Automotive Infotainment & Telematics

Egil has more than 30 years experience in the computer, communications, Internet and telematics industries. He has extensive experience in technology forecasting, competitive analysis and market forecasting. Egil was Co-Founder of Telematics Research Group (TRG), which was acquired by iSuppli in July 2008.

Prior to this Egil was President and Editor of Computer Industry Almanac, which published eight Computer and Internet Industry Almanac reference books. He was Chairman and Co-Founder of Future Computing, an information service company that was the first market research and product testing company for the PC industry. Future Computing was sold to McGraw-Hill. He remained president of the company's StoreBoard unit for several years following a private placement. StoreBoard tracked the sales of PC products through com¬puter dealers. StoreBoard was sold to Ziff-Davis, and was later acquired by NPD. He was also Chairman of Workstation Laboratories — a technology lab that specialized in performance analysis of personal computers, workstations and servers.

Previously, Egil was with Texas Instruments where he was a strategic and product planner for microprocessors, minicomputers and PCs. He was also employed by Norden, a division of United Technologies, where he designed graphics systems.

Egil has written columns and papers for computer publications and makes presentations, seminars and lectures in the USA, Asia and Europe. He received Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. Egil is a native of Norway and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).