Prof. Dr. Carl Vernon Olsen is an instructor for management, leadership, strategy and strategic marketing. His first career spanned 23 years in the US Army with assignments in artillery, public affairs, general staff and international liaison in the US, Korea and Germany. Following retirement in 1992 in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he worked in Germany in insurance, hotel management and as in-country manager of a medical device manufacturing company before moving to adult higher education in Germany and Switzerland. Dr. Olsen has been with SBS since 2006 and is presently President of the Supervisory Board. He holds a bachelor degree in Biology from the University of Texas at El Paso (1969), a masters degree in Journalism/Public Relations from the University of Colorado at Boulder (1978), an Executive MBA equivalent from the Air Command and Staff College (1983), and a Doctor of Business Administration from SBS (2014).
Favorite quote: “Tradition is not the worship of the ashes but the passing on of the fire.” Gustav Mahler