Hans Kristian Haram
Status	Norwegian citizen, born in 1957 in Ålesund - Norway, married, three children.
Contact	Ullernveien 19C, 0280 Oslo. Tel +47 90562994 (mob), hkh@hkharam.com
Summary	Management and board assignments in maritime, IT and telecom industries. - Transport Chain Integration in short sea shipping. - Market Monitoring Systems for shipping. - Establishment and management of seismic company. - Business Process Reengineering for maritime clients. - Establishment and development of new ventures as manager-for-hire. - Founding of Telenor Marlink. - Turn-around of shipyards in Russia and Ukraine. - Development of new product line of Handymax and Panamax bulk carriers. - Managing Director of ship owning company in Malaysia. - Development of new generations of bulk and combination carriers. - Managing Director of Fearnley Consultants AS. - Development of new class ships for Seatrans AS. - MBA from INSEAD in France. - MSc. in Marine Engineering.
Education
1987	INSEAD, France - MBA
1978-84	NTNU (University of Trondheim), Norway - MSc., Marine Engineering
1976-77	Officer School, Artillery, Norwegian Army
1974-76	High school in Norway
Working Experience
2002-	Business Process Reengineering. Management consultant helping client within the maritime industries to integrate their business processes.
1998-	New Ventures. Establishment and development of new ventures within the marine/telecom/computer industry. Management-for-hire, board positions, resource person.
1995-98	Telenor Marlink, communication and e-business service for maritime shipping (now part of Telenor) - Founder and Vice President. Responsible for sales, business development and product management.
1994-95	HMA, advisory company targeting the marine industry - Partner and Advisor. Services to the Russian and Ukrainian newbuilding industry.
1993-94	BMC Shipping Snd Bhd, ship owning company in Kuala Lumpur - Managing Director.
1988-93	Fearnley Consultants, subsidiary of Fearnleys AS, a leading Norwegian ship broking institution - Managing Director. Business development and strategic advisory service for ship owners and transport users. Director of the Board of Fearnleys AS.
1984-86	Seatrans, Norwegian ship owner - Project Manager. Design and development of ships and transport solutions.
Major Assignments
2009-	SPC Norway: Manager of shortsea promotion centre
2006-08	Her.no: Mobile portal and market channel
2006	Wavefield: Managing Director of start-up seismic company. Merger with InSeis.
2006-08	Shortsea XML: Project leader for ESN/EU project to develop message standard for short sea shipping.
2005	Sea-Cargo: Implementation of new IT solution for liner operation. Headquarter and agent offices. Process integration.
2004-09	JB Ugland: Drybulk market monitoring and decision making system. Forecasting modells. Integration with information suppliers.
2004-	Lorentzen & Stemoco: Drybulk market monitoring system.
2005	NMC/ETC: Reengineering of Sales and Operating processes for European feeder lines.
2003	Fearnbulk: Drybulk market monitoring system.
2003-	SPC Norway: Short Sea Promotion Center Norway. Responsible for development of solution for exchange of shipping schedules. Part of EU sponsored project.
2003	Maritimt Forum: Solution for administration of members and events. Website, web application and email promotion.
2002-03	FluidFilter: Managing Director. Solution for separation of oil and water used for oil protection, in ships and in petrochemical industries. Equity financing and temporarily management-for-hire.
2002	Xymphonic Systems: Technology for parallel transactions in database. Evaluation of business potential. Development of business plan.
2001-02	Telenor: Management-for-hire in InAxxess, broadband solution based on VDSL. Equity financing. Product planning. Cost-benefit analyses for customers.
2000-02	Data-expressen: Founding and development of computer equipment service provider in Norway. Responsible for partner relation with Telenor.
2000-01 & 2007	Shipserv: Establishment and development of eCommerce solution and supply-chain-management application for ship supplies. Worldwide market leader in its field. Development of international XML standard for ship supplies called MTML.
1997-99	Maritime Data: Online application for segmentation and market analyses of shipping segments. Sale of company to Strategic Ltd.
1997-98	Interance: Venture financing and development of web application for management of Captive Insurance. Interance is marked leader in its field in Scandinavia.
1996-98	Stolt-Nielsen: Development and implementation of purchasing and trading solution for ship supplies. Basis for Seasupplier service.
1994-95	EBRD (European Bank of Reconstruction and Development): Turn-around, privatization, joint venture and sale of shipyard and ship equipment manufacturers in Russian and Ukraine.
1994-95	Baltic Shipyard: Development of new product line of Handymax bulk carriers. Newbuilding contract with Klaveness Chartering and Sovcomflot.
1994-95	Ocean Shipyard: Development of new product line of Panamax bulk carriers. Newbuilding contract with Black Sea Shipping.
1993	Petronas: Management consultant on short sea LPG and petroleum product distribution in South East Asia.
1992-93	Fearnleys: Development of cyclical forecasting model.
1991-92	Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.: Management consultant for asset management of fleet of tankers. Timing advice on sale & purchase. Consultant on LNG project.
1990-91	Hammersley Iron (now part of Rio Tinto): Shipment solution for iron ore from Australia to Europe.
1991	Saga/ Hydro: Shuttle tank shipment solution for the North Sea. Shipment contract with Knudsen OAS.
1990	Kosmos: USmax OBO. Development of new class of combination carriers.
1990	Hydro ICONA: Evaluation of major bulk terminal and industrial site on artificial island outside New York.
1989-90	Frontline: Development of new generation of Suezmax/Capesize OBO carriers. Construction of 8 carriers in South Korea.
1984-86	Seatrans: Development of new generation of paper carriers and chemical tankers with strongly reduced operation costs.
Board Positions
1988-	Fearnley Consultant, Fearnleys, H. Marine Advisors, Telenor Marlink, Haram Holding, Interance, Maritime Data, Dataexpressen, InAxxess, FluidFilter, Chainlab, Wavefield, MobileInfo, Shortsea Services
Other
Languages	Norwegian - Mother tongue; English - Fluent; French - Conversation; German - Conversation; Russian - Basic.
1984	Exchange student at Hitachi Zosen in Osaka, Japan.
1980	Sailed from Bergen to Tahiti.
Professional Interests
General Management	Strategy, New Ventures, Business Development, Product Management, Partnering, Relational Marketing, Macro Economy, Business Process Reengineering.
Shipping	Tank and Dry Bulk markets. Asset Management. Cyclical Market Forecasting. Ship Supplies. Business Process Integration. Information Technology. Shortsea Shipping.
Information Technology	New Ventures. X-Engineering. Microsoft .NET. XML and XML Web Service. Web Applications. Web Charts. Web maps and routes. CRM. Supply Chain Management. Business Process Management Systems. Hosting Solutions.