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Annual Report 2011
Visma´s Management
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New business thinking is the future of innovation Innovation creates change. It is often called evolution. In fact, it is a way of pursuing opportunities of tomorrow. For Visma innovative thinking has created an evolution of growth and profitability. Looking back it is clear they saw ahead. Just like today. Visma has found a winning recipe for organizing its pursuit of innovation, from top management and all the way out to the dedicated and competent employees in all countries. In today´s transparent business climate, with open organisational structures, good ideas often come from various parts of the organisational landscape. Management is not a question of top-down, nor bottom-up. It is a question of fueling engagement and innovation as key driving forces of business development and success of tomorrow. It has become a management priority to make sure everyone contributes in the evolution of creating a more efficient tomorrow. For Visma it is a priority to lead the evolution. It has always been core for Visma to provide efficiency. Our solution has been to create an efficient evolution through sustainability, growth and profitability based on a solid business platform and a stable management team. In Visma, we like to call this the efficiency evolution. New business thinking, creative ideas, professional insight, technological innovation and entrepreneurial spirit create a whole new approach to established perceptions. In short, Visma has created a new integrated offering to the market through a new way of combining different business areas and efficient solutions for its customers. A key factor will always be expertise and knowledge. Today and tomorrow. In fact, for Visma innovative thinking has created an evolution of growth and profitability. It is obvious. Innovation creates change and it is often called evolution. The key is to look ahead and pursue innovative thinking. Always.
Chief Executive Officer Øystein Moan, born in 1959, is educated Cand. Scient at the University in Oslo with computer science as main subject. Moan is earlier founder and Managing Director of Cinet AS, and has been CEO of Visma Group since October 1997. Chief Financial Officer Tore Bjerkan, born in 1958, is the founder of Multisoft, one of the companies that through merger became Visma. Bjerkan had positions as Director of Research and Development and Managing Director of Multisoft ASA, and Business Developer of Visma ASA. Mr. Bjerkan has been CFO of Visma Group since July 1997. Division Director, Visma Software, Bjørn A. Ingier, born in 1954, is Bachelor of Economy from Nhh in Bergen. Ingier had positions like Controller in Dyno Industries, chemical division, MD of SchlagerForlaget, and joint owner and MD of MultiData before he became the MD of Multisoft Norway AS, which was one of the companies that through merger became Visma. As of October 1999 Ingier has been Division Director of Visma Software. Division Director, Visma Commerce Solutions, Eivind Gundersen, born in 1970, is Bachelor of Business Administration from California Lutheran University, and Master of Science in Energy Management from Norwegian School of Management. Gundersen has previously worked as Senior Consultant in PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting and Managing Director in Massmarket (Acquired by Visma in fall 2002). As of January 2008 Gundersen has been Division Director of Visma Commerce Solutions.
Division Director,Visma Retail, Peter Fischer, born 1964 in Stockholm, is Division director of Visma Retail. Peter has extensive experience in structuring work within organization and sales within retail. He has, among other things, served as president of Axlon Holding as well as a number of senior positions at Fujitsu Siemens and Tektronix in hardware sales, in supply and distribution. Fischer has been Division Director since 2008. Division Director Visma BPO Accounting & Payroll, Peter Lauring, born 1959 is Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, MSc in Business Economics and Auditing from Copenhagen Buisness School and is State Authorized Public Accountant. In 1987, Lauring became partner and shareholder of Info:Revision A/S. In 1995 he founded Bogholderi & Administration A/S. Visma acquired Bogholderi & Adminsitration A/S by 50.05% in 2002, and in 2006 Mr. Lauring moved with his familiy to Norway and became Division Director of Visma BPO Accounting & Payroll. Division Director, Visma Projects & Consulting, Carsten Boje Møller, born in 1962, is Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark and has studied business and computer science at University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. He was co-founder and Managing Director of Sirius IT which was acquired by Visma in 2010. Prior, he held a number of positions as General Manager for TietoEnator in Denmark. He has also lived six years in the USA and worked as a senior consultant for Ingres Corporation and CA and as manager of it-development at the Eli Witt Company. Boje Møller became Division Director in 2011.