CEO of Norwegian Investment and Consulting company Ignitas
Oslo Area, Norway
- Current
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- Board member at meetcon as
- Owner of Bokfeber AS at www.bokfeber.no
- Board member at Mocca Software AS
- Director of the board at Seobra Limited
- CEO at Ignitas AS
- Past
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- Board member at Colt Kommunikasjon
- Product Director at Passado.com
- Product Manager at Yahoo Europe
- Education
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- Macquarie University
- Handelshøyskolen BI
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Torkel Johannessen’s Summary
Internet executive with over 8 years of experience, including general management of cross-country organizations, corporate development, product development, marketing, business operations and strategy.
Currently serving as CEO of Ignitas, a Norwegian online media advisory and investment company. Also owner of Norwegian online bookstore www.bokfeber.no
Prior to Ignitas, served in roles at Match.com, Yahoo! and Passado.com.
Extensive international experience from UK, US, Germany, Russia, Scandinavia and Australia. Multilingual (English, German and Scandinavian languages).
Torkel Johannessen’s Experience
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Board member
meetcon as
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2009 — Present (6 months)
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Owner of Bokfeber AS
www.bokfeber.no
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
January 2009 — Present (11 months)
Norwegian online bookstore
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Board member
Mocca Software AS
(Online Media industry)
January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)
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Director of the board
Seobra Limited
(Online Media industry)
November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)
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CEO
Ignitas AS
(Online Media industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
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Board member
Colt Kommunikasjon
(Online Media industry)
March 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 6 months)
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Product Director
Passado.com
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
October 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 7 months)
As Product Director at Passado.com I was in charge of all product, design and analytical areas of the business. Passado was with 5 million members one of Europe`s largest community sites at the time. In December 2006 it received a EUR 10m investment from DFJ E-planet and Tudor.
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Product Manager
Yahoo Europe
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Online Media industry)
July 2005 — October 2005 (4 months)
As Product Manager for Yahoo! I was responsible for the UK Personals product.
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Senior Brand Manager
Match.com
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IACI; Online Media industry)
January 2005 — July 2005 (7 months)
As Senior Brand manager for Match.com I led the international product development process of Chemistry.com, a premium online personals brand launched by Match.com in October 2005.
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Marketing and Business Analytics Manager
Match.com
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IACI; Online Media industry)
January 2004 — January 2005 (1 year 1 month)
As marketing and business analytics manager for match.com I was involved with product marketing, customer experience projects, business developemet and various analytics projects.
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Customer Care Manager
Match.com
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IACI; Online Media industry)
November 2002 — January 2004 (1 year 3 months)
Overall responsibility for Match.com International customer care management across 140 sites in 32 markets and 18 languages, including working systems, processes and procedures. Operational responsibility for in-house team expanding from 22 to 50 customer care staff, ultimately comprised of 24 nationalities.
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Business Analyst
Match.com
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; IACI; Internet industry)
January 2002 — November 2002 (11 months)
Torkel Johannessen’s Education
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Macquarie University
Masters , International Business , 2001 — 2002
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Handelshøyskolen BI
Bachelors , International Marketing , 1997 — 2001
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