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About the author
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WHO IS ODD DE PRESNO?
Odd de Presno (born 1944) lives in Arendal, a small town in southern
Norway, with his computers and modems. He has written twelve books. Half
these focus on various aspects of the Online World. The rest of them are
about practical applications of MS-DOS based personal computers. Published
in Norway and England. His book "The Online World" is distributed globally
as shareware.
Over 700 of his articles have been published in management and technical
magazines in Scandinavia, England, Japan, and the U.S.
Writer. International public speaker. Consultant. Operates an English-
language BBS online service in Norway (since 1985).
Area of special expertise: applications of global sources of online
information, computer conferencing, global electronic mail, automation of
information retrieval, personal computer applications.
Founder and Project Director of KIDLINK, an international non-profit
organization promoting a global dialog among the youth of the world. Since
its start in 1990, KIDLINK has involved over ten thousand kids between 10 -
15 years of age living in over 56 countries. (1)
Educational background includes a Diploma Degree in Business from
Bedriftsoekonomisk Institutt (Norway).
He founded the software company Data Logic A/S (Norway) in 1967 and was
president for five years. Sales manager Control Data Corp. seven years (in
charge of CYBERNET/Norway, an international online service). Marketing
manager IKO Software Service A/S, two years. Currently running his own
business.
Member of the Computer Press Association (U.S.A.) since 1983, and NFF
(Norway). Listed in Marquis' "Who's Who in the World" from 1991.
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