Curriculum Vitae

1. Personal Information:

                        Born in Reyðarfjörður, Iceland October 3, 1947. Icelandic citizenship.
                        Marital Status: Married. Children: Two, born 1973 and 1977.

2. Present Residence/Mailing Address:

                        Lindargata  31, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

3. Present position:

                        Professor of Industrial Engineering, University of Iceland

4. Degrees:

                        B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering,  Univ. of Iceland 1969.
                        M.Sc. Industrial Engineering,  Techn. Univ. of Denmark 1972.
                        Ph.D. Operations Research, Techn. Univ. of Denmark  1975.

5. Employment and other related experience:

   5.1 Employment:

   1972-75        Research and teaching at Techn. Univ. of Denmark.
   1975-77        Systems Engineer at IBM in Iceland.
   1977-88        Director of Computing Centre, Univ. of Iceland,
   1976-87        Lecturer in Operations Research
   1988-            Professor of Industrial Engineering

   5.2 Project manager for the following research projects:

   1977             Allocation of Hay Reserves between Regions in Iceland. Funded by Icelandic Research Council
   1978             A Fleet Mix Model of the Icelandic Fishing Fleet. Funded by Icelandic Institute for Regional Planning
   1978             Simulation Study of the Capelin Fishery in Iceland. Funded by Ministry of Fisheries
   1979-80        Production Planning for Dairy Farms. Funded by Icelandic Research Council
   1980-85        Daily Production Planning in Fish Processing Plants
   1985-86        Analysis of Information Flow in Fishing Industry. Funded by Association of Fish Processors in Iceland
   1986-87        Decision Support Systems for Trawler Captains Funded by Icelandic Research Council
   1987-88        Standardisation of Software for Fish Processing Firms. Funded by Icelandic Institute of Technology
   1988             Expert Systems in Fish Processing. Funded by Univ. of Iceland.
   1988-89        Co-ordination of Fishing and Fish Processing. Funded by Univ. of Iceland.
   1989-91        Manufacturing Simulation System for Fish Processing. Funded by Univ. of Iceland.
   1990             Location of Dairies in Iceland. Funded by The Icelandic Dairies Association
   1991             Operational Analysis of Factory Trawlers. Funded by Univ. of Iceland.
   1992-94        Lake Myvatn Research. Funded by Ministry of Environmental Affairs
   1992             HALIOS, Vessel Information System. Funded by The EEC EUREKA Program
   1992             BENEFISH, Integration of Data in Fish Processing Funded by Nordic Minister Council
   1993-95        Batching and Grading of Fish. Funded by Icelandic Research Council and Marel Ltd
   1994             Optimising Oil Distribution in Iceland. Funded by Esso Iceland Ltd
   1995             Use of Duality in Product Mix Optimisation. Funded by Univ. of Iceland Research Fund
   1996             Optimisation of Raw Material Allocation in Fish Fillet Portioning. Funded by Icelandic Research Council and Marel Ltd
   1996             Information Systems for Fishing Vessel Captains. Funded by Icelandic Research Council and Radiomidun Ltd
   1997             Simulation of Document Flow Management in Groupware Systems. Funded by Icelandic Research Council and Hugvit Ltd
   1997             A Multiple Knapsack Algorithm for Batching and Grading. Funded by Marel Ltd
   1997-            Management Tools for Farming and Processing Fish. Funded by EEC CRAFT Exploratory Award and Novalia Ltd (Scotland)
   1998             Optimizing Production of Capelin, Shrimp and Herring. Funded by Icelandic Research Council
   1999             Kalina, Production of Electriciy from heat, Profitability Study. Funded by VGK Ltd
   2000             Opimization Model of Fisheries Operations. Funded by Icelandic Research Council
    2000            Control Software for AUV, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. Funded by Icelandic Research Council
    2001            Production Planning in Fish Farming. In cooperation with AGR Ltd.
    2002-           Production Scheduling Optimization in Batch Manufacturing. Funded by Icelandic Research Council        
    2005-           Dynamic Optimization of Production Planning and Scheduling. Funded by Icelandic Research Council      

   5.3 Other appointments:

   1982             Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, Dept. of Operations Research.
   1983-84        Vice chairman for Assoc. of Chartered Engineers in Iceland.
   1984-85        Vice chairman for Icelandic Operations Research Society.
   1987             Visiting Scholar, Univ. of Florida, Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
   1987-88        Chairman for Icelandic Data Processing Society.
   1989-90        Chairman for Icel. Research Computer Networks.
   1990-            Member of board of Fisheries Research Institute, Univ. of Iceland, chairman 1997-2001.
   1991             Visiting Professor at Oregon State Univ., Dept. of Agriculture and Resource Economics.
   1991-93        Chairman of Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
   1991-94        Member of Board of NORDINFO (Icelandic representative)
   1995-           Member of Board of NORDTEST  IT-group (Icelandic representative)
   1997            Visiting Professor at DalTech-Dalhousie Univ. Dept. of Industrial Engineering
   2001            Visiting Professor at Western Washington Univ., Bellingham, Washington
   2005            Visiting Scientist at FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
   2008            Visiting Professor at University of Namibia in Windhoek, Namibia

5.4 Teaching experience:

Since 1972, teaching students in Engineering, Computer Science and Business Administration:

                        Operations Research
                        Operations Management
                        Production Management and Inventory Control
                        Software Engineering and Information Technology
                        Stochastic Programming
                        Simulation
                        Engineering Economics and Profitability Analysis
                        Integer Programming, Networks and Scheduling
                        Management and Models
                        Stochastic Processes and Decision Theory

Also, numerous courses (4-6 each year) in many of these subjects for participants from the

Icelandic industries at Continuing Education Institute of the University of Iceland, and for participants from developing countries at UNU/FTP (United Nations University/Fisheries Training Programme). 

6. Professional Consulting

   6.1 Operations Management & Operations Research:

   1990-91       Icelandic Dairies Association
   1992-           Marel Ltd
   1994            Esso Iceland Ltd
   1995-           Icelandic Alloys Ltd
   1996-           Icelandic Civil Aviation Authorities
   2006-           Sorpa, City of Reykjavik Waste Management

   6.2 Feasibility, Profitability Studies and Business Plans:

   1982             Icelandic Rockwool Plant
   1986-88        Icelandic Silicon Metal Project
   1990-            The Atlantal Aluminium Plant Project
   1992             LVP Plant in Lithuania
   1993-            Icelandic Energy Marketing Unit
   2000-            ENEX Ltd
   2001             Grundartangi Harbour
   2002             Atlantsál Project

   6.3 Production Management, Logistics and Inventory Control:

   1988            The State Hospitals in Iceland
   1989            Globus Ltd
   1990-           Icelandic Drug Plant
   1992-93       Council for Agricultural Production
   1995            Icelandic Seafood Ltd
   1998            Icelandic Fertilizer Plant

   6.4 Quality Management and Statistical Process Control

   1994-96       Icelandic Freezing Plants Corporation
   1995            Borgey Ltd
   1999            Utgerdafelag Akureyringa Ltd

   6.5 Computer and Information Systems Policy Planning:

   1983-            The Parlament of Iceland
   1986-            Savings Funds Association
   1997-            Icelandic Banks Data Centre

7. Scientific and Professional Societies:

   Icelandic Operations Research Society, 1982-present, Vice Chairman 1984 - 1985
   Icelandic Data Processing Society 1976-present, Chairman 1987 - 1988
   Icelandic Society of Chartered Engineers, 1972-1988, Vice Chairman 1983 - 1984
   Icelandic Research Computer Network, 1986-present, Chairman 1989-1990, 1994-95