Lars G.O. Söderström

Lars G.O. Söderström

General Manager/CEO Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation

Barbados

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
Education
  • Harvard Business School
  • Chalmers tekniska högskola
Connections
133 connections
Industry
Broadcast Media
Websites

Lars G.O. Söderström’s Experience

  • General Manager/CEO

    Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation

    (Broadcast Media industry)

    July 2008Present (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 2000July 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)

    20062006 (less than a year)

  • Head of Product Marketing

    BBC Technologies

    (Broadcast Media industry)

    20042005 (1 year )

  • Head of Product Marketing (Interim)

    BBC Technology Ltd

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

    August 2003June 2004 (11 months)

  • VP EMEA Sales & Marketing

    Wireless Online

    (Management Consulting industry)

    20002002 (2 years )

  • CEO UK Division

    Satama (UK) Interactive Ltd

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

    19992000 (1 year )

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

  • CEO/founder

    Linesco Telecom

    (Management Consulting industry)

    19951999 (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 1992December 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 1987December 1991 (4 years 5 months)

  • Group Business Development Director

    Bertelsmann Digital Media division

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

    July 1986August 1987 (1 year 2 months)

  • Sr Applications Engineer

    SKF (USA) Ltd

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

    August 1978July 1984 (6 years )

  • Masters Thesis

    Volvo

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

    February 1978July 1978 (6 months)


Lars G.O. Söderström’s Education

  • Harvard Business School

    MBA , General Management , 19841986

    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 , 19731978

    Activities and Societies:
    Class representative to student board.

Additional Information

Lars G.O. Söderström’s Websites:

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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