Netspor - Strategy and Project management

Netspor is a business consultancy specializing in Strategy and Project management. Using a wide range of tools and methods we assist companies and organizations in the private and public sectors. Our assignments range from planning and brainstorm meetings, using the AIR-OPERA® method, to larger strategy processes, using foresight and scenario methods.

We work with several business clusters on strategy and development, and run several courses for the Icelandic Export Council aimed at developing businesses and cooperation for export.

Other services include PR and lobbyism, Web-surveys, Benchmarking analysis and event management.

We are a small organization, but we have a good network of associates and specialists to solve both large and complicated projects.

Netspor was established in 1999, and our list of customers covers most fields of business and government. The biggest part of our projects are within tourism, environment, IT companies, sports and recreation and business development/clusters.

  

Who are we?


 

Sævar Kristinsson 

  Sævar Kristinsson

CEO - Partner
sk [at] netspor.is
Direct line: 824 2424

Sævar Kristinsson is the founder of Netspor and an experienced business consultant. He has worked for a wide range of customers as a project manager and consultant. Sævar Kristinsson is a popular meeting facilitator and course lecturer. He has a cand. oecon degree in business from the University of Iceland and MBA from Reykjavik University. He is a certified AIR-OPERA® facilitator and benchmarking consultant.

Sævar Kristinsson has co-authored several books and booklets on Marketing Plans, Clusters development and Scenarios and strategy.

 

 

Eiríkur Ingólfsson

  Eiríkur Ingólfsson

Business Consulting
eirikur [at] netspor.is

Eirikur Ingolfsson has broad management experience from private and public sector in Iceland and Norway. He lives in Norway and is an associated consultant with Netspor, specializing in foresight and strategy processes. Eirikur Ingolfsson has a cand. oecon degree in economics from the University of Iceland and a Master of Management (foresight and strategy) from BI in Oslo.

Eirikur Ingolfsson is the co-author of the book “Framtidin – stefnumotun med svidsmyndum” on Scenarios and strategy.

 

 

 

Friðjón R. Friðjónsson

  Friðjón R. Friðjónsson

PR Consultant / Lobbyist
frf [at] netspor.is
Mobile: +354 849 6373

Fridjon joined Netspor recently after he left his post as advisor to the Leader of the Independence Party in Parliament. Prior to that Fridjon was a PR Consultant at the PR firm Góð Samskipti. From 2007 through 2009 Fridjon was based in Washington DC and worked as an Independent advisor on IT and Information delivery. From 2002 Fridjon spent five years at the Ministry of Justice, which is now a part of the Ministry of Interior. Fridjon is an experienced PR consultant and Lobbyist with strong ties in government and Parliament and to Iceland’s largest political parties, the Independence Party (IP). Fridjon has served as a campaign consultant to many of the IP’s senior politicians. In his career he has planned and executed countless media events both political and in the private sector.

 

 

 

Ingvar Sverrisson

  Ingvar Sverrisson

PR Consultant / Lobbyist  - Partner
is [at] netspor.is
Mobile: +354 824 7722

Ingvar is one of two founders of Netspor. He started the firm in 2000 with Sævar Kristinsson the managing director of the firm after he left his post as the General Scretary of Althyduflokkurinn, a social democratic political party and precursor to the ruling Samfylking, the People’s Alliance. Ingvar left Netspor in 2005 to become the managing director of Gott Folk/McCann Ericksson, which merged, with Jonsson&Le’Macks in early 2009. Shortly thereafter Ingvar joined the government to become Political Advisor to the Minister of transportation and later the Minister of Welfare. Early 2011 Ingvar left government to rejoin Netspor and has since worked on several projects in the transportation and tourism industry. Ingvar has been involved in politics and media for the better part of the last twenty years.

 

 

 

Kristján M. Ólafsson

  Kristján M. Ólafsson

Business consultant  - Partner
kmo [at] netspor.is
GSM: 894 9491

Kristján M. Ólafsson is an experienced consultant and training facilitator. His background is in the field of operation management in shipping and supply chain management with emphasizes on logistics, transportation and project management. He has industrial engineering degree (Diplom Wirthshaftsengineur) from the Karlsruhe University in Germany.

Kristján has experience in teaching logistics and operation management on management seminars and the Reykjavik University. He has also served as tutor for students working on their final theses.

 

Our Customers include:

Travel and Tourism

  • City of Reykjavik (Tourism Strategy)
  • Akureyri municipality (Tourism Strategy)
  • SAF – Iceland Travel Association (Business Strategy)
  • Icelandic Association of Youth Hostels (Business Strategy)
  • Environment City of Reykjavik (Environment Strategy – Local Agenda 21)
  • Umhverfisstofnun/Icelandic Environment Agency (Scenarios and Business Strategy)

Sports and recreation

  • Operational strategy for most major Sports Clubs in the Reyjavik area.
  • Reykjavik Sports Association – IBR/Íþróttabandalag Reykjavíkur (Strategy for sports and recration in Reykjavik)
  • Bláfjöll – Ski area (Business Strategy) Local government

Strategies for Business Development, Tourism and Culture for most of the major municipalities in Iceland s.a:

  • Akranes
  • Akureyri
  • Ísafjörður
  • Fjarðabyggð
  • Mosfellsbær and more

Private companies

  • IT companies
  • Skýrr
  • Landsteinar Strengur
  • EJS
  • Major financial institutions
  • Landsbanki
  • ...and many more.

  

 
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