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| − | '''Gunnar K. A. Njalsson''' (born 1968) is the current [[Governor]] (President and [[CEO]]) of [[Spacepol|The SPACEPOL Corporation]],<ref>Canadian Who's Who. University of Toronto Press. 2007.ISBN 9780802040619</ref> a [[Canadian]] publishing and government consulting house focused on national innovation policy, strategic intelligence and the creation of new services and products from research-based knowledge. He is also an administrative [[scientist]] and lecturer best known for bridging the worlds of [[Public Administration]] and [[Technology]] in his research and academic work.<ref>Marquis Who's Who in Finance and Business. Marquis, NJ. 2009. ISBN 9780837903583</ref> | + | '''Gunnar K. A. Njalsson''' (born 1968) has been the current [[Governor]] (President and [[CEO]]) of [[Spacepol|The SPACEPOL Corporation]],<ref>Canadian Who's Who. University of Toronto Press. 2007.ISBN 9780802040619</ref> a [[Canadian]] federal publishing and government consulting house focused on national innovation policy, strategic intelligence and the creation of new services and products from research-based knowledge. He is also an administrative [[scientist]] and lecturer best known for bridging the worlds of [[Public Administration]] and [[Technology]] in his research and academic work.<ref>Marquis Who's Who in Finance and Business. Marquis, NJ. 2009. ISBN 9780837903583</ref> |
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| − | Njalsson grew up in [[North America]] and northern [[Europe]] leaving home at the age of 15 years. He worked evening jobs and paid rent from that age in cities such as Laguna Beach, [[California]] in addition to his regular schooling. Having lived in countries such as [[Iceland]], the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Norway]], [[Mexico]] and [[Finland]], he was | + | Njalsson grew up in [[North America]] and northern [[Europe]] leaving home at the age of 15 years. He worked evening jobs and paid rent from that age in cities such as Laguna Beach, [[California]] in addition to his regular schooling. Having lived in countries such as [[Iceland]], the [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Norway]], [[Mexico]] and [[Finland]], he spoke seven languages fluently by the age of twenty.<ref>Radio västnyland (archived), Intervju med Gunnar K. A. Njålsson (An Interview with Gunnar K. A. Njålsson), Ekenäs, Finland. June 1992.</ref> |
| − | speaking seven languages fluently by the age of twenty.<ref>Radio västnyland (archived), Intervju med Gunnar K. A. Njålsson (An Interview with Gunnar K. A. Njålsson), Ekenäs, Finland. June 1992.</ref>
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| | + | He holds a master of social sciences in public administration (Pol. mag.), and is a qualified vocational and subject teacher (AmO) with special education as a minor. He also holds a principal's (i.e. school administrator's) credential from Finland. |
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| | Njalsson began his university career in the [[United States]] at the age of seventeen and studied at universities such as the [[University of Texas at El Paso]] and [[Texas Tech University]], originally majoring in [[Computer Science]] and [[Psychology]]. He would later complete his [[Bachelors]] and [[Masters]] degree in [[Finland]], and is currently working towards a [[Doctorate]] degree. He also studied Science and Technology Management in [[Argentina]] at the National University of Quilmes.<ref>Who's Who in Computational Science and Engineering. Saxe-Coburg Publications, Stirlingshire. 2006. ISBN 1874672180</ref> He minored in [[Economics]] and [[Computer Science]] and [[Engineering]] receiving highest honors. Despite receiving highest marks for his two first degrees at the [[University of Helsinki]] and having graduated with two degrees within two and a half years, he would never receive any scholarships or honorable mention from the University of Helsinki from which he academically distanced himself in May 2007.<ref>SSKH Informerar (The Swedish School of Social Science Information - Graduation Edition), May 1996. Helsinki.</ref><ref>Hamodia (Jewish Daily), Discrimination in a Land that Prides Itself in Tolerance and Ethics. pp F3 and F18, 22 May 2007. New Jersey, London and Jerusalem.</ref> | | Njalsson began his university career in the [[United States]] at the age of seventeen and studied at universities such as the [[University of Texas at El Paso]] and [[Texas Tech University]], originally majoring in [[Computer Science]] and [[Psychology]]. He would later complete his [[Bachelors]] and [[Masters]] degree in [[Finland]], and is currently working towards a [[Doctorate]] degree. He also studied Science and Technology Management in [[Argentina]] at the National University of Quilmes.<ref>Who's Who in Computational Science and Engineering. Saxe-Coburg Publications, Stirlingshire. 2006. ISBN 1874672180</ref> He minored in [[Economics]] and [[Computer Science]] and [[Engineering]] receiving highest honors. Despite receiving highest marks for his two first degrees at the [[University of Helsinki]] and having graduated with two degrees within two and a half years, he would never receive any scholarships or honorable mention from the University of Helsinki from which he academically distanced himself in May 2007.<ref>SSKH Informerar (The Swedish School of Social Science Information - Graduation Edition), May 1996. Helsinki.</ref><ref>Hamodia (Jewish Daily), Discrimination in a Land that Prides Itself in Tolerance and Ethics. pp F3 and F18, 22 May 2007. New Jersey, London and Jerusalem.</ref> |