunity and professional development for young people in England

Additional Information

Lars e Hjaltman’s Groups:

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•    Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members)
•    Executive Suite
•    Basho Technologies
•    CIO Executive Network
•    FountainBlue
•    Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières
•    LInked Business Strategists
•    CIOsense Global Brain Trust
•    CEO Club
•    International Networking Speakers and Coaches Assoc
•    CIO/CTO Leadership Council
•    Mercedes Benz Owners Clubs - Around the World
•    CIO Forum
•    CIOZone
•    CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network
•    CIO Exchange
•    CEO/ CIO/COE/COO/CFO/Head/VP/ Director/President Level - Senior Leadership Group
•    Global Executive Exchange
•    CIO-CTO
•    Office of the CIO
•    CIO Talk Radio
•    CIO Community
•    Manchester City FC Supporters Group
•    ST.EN - Start-ups & Entrepreneurs
•    Harvey Nash - The Regional CIO