Ebbe is a seasoned executive who provides the management experience and fiscal controls required to see the company through its rapid growth. After rendering management consulting services to the company for a year, Ebbe joined Applied Visions in 1995 as CFO and General Manager. He is responsible for Finance and Human Resources, and contributes his vast experience as a member of the company's marketing and business development team. Ebbe spent his early years and received his primary education in Copenhagen, Denmark. After two years as an officer in the Royal Engineers, he immigrated to the United States where he served as marketing and general management staff to a New York City importer of alcoholic beverages. When rights to one of the brands was acquired by Gold Seal Vineyards, Ebbe set up the new importing subsidiary, and then joined the corporate staff of the parent company as assistant to the Chairman of the Board. Over the following twenty years, Ebbe headed the U.S. operations of several European high-tech firms, being responsible for the turn-around or establishment of their U.S. businesses. Products included air traffic control communications switching systems, telecommunications systems, dynamic positioning systems, multiple radar integration, ship-board systems, computer-graphics systems, and fine chemicals. From 1963 to 1969 Ebbe attended New York University, receiving a BBA degree (Cum Laude) in Marketing and Management, continuing his studies towards an MBA in Corporate Finance at NYU-GBA. |