When I'm not working as a project manager at the implementation department or looking after my two children and an old house, there's not much time for hobbies. But since I know something about time optimization I have just bought a yacht and try to fly a glider every now and then. I am a graduate in industrial engineering and management from Chalmers University. I previously worked as project manager for a company that produces control systems for the process industry.

Today, my main responsibility is working with clients and running projects. The aim is to make sure that the system we have sold works in production. This involves integrating our system into the client's IT structure and enabling it to communicate with related systems. We must also ensure that the planned solutions our system creates do not conflict with the company's rules or with trade union agreements. Last but not least we also have to model a cost function for the optimizer ensuring that the solutions make the crew members happy with their roster. This is done by implementing soft properties such as quality of life, fairness and individual preferences. The best part of the work is the interesting mix of contacts with people and working out solutions for complicated problems.

Why Carmen?
For two reasons. Firstly, I wanted to work for a company where I could pass on opinions from end-users of the system to the product developers. Secondly, I am interested in the airline industry and I thought that Carmen would be an interesting place to work, seeing as it has so many airlines as clients. The best thing about Carmen is that it is an inspirational environment with interesting people from every corner of the world. The assignments are exciting and complicated. One thing I can promise about working here - your brain gets a good workout!