Lars G.O. Söderström

Current

• General Manager/CEO at Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation

Past

• CEO/Owner at Viking Caribou Holdings Ltd
• VP Marketing (interim) at TSTT (Cable & Wireless Trinidad)
• Head of Product Marketing at BBC Technologies

• Head of Product Marketing (Interim) at BBC Technology Ltd
• VP EMEA Sales & Marketing at Wireless Online
• CEO UK Division at Satama (UK) Interactive Ltd
• CEO/founder at Linesco Telecom
• CEO at Linesco Electronics AB
• Sales & Marketing Manager, Global Telecom Industry at Chloride Industrial Batteries
• Group Business Development Director at Bertelsmann Digital Media division
• Sr Applications Engineer at SKF (USA) Ltd
• Masters Thesis at Volvo

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Education

• Harvard Business School
• Chalmers tekniska högskola

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Industry

Broadcast Media

Websites

• My Company

Lars G.O. Söderström’s Experience

• General Manager/CEO

  Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

  State Broadcasting company: TV, Cable TV network and 3 radio stations.

• CEO/Owner

  Viking Caribou Holdings Ltd

  (Real Estate industry)

  January 2000 — July 2008 (8 years 7 months)

  Managment Consulting & land/real estate investment & development company.

• VP Marketing (interim)

  TSTT (Cable & Wireless Trinidad)

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

• Head of Product Marketing

  BBC Technologies

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year )

• Head of Product Marketing (Interim)

  BBC Technology Ltd

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  August 2003 — June 2004 (11 months)

• VP EMEA Sales & Marketing

  Wireless Online

  (Management Consulting industry)

  2000 — 2002 (2 years )

• CEO UK Division

  Satama (UK) Interactive Ltd

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

  Web design and consultancy services. Pre-IPO startup in the UK.

• CEO/founder

  Linesco Telecom

  (Management Consulting industry)

  1995 — 1999 (4 years )

  Startup of video communications reseller and service provider across Scandinavia. launched several leading brands to leading companies like Ericsson, Swedish Telecom, Microsoft, Volvo, BMW, Aker Engineering, Dansih rail & all universities in Denmark. Launched VTEL, INtel Prosharwe, Accord Video, Smart Technologies, RSL etc.

• CEO

  Linesco Electronics AB

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  January 1992 — December 1995 (4 years )

  Turn-around of electronics designer and sub-contract manufacturer.

• Sales & Marketing Manager, Global Telecom Industry

  Chloride Industrial Batteries

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  August 1987 — December 1991 (4 years 5 months)

• Group Business Development Director

  Bertelsmann Digital Media division

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

  July 1986 — August 1987 (1 year 2 months)

• Sr Applications Engineer

  SKF (USA) Ltd

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)

  August 1978 — July 1984 (6 years )

• Masters Thesis

  Volvo

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

  February 1978 — July 1978 (6 months)

Lars G.O. Söderström’s Education

• Harvard Business School

  MBA , General Management , 1984 — 1986

  Took my US PPL (Private Pilot License) duing 1st year and accumulated an incredible 55 hours of flying....

  Activities and Societies:

  Co-president of International Business Club

• Chalmers tekniska högskola

  MSME , Mechanical Engineering , 1973 — 1978

  Activities and Societies:

  Class representative to student board.

Additional Information

Lars G.O. Söderström’s Websites:

• My Company

Lars G.O. Söderström’s Groups:

Rotary Club of London (main club).
Viking & Beserk Society in London.
Society of Swedish Engineers in America.
Harvard Business School Alumni Associations of Sweden and Englansd.

•    International TV Professionals
•    Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
•    Digital Asset Management
•    Harvard Business School Alumni
•    BBC Technology Ltd Alumni
•    London, UK Performance & Talent Management Events & Networking

Lars G.O. Söderström’s Honors:

Marcus Wallenberg Scholarship for International Business Management (2 year full scholarship to Harvard Business School, 1984-86)

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