Carsten Wittrup

About Carsten Wittrup

Forward thinking Global Business Executive with demonstrated leadership qualities, deep industry knowledge and a strong track record of merging culture, technology and people to drive business results.Multi lingual and multi cultural director, who combine technical and commercial insight to craft strategy, uncover growth opportunities and expand market share.Effective change agent, who stimulates breakthrough thinking in others, understands the needs of diverse groups of stakeholders and is able to negotiate difficult issues to consensus. Builds collaborative sales and business development teams that consistently deliver on business objectives.Lived and worked in Europe, Latin America and USA, Developed markets in Europe, Latin America, USA, South-East Asia and South Pacific. Fluent in English, Spanish, Danish; conversant in German, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Italian, Portuguese.CORE COMPETENCIES• Strategy• Innovation• Licensing & IP Management• Marketing• Communication• Change Leadership • Negotiation• Technology Transfer• Business Development• Alliance Management• Multi Lingual / Multi Cultural• Technical & Competitive Intelligence

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer

   Oxyguard North America Llp

   Mar 2023 — Present · Madison, NJ, US

   OxyGuard North America is a newly founded branch of OxyGuard International A/S and committed to further develop the use of our cutting edge technology within the sectors of Aquaculture, RAS, water quality management and WWT. We are focused on delivering superior products and services to our many customers and distributors in North America. We are excited to now be able to connect in real time with our customers within the full range of North American time-zones. OxyGuard was founded with the primary objective to create equipment that would provide users with exactly the equipment they needed. Since 1987 our oxygen probes and control equipment has been developed and manufactured in-house in the OxyGuard facility in Denmark, and introduced a new standard in aquaculture. The probes and equipment are reliable, accurate, sturdy, easy-to-use, and have an extensive longevity compared to other equipment on the market. Equally important, it is affordable for even the small fish farmers! We have since then enjoyed a leading position on the world market, a position we proudly continue to hold.

Education

• CorpTalk™

  Executive Leadership Coach & Business Leader Facilitator, Leadership and Change Management

  2001 — 2008

• DTU - Technical University of Denmark

  MSc, Polytechnic Engineering

  1977 — 1984

• Vantage Partners™, Harvard Negotiation Project

  Advanced Negotiation, Communication & Conflict Resolve, Negotiations and Conflict Resolution

  2004 — 2006

• Management Roundtable™, Gene Slowinski

  Partnering, Stakeholders and Strategic Alliances, Alliance management

  2005 — 2006

Skills

• Patents
• Renewable Energy
• Innovation Through Motivation
• Change Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Effective Influencer
• Sustainability
• Licensing
• Commercialization
• Root Cause Analysis & Strategy
• Business, Competitive & Technical Intelligence
• Multilingual
• Strategy
• Project Management
• Global Business Development
• Intellectual Property
• Leadership
• New Business Development
• Multi Cultural
• Due Diligence
• Change Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Strategic Thinking
• Negotiation
• Stakeholder Negotiator
• Management Consulting
• Competitive Analysis
• Global Teambuilding and Coaching
• Start-Ups
• Business Development
• Technology Development
• Business Process Improvement
• Knowledge Broker
• Alliance & Relationship Management
• Business Strategy
• Change Leadership & Management
• Consulting
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Competitive Intelligence
• International Business