ITU-T IPv6 Workshop
CV
Geneva, 22-23 June 2005
Ulf Dahlsten
Director of ‘Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures’
European Commission, Directorate-General ‘Information Society and Media’
Session Chair:
1.4: Ipv6 Resource Management
Since 2004
Director of ‘Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures’
European Commission, Directorate-General ‘Information Society and Media’
2001 - 2004
Director of SECCOM AG, Brussels
1999 - 2001
President and CEO of Icon Medialab International, Brussels
1994 - 1999
President and CEO of Posten AB, Stockholm
1988 - 1994
Director General of the Swedish Postal Services, Stockholm
1986 - 1988
State Secretary of Communications, Stockholm
1985 - 1986
State Secretary and Chief of Cabinet, Prime Minister’s Office, Stockholm
1984 - 1985
Chief of Cabinet, Prime Minister’s Office, Stockholm
1982 - 1984
State Secretary for Energy, Stockholm
1977 - 1982
City Manager of Sodertalje, Sweden
1976 - 1977
Head of Department, Consumer Goods and Services, the National Price and
Cartel Office, Stockholm
1974 - 1976
Head of Division, Food and Agriculture, the National Price and Cartel
Office, Stockholm
1971 - 1974
Head of the Office of the Governor of Stockholm
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1970-1971
Advisor to the Mayor of Stockholm
1969 - 1970
Teacher in Mathematics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
SHORT B IOGRAPHY OF ULF DAHLSTEN
Mr. Dahlsten, born in 1946 and of Swedish nationality, has recently joined the European
Commission as Director of “Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures” at the Directorate-General
Information Society and Media.
Prior to joining the Commission, Ulf Dahlsten was Director of SECCOM AG and President and
CEO of Icon Medialab International, an internet consultancy offering solutions in ecommerce,
ebusiness and internet banking among others.
Previously, from 1988 to 1999, Ulf Dahlsten worked with the Swedish Postal Services, first as
Director-General and then as President and CEO of Posten AB. His transformation of a monopolyprotected authority into a profitable customer and business oriented company earned him the
‘European Hermes Award’.
From 1982 to 1988, Mr. Dahlsten occupied various posts with the Swedish government, including
State Secretary for Energy and then for Communications as well as State Secretary and Chief of
Cabinet of the Prime Minister’s Office.
From 1977 to 1982, he was City Manager of Sodertalje. Prior to that, from 1974 to 1977, he
worked for the National Price and Cartel Office as Head of the Food and Agriculture Division and
then as Head of Department for Consumer Goods and Services.
Before that, he was Advisor to the Mayor of Stockholm from 1970 to 1971 and Head of the Office
of the Governor of Stockholm from 1971 to 1974.
Ulf Dahlsten started his career as a teacher in Mathema tics at the Royal Institute of Technology.
He holds a Civil Engineer’s degree from the Royal Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of
Science in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.