Hans Kristian Haram
Norwegian citizen, born in 1957 in Ålesund - Norway, married, three children.
Contact: Ullernveien 19C, 0280 Oslo. Tel +47 22060991/ 90562994 (mob), hkh@hkharam.com |
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Contact |
Ullernveien 19C, 0280 Oslo. Tel +47 22060991/ 90562994 (mob), hkh@hkharam.com |
Summary |
Management and board assignments in maritime, IT and telecom industries.
- Manager of Shortsea Promotion in Norway.
- Development of transport and logistic solutions.
- Transport Chain Integration in short sea shipping.
- Market Monitoring Systems for shipping.
- 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 |
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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 |
| 2009- |
Shortsea Promotion: Management of Shortsea Promotion Centre Norway. |
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 |
2006-07 |
Her.no: Mobile portal and market channel |
2006 |
Wavefield: Managing Director of start-up seismic company. Merger with InSeis. |
2006 |
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. |
2005 |
NCL: Implementation of new IT solution for liner operation. |
2004-06 |
JB Ugland: Drybulk market monitoring and decision making system. Forecasting modells. Integration with information suppliers. |
2004-11 |
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2005 |
NMC/ETC: Reengineering of Sales and Operating processes for European feeder lines. |
2003 |
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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: 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: 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 |
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 |
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 transport and logistics. |
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. Sharepoint. Cloud computing. Search Engine Optimization. |