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Olav Carlsen

Olav Carlsen

Corporate Controller, Director of Tax

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    SPRIND Innovation Manager, Board Member Aufsichtsrat, CEO CFO, Founder, DeepTech, Green Hydrogen, Speaker, EU Program Mgr and Mentor, Investor

  • Education

    • Icpas

      1995 -
      Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Illinois, USA

    • University of Munich

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      MBA (Diplom)

  • Experience

    • SonicBlue (former S3, Inc. and Diamond Multimedia, Inc.)

      Jan 1996 - Jan 2000
      Corporate Controller, Director of Tax

      We acquired the IP to the first MP3 Player from Korea as Samsung had no interest in it. Diamond released the first MP3 Player with that: Rio300, the "parent" device of all MP3 players to come. Steve Jobs recognized this as the first step in the iPod story.

    • Transmeta Corp.

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2004
      CFO

      First low-power computer chips. Against intel and AMD. Many laptop designs with Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba and others. Most famous employee: Linus Thorwald. NASDAQ IPO and follow-on offering, later strategic restructuring.

    • PortalPlayer, Inc.

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2007
      CFO

      Responsible for 2004 Nasdaq IPO, Successful sale of PortalPlayer in 2007 to Nvidia. PortalPlayer was one of most successful tech companies in early 2000'. Delivering technology to Steve Jobs: For many years the exclusive provider of core technology to the first generation of apple iPods. If you have an older iPod - check out the "About" in General - PortalPlayer Logo comes right at the top. Corp.

    • Tiaxa Group, USA, Chile, Germany

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2018
      Managing Director, CFO

      Expanding Tiaxa from Chile to the World. We developed Tiaxa to become the leading nano-credit financial service company in the world. Even in China. Succesfully exited. Tiaxa - now a Bemobi Company

    • Hydrogen Rise AG

      May 2018 - now
      Founder, Chairman of the Board

      We focus on a green hydrogen economy - renewable energy to green hydrogen, hydrogen storage and distribution and upcoming global hydrogen trade with projects in MENA. Zero CO2 Emissions by 2050 is not a "nice-to-have". It is a "must". It must be achieved with green hydrogen as relevant element for global renewable energy management and industry decarbonization. Hydrogen Rise focuses on project planning, financing, building and operating projects with technoligy leaders and government agenices.

    • Scaleup 4 Europe

      Jan 2020 - Feb 2023
      Program Management - European Commission Horizon 2020 Startup Support and Acceleration

      Co-Managing a Horizon 2020 European Commission Program. Scaling and Acceleration Support for European Deep Tech Innovators in AI, Big Data, ESG, Blockchain. The Project was managed by 5 European Startup Support Organizations: UnternehmerTUM, Munich - Pinoeers, Vienna - Technology Park, Slovenia - Chamber of Commerce, Serbia under consortium lead of Berchtesdadener Land Development Agency. We were very successful in supporting hundreds of Startups across Europe.

    • SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen

      Feb 2024 - now
      Innovation Manager

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • CPA

      AICPA