Karel Kannel

Managing Director and founder at Proact Estonia
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(386) 825-5501
Location
EE
Languages
  • English Professional working proficiency
  • Estonian Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Finnish Professional working proficiency
  • Russian Limited working proficiency
  • German Elementary proficiency
  • Spanish Limited working proficiency

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Marek Läll

I have had the honor of cooperating on several occasions. He is friendly and constructive in discussions. He thinks of solutions that help solve the problem. He is intelligent, educated and has good fundamental knowledge.

Oleg Shvaikovsky

Karel is perfect sales guru and bright technology visionary possessed of a powerful and discerning mind.

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Credentials

  • Nutanix Platform Sales Engineer
    Nutanix
    Nov, 2014
    - Nov, 2024
  • Nutanix Platform Sales Representative
    Nutanix
    Nov, 2014
    - Nov, 2024
  • Netapp Authorised Sales Professional
    NetApp
    Mar, 2014
    - Nov, 2024
  • Hitachi Data Systems Qualified Sales Professional
    Hitachi Data Systems
    Dec, 2013
    - Nov, 2024
  • Oracle Solaris Sales Specialist
    Oracle
    Mar, 2013
    - Nov, 2024
  • Sun SPARC Enterprise Entry-Level/Midrange/ High-End M-Series Servers PreSales Specialist
    Oracle
    Feb, 2013
    - Nov, 2024
  • Symantec NetBackup 7.5
    Symantec
    Feb, 2013
    - Nov, 2024
  • Symantec NetBackup 7.5 Plus
    Symantec
    Feb, 2013
    - Nov, 2024
  • Oracle Solaris 10 Presales specialist
    Oracle
    Jan, 2013
    - Nov, 2024
  • SPARC T4-Based Servers PreSales Specialist
    Oracle
    Jan, 2013
    - Nov, 2024
  • Sun Blade Servers PreSales Specialist
    Oracle
    Jan, 2013
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • Proact IT Group AB
    • Sweden
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Managing Director and founder
      • Jun 2008 - Present

      Composed a team of experts and founded a company. Strategic planning, management, sales, finance, people. Proact is storage centric vendor independant datacenter specialist. We provide storage, backup/recovery, high availability solutions and services. Composed a team of experts and founded a company. Strategic planning, management, sales, finance, people. Proact is storage centric vendor independant datacenter specialist. We provide storage, backup/recovery, high availability solutions and services.

  • Terabill
    • Founder
      • 2005 - 2009

      Telecommunications mediation, billing, customer management, pricing, invoicing, service management software. Telecommunications mediation, billing, customer management, pricing, invoicing, service management software.

  • Norby Telecom
    • Telecommunications
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sales director, member of the board
      • Jan 2005 - Jul 2008

  • MicroLink Eesti
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of sales and marketing, member of the board
      • Jul 2001 - Sep 2004

      Microlink merged all subsidaries and I took management of sales, account management and marketing team.Product and services portfolio management and innovation.

    • CEO, member of the board
      • Mar 1999 - Jun 2001

      I developed Microlink Systems from small Sun Microsystems reseller to one of top Estonian enterprise IT solution providers. Expanded product portfolio to include high end storage from Hitachi Data Sysems. Introduced systems and database engine management outsourcing and datacenter hosting concept to Estonian market and created that time third largest software development organization.

  • Evli
    • Finland
    • Investment Management
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • IT director
      • May 1998 - Mar 1999

      Hired team of IT professionals. Developed new trading software. IT systems improvement in portfolio companies. Hired team of IT professionals. Developed new trading software. IT systems improvement in portfolio companies.

  • Bank of Tallinn
    • IT director
      • Apr 1992 - May 1998

      Built a bank's IT - team, software, hardware, processes from zero to 3rd largest bank's IT in Estonia. Built a bank's IT - team, software, hardware, processes from zero to 3rd largest bank's IT in Estonia.

Education

  • Uppsala universitet / Uppsala University
    Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business/Managerial Economics
    2009 - 2014
  • Tallinna Tehnikaülikool
    Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science
    1988 - 1993
  • Tallinna 43 Keskkool (Tallinna Tehnikagümnaasium)
    1977 - 1988

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