Krishan Totland Email & Phone Number

Bergen, Vestland, No

Consultant, shareholder and board member in startups. Helping companies scale with marketing, sales and global workforce in developing countrys in Southeast Asia.

Strategic advisor to the General Manager. Our company operates web portals that collectively attract over 100,000 unique users per month, generating revenue through advertisements and affiliate programs. Additionally, we have a food app with steadily growing subscription income.

Restructured the company. Put together a new team, IT system and sales system. levated customer satisfaction from low to high. Profitability rose, and the debt ratio was notably reduced.Appointed as unpaid interim CEO based on my board role and commitment to support the company.

Bergen, Norway

Partner in the PR unit in one of Scandinavia’s largest consortiums for communication, marketing and technology. NOR PR (former employer) and five other companies in the Media Bergen Group became Apriil in 2020.My bread and butter tasks; consulting, strategy, crisis management, media handling and PR.

Started as intern and became the youngest partner in Apriil PR. A senior-heavy agency and a great deal of freedom yielded great learning outcomes.

Bergen, Norway

Part of the management in Norled, one of Norway's largest ferry and express boat operators with over 80 vessels and 1000 employees.Strategic advisor for Norled and media spokesperson on behalf of the company which receives dozens of interview requests every week from local, national and international media.Norled plays an important role in Norway`s maritime transportation system. My aim was to inform the public about ongoing operations and thereby improve their daily commute, and create increased demand for green technology solutions such as electric and hydrogen driven vessels.Temporarily hired as consultant through NOR PR.

Bergen, Norway

Formerly in the management team at the world’s largest test center for carbon capture technologies.I supported the company with business development, strategy and networking with global tech. companies, governments and research communities. The day to day work also consists of media consulting, events and internal communication.My aim was to strengthen the company’s brand to attract new owners to partake in a new operating agreement beyond 2020.The NOK 6 billion facility is owned by Equinor, Shell, Total and Gassnova (the state’s CO2 handling enterprise). I was externally hired as consultant through NOR PR.

Bergen, Norway

Hired as communication manager for the staffing agency. The company doubled revenue and hired thousands of new on-call employees throughout my time in the company.My task was to build the communication infrastructure for the company, such as comm. strategy, media plan and marketing tools. Furthermore, we developed sales courses for the administration.My goal was to help further commercialize the business through branding and organizational development. I reported directly to the managing director and board.Temporarily hired as part time consultant through NOR PR.

Bergen, Norway

Interest group for employees and students in the field of communication with approximately 400 members in the local branch in Vestland county. After being elected into the board I started working with seminars and courses for members and partake in developing new university studies for marketing in Bergen.

Bachelor'S Degree, Pr, Communications And Media

Activities and Societies: Kommunikasjonsforeningen Volda, Volda Student-TV, Studenthuset Rokken One of the bachelor’s degrees in Norway.

Economics And Leadership

Additional online courses besides my regular bachelor in PR, media and communication. The online courses could be embedded in various.

Business And Management

I chose UCR for my foreign exchange program instead of even higher ranked universities because they taught finance and business from more.

Media Science

Studied media science for 2 semesters. I changed my bachelor study and was able to incorporate most of these courses into my current.

Videregående Skole, Media Og Kommunikasjon

The private school had the resources to offer high tech media production equipment and talented staff with individual tailored teaching.