Bernt Wahl
entrepreneurship, writing books on chaos theory and fractal geometry, and Internet search technology. Throughout his career, he has been involved with several start-ups and he has taught over 1,000 university engineering students.
| Headline: | Inventor |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://bernt.name |
| Industries: | Cleantech, Computing, Education, Financial, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Mobile, Nanotech, Real Estate, Travel |
| Skills: | Architecture, Business, Computer Engineering, Copyrights, Databases, Design, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, German, Graphic design, Human-Computer Interaction, Industrial Engineering, Intellectual Property, Investment, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Law, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Patents, Product design, Public speaking, Recruitment, Sales, Software Engineering, Trademarks, Web design, Web Development |
| Location: | Berkeley, CA USA |
| Groups: | 2011 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition, 2012 UC Berkeley Startup Competition, Global Social Venture Competition 2011, Global Social Venture Competition GSVC 2012, UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2009-2010, [INACTIVE] Global Social Venture Competition 2009-10 |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Creating a group, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding hot stories, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Getting press, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup, Shadowing, Sharing my projects, Starting a company, Trading services |
| Tags: | and solar., Cleantech, Energy, iphone app |
| Schools: | California State University System - Hayward, University of California System - Berkeley, University of California System - Davis, University of California System - Santa Cruz |
FEATURED STARTUP
Solar Prospector
Solar Prospector
Digital Solar's Prospector offers solar measuring software tools to: solar energy installers, architects, contractors, and energy conscious consumers regarding the placement and installation of solar gather devices for buildings and other structure.
- Startup type: Invention
- Status: Active
- Stage: Prototyping
FULL BIO
CEO Factle Corporation, CEO Datahunt, CEO Dynamic Software, Consultant Classified Ventures, CCO YellowGiant, Cal Lecturer, Honorary Alumni; Alumni Association (past member), founded 3 companies with UCB Faculty/Students, Berkeley Venture Group Advisor, BMUG (original member), MOT Certificate / School of Information M.A. / MBA etc.
Bernt has several passions, including starting fun and innovative companies, teaching entrepreneurship, writing books on chaos theory and fractal geometry, and Internet search technology. Throughout his career, he has been involved with several start-ups and he has taught over 1,000 university engineering students how to develop new product ideas. Bernt founded Dynamic Software in 1987 while at UC Santa Cruz. Its first products produced mathematical visualization software. Dynamic Interactive -- a spin-off company started in 1995 -- was a pioneer Internet commerce company servicing clients that included Microsoft, Sun and Macromedia. He has served as CEO of both start-ups.
In environmental areas he has worked with the United Nations on Ecotourism and he helped the U.S. National Park Service build its first website. He is also interested in social causes including the work done by The International Justice Mission, and various other organizations’ work on the global dissemination of information.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Factle Corporation |
| Position: | CEO |
| Time period: | June 2007 - January 2010 |
| Description: | Neighborhood Maps |
| Employer: | Factle Corporation |
| Position: | CEO |
| Time period: | June 2007 - January 2010 |
| Description: | Neighborhood Maps |
| Employer: | Factle Corporation |
| Position: | CEO |
| Time period: | June 2007 - January 2010 |
| Description: | Neighborhood Maps |
| Employer: | WALT DISNEY, GO NETWORK, INFOSEEK |
| Position: | Senior Manager |
| Time period: | January 2000 - December 2001 |
| Description: | As Datahunt CEO lead buy out attempt of Infoseek from Disney. At Go.com lead product development
teams – between 6-20 people comprised of marketing groups, designers, engineers, and support staff --to design, build and test Internet business/search products. Deliverables included Product Planning/Market Requirement Documents with cost and revenue projections, production plans with milestones and resource allocation managed through the complete product/project life cycle. Other responsibilities included technical development and partner negotiations. Products/services responsibility: GO Express, GO Search, Power Search, GO branded Internet Explorer, related topic search and URL indexing services. |
| Employer: | GLOBAL WEB WORKS |
| Position: | Co-founder, CEO |
| Time period: | January 1996 - December 1998 |
| Description: | Internet commerce site development: provided market analysis, developed business strategies, andconstructed web catalog sites using on-line database ordering systems (Microsoft Commerce Server
using SQL and WebCatalog using Access, NetObjects Fusion, Java, also developed custom secured encryption methods). Examined streaming video options. Clients: Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Informix, Macromedia, NPS, retail establishments and consulted to three Internet start-up companies on business strategies, technology issues and controlling costs. |
| Employer: | DYNAMIC INTERACTIVE |
| Position: | Co-founder, CEO |
| Time period: | January 1995 - December 1996 |
| Description: | Lead teams to produced software based exhibits/technology in: virtual reality, biotechnology, CAD,
digital technology, Internet, global positioning systems, speech synthesis, character recognition, fractal geometry and audio/video processing. Incorporate multimedia-authoring tools. Key users: science museums, CD ROM titles and Internet sites |
| Employer: | DYNAMIC SOFTWARE BERKELEY, CA |
| Position: | CEO, Co-founder, Product Manager, Brand Manager, Software Developer and Cheerleader |
| Time period: | January 1987 - December 1996 |
| Description: | Co-developed mathematical, graphic, and educational software. Worked with educational publishers to
create mathematics materials for educational institutions, graphic designers and fashion industry Products: FractaSketch, MandelMovie, Fractus:IFS and Chaos: Mathematics for the 21st Century. |
| Employer: | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA CRUZ, SANTA CRUZ, CA |
| Position: | Physics Department Computer Instructor |
| Time period: | January 1985 - December 1987 |
| Description: | Conducted research in chaos mathematics and wrote programs that modeled corresponding
dynamical systems. Aided in teaching one of the first class on Chaos theory -a graduate level course. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Santa Cruz |
| Time period: | 2008 - 2011 |
| Degree: | Engineering, PhD |
| University: | University of California System - Berkeley |
| Time period: | 2006 - 2008 |
| Degree: | School of Information, MA |
| University: | California State University System - Hayward |
| Time period: | 2000 - 2002 |
| Degree: | Multimedia, MA |
| University: | University of California System - Davis |
| Time period: | 1997 - 1999 |
| Degree: | Business, MBA |
| University: | University of California System - Santa Cruz |
| Time period: | 1981 - 1986 |
| Degree: | Math/Physics, BSc |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | http://www.directionsmag.com/author.php?author_id=531 |
| Books: | Exploring Fractals |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Sailing |
| Hobbies: | Building alternative energy systems and inventing gadgets. Writing books on Chaos
Theory and Fractal Geometry. Making documentaries. Traveling and lecturing. Visiting new lands and Coast Guard Auxiliary. |
| Memberships: | AAAS, ACM, Bootstrap Institute, Founding Member (BMUG) -Berkeley
Macintosh Users Group, Computer History Museum. IEEE, and Fulbright (Academy). |
| Awards: | Fulbright Fellowship (2002-2003), MapWorld Meridian Prize (2006), Technology
Breakthrough Competition - UC Berkeley Finalist (2006), UC Berkeley Lecturer Teaching Fellow (2009-2010), Red Cross Service Recognition (1989) - Earthquake CERTIFICATES: Management of Technology (2007), Business Energy Sustainability (2008) U.C. Berkeley, Malaysian Ambassador Service Certificate (2003), Knowledge Revolution (2000) Stanford, Technology Information Management (2009) UC Santa Cruz (Candidate), Travel and Tourism (2008) – Berkeley City College (2008) (Candidate), U.S. Coast Guard Sailing Certificate (1998) |
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Solar Prospector
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Solar Energy - Solar Power
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