Albin Karlsson, Project Manager and Application Consultant
Albin Karlsson was only four years old when he got his first Nintendo. Today he combines his work as the InstantPlanner® project manager with serving as an application consultant for the Configura® platform. He likes the challenge of gaining knowledge to stay competitive in his field.
Albin holds a Master of Science Degree in Media Technology from Linköping University. “At Configura, I draw upon my educational background gained at the university. My job fits me like a glove.”
One of the Configura customers that Albin serves is DeLaval, a world-leading Swedish company that manufactures milking equipment and dairy systems. “DeLaval has to manage huge systems, and our software helps salespeople to design and exactly calculate which and how many parts need to be included in each order. When they’re done, they have a complete quote. Configura’s software streamlines the entire sales and manufacturing process.”
Albin is used to large agricultural systems. He grew up on a farm outside Nässjö, in Småland, where his father raises several thousand pigs. The animals in an indirect way influenced his career choice: “Pigs are quite trying and scheming. They know exactly when it’s feeding time and will stand there eagerly waiting for you. But when something unpleasant is going to happen – for example, vaccinations – they take off like rockets. My studying to become an engineer wasn’t exactly a coincidence,” he jokes.
Albin has been the project manager for InstantPlanner® since the beginning of 2009. He oversees software development in close collaboration with a license administrator and those in Customer Support and Quality Assurance.
“We always try to stay one step ahead and make the software as user-friendly and functional as possible. For example, we recently made InstantPlanner® compatible with Windows Vista. In a few months, we will introduce a new graphics engine that will further improve management of large drawings.”
One of the best things about working at Configura, says Albin, is that his contributions are valued. He finds the atmosphere at work and the customer contacts stimulating.
Albin describes himself as goal-oriented, albeit a tad impatient: He doesn’t like it when finding a solution takes too much time. “I love working with our customers to reach different solutions and then quickly being able to see the visualized results. Our customers appreciate the speed and efficiency of our systems.”
