Resumé by multiplicity

Current

CTO at Refugees United
co-founder at wire.less.dk

Past

Project Manager at Statens IT
Freelance Trainer, Workshop Facilitator and Consultant at TeachTech
Strategic Technology Consultant at AllAfrica Global Media

Director of Technology at AllAfrica Global Media
Senior Linux Enterprise Consultant at Casalogic
Facilitator / Alternative Access Track at Africa Source 2
founder and board member at ict4dev.org
Associate at Tactical Technology Collective
Volunteer, übergeek at Geekcorps
Volunteer at Geekcorps
Head of Department at Icon Medialab
Web developer and Technical Project Manager at Icon Medialab
Web Developer at Tele Danmark Internet

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Education

Handelshøjskolen i København

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Summary

Tomas Krag is a technology generalist with a focus on Internet technologies, low-cost infrastructure, Open standards, Free/Open Source Software and grassroots/community approaches to technology.
He is an experienced Linux consultant, systems architect and trainer.

He is currently working as a technology specialist and project manager with Refugees United (http://refunite.org/), and independent platform for refugees and migrant workers to register and search for lost family members.

Over the past years he has worked as a project manager at the danish government IT-department (Statens It), as a freelance linux consultant with Casalogic, as a linux/open
source trainer, and as Director of Technology with AllAfrica Global Media. He is also the co-founder of wire.less.dk, a
Copenhagen-based non-profit working with wireless technologies to establish internet infrastructure in developing countries.

For the past 8 years Tomas, through wire.less.dk, has done large amounts of volunteer work, and professional consulting in wireless and open source projects throughout Africa and South Asia. This has included research, training and workshop planning/facilitation, as well as co-authoring a
number of books on these topics. He also came up with the original concept of the Book Sprint (http://booksprint.info) Which has been used by himself and a number of other groups to write and publish large numbers of free technology related books (see http://flossmanuals.net/).

Tomas considers himself a wireless and F/OSS geek, and enjoys teaching and evangelizing both of those subjects. An experienced speaker and facilitator, and a with a business school background, Tomas has the ability to talk about technology at many different levels; from discussing code with programmers, to laying out the business implications of technology choices to a non-technical audience.

He does what he does because it's loads of fun.

Specialties:

Information and Communication Technologies for the Developing World, DIY Open-Source Infrastructure, Wireless Networking, Linux Networking, Free/Open Source Enterprise Systems, Trainer and Workshop Facilitator

Experience

CTO

Refugees United

(Privately Held; Music industry)

August 2009 — Present (8 months)
- Project Manager of New Site Development
- Open Source Strategy
- Community Management and Strategy
- Infrastructure and IT
- All things bits and bytes
co-founder

wire.less.dk

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Networking industry)

April 2002 — Present (8 years )

wire.less.dk is a highly specialized independent team of experts in wireless and internet technology, working with business customers as well as non-profit projects, e.g. community networks and ICT initiatives for the developing world.

services we offer include network design and security,
education and consultancy, hardware and installations.
Project Manager

Statens IT

(Government Administration industry)

February 2009 — June 2009 (5 months)

A few months moonlighting in the public sector ended when the very ambitious project was downsized severely. All process and project planning were squeezed out of the project plan. Good luck with it ;-)
Freelance Trainer, Workshop Facilitator and Consultant

TeachTech

(Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2008 — January 2009 (1 year )

Freelance Technologist, Evangelist and Grand Geek, in Linux Enterprise Systems, Open Source Networking Infrastructure, Wireless Networks and Web 2.0alpha.
Both with an enterprise focus, and in the context of decentralized developing world infrastructure and DIY computing.
Strategic Technology Consultant

AllAfrica Global Media

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)

December 2007 — May 2008 (6 months)
Director of Technology

AllAfrica Global Media

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

December 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 1 month)

As Director of Technology at AllAfrica Global Media, I am responsible for developing the current web presence at http://allafrica.com/ as well as building new sites as part of an ongoing company expansion.
Senior Linux Enterprise Consultant

Casalogic

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2006 — November 2006 (7 months)
Facilitator / Alternative Access Track

Africa Source 2

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2006 — 2006 (less than a year)
founder and board member

ict4dev.org

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2003 — March 2006 (2 years 4 months)

ict4dev.org is a non-profit working with disruptive technologies in the developing world. Our projects include workshops on using low-cost wireless solutions to connect schools, as well as working with localization and promotion of Open Source software for non-profits.
Associate

Tactical Technology Collective

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

August 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 6 months)
Volunteer, übergeek

Geekcorps

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2002 — November 2002 (2 months)

Working as a volunteer in Yerevan, Armenia I was involved in planning the future volunteer deployments of Geekcorps in the region.
Volunteer

Geekcorps

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

January 2001 — March 2001 (3 months)

Working as a violunteer in Accra, Ghana
I helped a local wireless ISP plan and deploy wireless technology using 802.11b equiopment, as well as setup linux-based (e-smith) servers for web and mail hosting.
Head of Department

Icon Medialab

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

January 2000 — January 2001 (1 year 1 month)

Head of a department at one of Europes largest web agencies, focusing on mobile internet technologies. Research and Development.
Web developer and Technical Project Manager

Icon Medialab

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

January 1999 — January 2000 (1 year 1 month)
Web Developer

Tele Danmark Internet

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Internet industry)

October 1997 — October 1998 (1 year 1 month)

Education

Handelshøjskolen i København

BA , Information Technology and Business Administration , 1993 — 1996

Additional Information

Websites:

Interests:

Training and Workshop Facilitation, Open Source and Free Software, Linux and Ubuntu, Web Technologies and Network Infrastructure, canoepolo/kajakpolo, white-water kayaking, basketball, coffee, whisky, Sci-Fi, Travelling, Understanding Africa