Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 8, 1999
BJORN E. OLSSON is President and CEO of Harmon Industries, Inc. He has
almost a thirty-year professional career and gained extensive experience
in Finance and Executive level management. Mr. Olsson has held
managerial positions since 1972 and for 13 years been in President &
COO/CEO positions. He also has extensive international exposure
throughout his career and conducted business in all parts of the world.
Mr. Olsson received a Masters degree in Business Administration '
Finance & Accounting, 1968 at University of Lund, Lund, Sweden and
participated in a number of courses in Management, Organization
development and International Financing in Sweden, Switzerland and USA
1972/1997. He is a Member of the Boards of Aimpoint Inc, Washington USA:
Deve Schindler AB, Stockholm Sweden; Green & Co, Malmo Sweden; Jerre
Rail AB, Malmo Sweden; BJ Papper, Malmo Sweden, and of several foreign
subsidiaries of Kockums, Linden Alimak, Sonesson, SAB-NIFE and Cardo. He
is also a member of the Advisory Board of Central Missouri State
University Business School, Warrensburg, MO and St. Mary's Hospital Blue
Springs, MO. Mr. Olsson's personal interests include golf and skiing. Profile
history, your products, services, customers, those kinds of things?
Mr. Olsson: We are 52 years old, founded right
