“Lars is one of the brightest, most rational, and creative people with whom I have had the pleasure of working. His enthusiasm and knowledge was always balanced by his business wisdom. AND, he is an all around great guy.”
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I am an entrepreneur with two exits (WebHire IPO'd in 1996 and Picasa exited to Google in…
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Experience & Education
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Volunteer Experience
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Member, Board Of Directors
Points North Institute
- 3 years 2 months
Arts and Culture
The Points North Institute is a launching pad for the next generation of nonfiction storytellers. We build a unique, interdisciplinary community of filmmakers, artists, journalists, industry leaders and local audiences, forming a creative hub where stories and talent are discovered, collaborations are born, and the future of nonfiction media is shaped.
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Trustee
St. Mark's School
- 8 years 6 months
Education
Help St. Mark's become the best small boarding school in the country.
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Volunteer
Dooley Intermed International
- Present 14 years
Health
Providing free healthcare services to remote regions, notably Nepal.
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Member, Education and Public Outreach Committee, NASA Advisory Council
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 2 years 1 month
Education
Try to help fix the problem that few people really understand what NASA does since they took us to the moon, and quite a few believe that it doesn't exist since we stopped flying the Space Shuttle.
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Member, Stevens Institute Board of Councilors
University of Southern California
- 2 years 1 month
Education
Help Stevens' technology commercialization efforts & USC entrepreneurship initiatives.
Patents
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Visualizing digital images on a map
Issued US 8,811,775
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Projects
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Executive Producer, Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
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See projectRead a very, very funny script. Put up a small amout of money to make the film. Film rights acquired by Sony. Not a financial success, but has quite the cult following.
Honors & Awards
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NASA Exceptional Public Service Award
NASA
This NASA medal is awarded for sustained performance that embodies multiple contributions on NASA projects, programs, or initiatives.
Sustained performance has made a significant improvement to NASA deliverables, operations, or image;
Achievements sets a benchmark for others to follow; substantial improvement to a NASA program that yielded high quality results or improvements;
Impact and importance of the employee's services have made a lasting impact on the success of the…This NASA medal is awarded for sustained performance that embodies multiple contributions on NASA projects, programs, or initiatives.
Sustained performance has made a significant improvement to NASA deliverables, operations, or image;
Achievements sets a benchmark for others to follow; substantial improvement to a NASA program that yielded high quality results or improvements;
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DEMO God award
DEMO Conference
Won award for one of the best demos at annual industry conference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a0P0KDawd0
Languages
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Swedish
Native or bilingual proficiency
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German
Limited working proficiency
Organizations
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Explorer's Club
Member
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Flightview
Board Member
-Help flight information software company grow through ultimate acquisition by OAG.
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National Association of Flight Instructors
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