At bakken.canada our goal is simple: Through our services we work with you to create better results. Strategic Thinking - Practical Activities - Better Results.
bakken.canada consulting is centrally based in Richmond, B.C., and focuses on helping organizations manage growth opportunities in the fields of marketing, strategy, operations and general management.
Roar M. Bakken is the principal behind bakken.canada consulting. His work is based on a belief that interaction and coordination between different organizational areas and initiatives are crucial to an organization's ability to successfully achieve and manage business growth.
With front line experience in marketing, marketing research, project management and operations management, and a love for "being in-between" different business areas, Roar works with his clients developing marketing, management and operational initiatives aimed to support and manage business growth.
By combining marketing knowledge with business sense and organizational understanding, Roar uses an analytical approach to drive strategic initiatives, and thus enables his clients to implement practical initiatives leading to better business results.
His broad business experience enables him to help his clients look at their activities from both a strategic viewpoint as well as a practical operations management perspective. A strategic thinker with great analytical skills and an ability to learn quickly, Roar has often heard he has the ability to "get the job done".
His work is based on a belief that interaction and coordination between different organizational areas and initiatives are crucial to an organization?s ability to successfully achieve and manage business growth.
His broad business experience enables him to help his clients look at their activities from both a strategic viewpoint as well as a practical operations management perspective. A strategic thinker with great analytical skills and an ability to learn quickly, Roar has often heard he has the ability to "get the job done".
Roar earned his MBA from the University of British Columbia, focusing his studies on Management Information Systems (MIS) and Marketing. He earned his Masters of Business & Economics (MBE) degree from the Norwegian School of Management where he studied Business Management, Service Management, Organizational Development and Decision Making.
Roar is currently serving as Treasurer and Director for St. John's Richmond Church. He is a previous Director of he International Internet Marketing Association (IIMA) , a federally registered not-for-profit association, and was a member of of the Board of Directors of the BC Direct Marketing Association (BCDMA) where he helped guide the process of renaming the association to (BC Association of Integrated Marketers (BCAIM)).
Earlier he spent more than 15 years developing the leaders of tomorrow through his involvement in the international scouting movement. |
