About ePocket
ePocket Solutions AS is a Norwegian company with offices in Norway, Sweden, Germany and Slovakia.
Today the company has over 10,000 active users of its flagship Handyman product making the company a leading player in this emerging software and services marketplace.
Our Business
ePocket is 100% focused on solutions that improve the effectiveness of mobile workers. For larger companies ePocket offers scaleable , flexible workforce solutions that typically result in a return on investment within 4-10 months.
Key benefits from utilizing ePocket solutions include;
- Measurable increase in daily productivity of mobile and support workers
- Reduction in overtime and transportation costs due to more efficient scheduling
- Improved cash flow resulting from afster billing from field service calls
- Improved ability to manage resources (people and assets) more cost effectively
- Fewer support staff needed
Our Customers
In Norway, where the company began, nearly 50% of all electricians use Handyman every day as an essential part of their working lives.
Aside from electricians, Handyman is widely used by mobile workers in other sectors such as utilities, construction, telecoms, manufacturing, plumbing, heating and facilities management.
ePocket is fast growing and global
In 2006, ePocket AS was a featured company in Deloitte & Touches´ Fast50 list of rapidly growing companies. ePocket is a financially solid company with ownership distributed among the employees and a small number of private investors. The company is presently experiencing strong growth in all its solution areas.
Recent informal feedback from the world´s leading software research vendor suggests that ePocket AS is a global top 4 company in the marketplace for standardized mobile field service solutions.
Our Partners
The company is a Microsoft Certified Partner and works closely with a number of PDA and Smartphone hardware manufacturers, as well as telecoms and systems integration partners.
Management Team Profiles
CEO
Jarl Spandow, MSc.., MBA.
Jarl has been working as the company CEO since May 2006. His previous work experience includes CEO of Cargoscan AS and Business Unit Leader of Mettler Toledo Inc. where he developed Cargoscan from a start up high tech company to a world leader in its field. In 2001, Cargoscan was acquired by Mettler Toledo Inc. and Jarl was also given the responsibility of Mettler Toledo´s Transport and Logistics business with Cargoscan as an integrated part of it. Jarl has also been working as a Project Manager with ABB Power Generation in Switzerland and as a Market Consultant with the Swedish Trade Council.
Founder and Head of Business Development
Åsmund Dahl, BSc
Åsmund founded ePocket (originally Andiamo) in 1985 and has been the driving force behind ePockets product and market development. Åsmund is now in charge of identifying new business opportunities and is a key player in ePocket´s R&D team transforming future market needs into new Handyman functionality and new products. Åsmunds previous work experience includes many years with STK (Standard Telefon og Kabelfabrikk) inlcuding 3 years for STK in Belgium.
Head of Sales & Marketing
Ralf Onken, BSc
Ralf joined ePocket in March 2007. Ralf is in charge of building ePockets presence outside of Scandinavia and now has key account responsibility for many of ePockets larger customers headquartered outside of Scandinavia. Before joining ePocket, Ralf worked many years for CoreMedia, a German based IT company, building their presence in Scandinavia, Asia and Latin America. Ralf is a native German speaker and is also fluent in English and the Scandinavian languages.
Head of R&D
Michael Just Hansen, MSc
Michael joined ePocket in November 2007. Mikael has vast experience running software projects both in larger organisations such as Materna Denmark and Norway, as well as in smaller organisations., where he in the past built his own software company. Joining ePocket Michael´s work is focused on implementing project management and quality processes across the whole R&D function.
General Manager Sweden
Mikael Leinskjold, BSc
Mikael joined ePocket in March 2007 as the company opened an office in Gothenberg, Sweden. Since that time Mikael has established a solid foothold in the Swedish marketand the company is now growing rapidly, adding several new accounts per week. Before joining ePocket, Mikael has been heading up several IT companies, including two of which he started from scratch.
General Manager, Germany
Hans-Heinz Wisotzky, BBAE
Hans-Heinz joined the ePocket Management Team as of February 2008 with the market entry in Germany. Hans-Heinz will be responsible for positioning ePocket Solutions and driving software sales in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Before joining ePocket Solutions, Hans-Heinz has held several Senior Management positions within IT and Service Companies and brings to ePocket an in-depth knowledge of the customer service industry.