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“Bjorn’s strength in
consulting is his ability to reduce complex and
nuanced issues down to their core components and
present it in a logical manner. In consulting speak,
he is the guy who can reliably produce a “framework”
with which to tackle the problem. He has a natural
curiosity and an enquiring mind, and maintains the
intellectual rigor to challenge the assumptions on
any given project. The fact that he has worked in
industry prior to becoming a consultant makes his
work stronger, as he has a solid understanding of
how consulting project deliverables are best
structured to be usable by client organizations.”
- Timothy Morey, Senior Business Architect, Wipro Consulting Services “In 2000, I co-founded a startup company called TuVox - a speech applications company serving the call center marketplace. Bjorn quickly began to impress us with the diversity of skills he had. He could simultaneously design product, write code, design speech user-interfaces, all in-bound work, while simultaneously helping out in sales and project management. Later, he moved fully into a pre-sales and solutions consulting position. While jetting around the country selling, Bjorn also obtained his MBA from the competitive and prestigious UC Berkeley Haas Business School. A few years after we hired Bjorn, my co-founder and I created a yearly "Founder's Award". Criteria for the award included our core values - leadership, teamwork, excellence, integrity, and customer satisfaction. Beyond that, the candidate had to have made a significant difference in the company's valuation, and ability to scale. The first year there was no debate - Bjorn was the clear candidate. It's rare that I see a future CEO in the making - I have no hesitations in recommending Bjorn for any leadership position.” - Ashok Khosla, CTO & Co-Founder, TuVox Inc. “Bjorn is one of the rare individuals who combine creativity with analytical thinking in a true balance of left-brain and right-brain functions. I have seen him spend hours working through business problems or debugging a piece of code, then pick up his camera and create breathtaking works of art. Bjorn is always extremely dedicated to the task at hand, as well as helping his teammates succeed. I would welcome the chance to work side by side with Bjorn again.” - Nick Ezzo, Director, Marketing, TuVox, Inc. “I worked closely with Bjorn for three years at eTranslate. He was an integral member of the early team that started the business and his Globalization domain expertise provided critical insight and direction into the development of the business. Bjorn brought a unique ability to convey very complex concepts and issues to clients in an intuitive and easy to understand fashion. He is a natural teacher and presenter, and he was one of the main reasons why and how we were able to secure many high profile Fortune 500 customers.” - Scott Roberts, Founder and VP of Business Development, eTranslate “Bjorn was one of the best teachers I've ever had. He had a passion for the subject matter and a passion for his students. And he was fun. I'm a manager now and I wish he taught management classes - I'd sign up in a heartbeat.” - Melanie Parsons Gao, Senior Globalization Manager, Sun Microsystems |