I'm Swedish, living in France since 1993.
I have an MBA in the International Business Program at the School of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. I have several years experience of international trade between British, French, Belgian and Nordic companies.
I have started a company in France, in order to develop business between France and Sweden.

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At 6:08pm on September 25, 2009, Catharina Dember said…: Helge,
We can take it a Finnish time.

Best regards
Catharina Dember

At 5:37pm on September 25, 2009, Helge V. Keitel said…: Catharina,
Yes, and is that at French time? Both are okay.

At 3:19pm on September 25, 2009, Catharina Dember said…: Helge,
Is it possible for you on Monday, for example at 11 o'clock?

Best regards
Catharina Dember

At 10:44am on September 24, 2009, Helge V. Keitel said…: Catharina,

We could have a Skype chat next week. I'll be traveling this week. My Skype ID is "visualradio".

Br
Helge

At 10:09pm on September 23, 2009, Catharina Dember said…: Hello Helge,

Concerning the building automation area, we have already planned to participate in some events in the sustainable development area,
in Paris this autumn.

There is a conference organized by ESSEC business school about new Green IT business
in the middle of October and the trade fairs Pollutec (environment, cleantech) in December
and eventually Bâtimat (construction, with a sustainable building management section) in November.

Perhaps we could have a deeper discussion over the phone.

Best regards

Catharina DEMBER

At 3:26pm on September 18, 2009, Helge V. Keitel said…: The Area Manager should handle the business operations in greater Paris area. The idea is to get started from Paris and expand to other big cities.

- build customer relations with systems integrators (building industry)
- knowledge about the building industry
- ability to run the business operations in the area / region
- make quotations, negotiate contracts, lead projects
- training by the company
- support by the company

Our schedule is to set specific goals in November 2009 and to start the operations 2010. I'll inform about details in November. We're also preparing to do the same in Germany.

At the moment, there are several things in the pipeline to be done before we can take the next move.

At 12:46pm on September 18, 2009, Catharina Dember said…: Helge,
Your project seems very interesting and thank you very much for the link to the OpenFinnovation-site. Could you please tell me a little bit more what kind of partnership you are looking for and what you expect the Area manager to do (market studies, elaborate offers, seeking and developing customers, finding out about technical standards…. ?)
On the technical side, my partner is a French System engineer (with a background in measurement) and he could also give technical support to elaborate the technical solutions between the French companies and your client.
Best regards
Catharina Dember

At 10:09pm on September 17, 2009, Helge V. Keitel said…: Catharina, thanks for your comment. I've an upcoming project at the end of the year of next year concerning Building Automation. We're looking for partners in Paris.

If you like to learn more about Open Innovation in Finland, please, come to Qaiku and the #OpenFinnovation -channel. There you can build direct contacts with the social media elite in Finland just like here at KK-Net.

At 12:46pm on September 11, 2009, kknet said…: Welcome to KK-Net!

At 10:43am on September 11, 2009, Helge V. Keitel said…: Catharina, nice to have you here Networking. I used to work in France in th 90's - building bridges between Finland and France. We'd our base in Alsace and did work with other Central European countries as well. Please, tell more about your work and how we could collaborate.