Harald is a self employed journalist, tester, speaker and consultant with a focus on mobile computers and mobile communications. His actual interest is in wireless notebooks, wireless LAN and in Bluetooth. He has recently conducted and published site surveys in wireless hotspots like Kempinski Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten Munich, Palace Hotel Berlin, Munich International Airport, Kempinski Atlantic Hamburg, Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof, Forum by InterContinental, several Hilton Hotels, Königshof Munich, Hauptbahnhof Munich, wireless conference center Millennium SI Stuttgart, wireless fairgrounds and wireless beer gardens.
Publications
Several books and more than 1.000 articles in media like Handelsblatt, Süddeutsche Zeitung, VDI-Nachrichten, CHIP, CHIP Extra, CHIP Test-Jahrbuch, Impulse, CRN Computer Reseller News, Computerwoche, Computer Zeitung, Funkschau, Informationweek, LANline, IS-Report, Mobile Computer, Office International, Tele-Satellite International, e-commerce magazin, and more. His latest articles on wireless LAN are in Notebook # 08-2003, PC PRO Sonderheft WLAN 2003, Internet Professionell Sonderheft Mobil & Wireless 2003 and PC Professionell Sonderheft DSL 2003.
Presentations
Speaker, Moderator and Chairman in more than 100 national or international computer and communications technology conferences at Euroforum, IIR Institute for International Research, IDG World Expo Conferences, and others. Moderator of company road-shows for Intel and for Siemens.
Industry
Prior to his self employed time, Harald was a Technology and Management Consultant (Vorstands-Referent) in the Telecommunications Company "SEL Standard Elektrik Lorenz AG" and later Head of Strategic Marketing Planning (Leiter Strategisches Marketing). Senior Marketing Manager in the Computer Company "Digital Equipment GmbH" with a focus on office automation systems. And an Editor-in-Chief of the two magazines "Micro Computer & Communications" for PC professionals and "Micro Computer Colleg" for schools and education in the German publishing company Bertelsmann AG.
Schools
Harald has a Business Degree (Diplom-Kaufmann) from the University of Munich with a focus on marketing and psychology and a Doctor in Economics (Dr.rer.pol.) from the University of Munich. His thesis about the office of the future (Büro der Zukunft) was later sold as a book in seven editions.
Email:karcher@t-online.de
Mobile: +49 (0179) 5005290
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