Speaker: Rolf Assev

Position: Chief Strategy Officer

Areas of expertise: Marketing, public relations, the future of mobile Web browsing, how Opera benefits operators

Educational background: Royal Norwegian Naval Academy, officer training; Master of Science, Norwegian School of Business Administration

Languages: Norwegian, English

Biography

Rolf Assev began his post-secondary education at the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy, where he entered officer training and later served as a sub lieutenant and third commander on a missile torpedo boat. He received a Master of Science degree from the Norwegian School of Business Administration in 1988 and began his career as an export consultant for the Norwegian Trade Council in Stockholm. He later joined the Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee as an executive officer, followed by three years working as a PR-advisor for Geelmuyden.Kiese where Assev managed the Microsoft account. Before beginning at Opera, Assev was the managing director for Spaceworld AS, a Norwegian retail electronics chain.

Assev and his wife, Marit, have three daughters. In his spare time he enjoys snowboarding, cross country skiing, windsurfing, sailing, wakeboarding and kitesurfing.