Stefan Olafsson
Education
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Master's degree, Analysis, Design and Management of Information Systems 2003-01-01 - 2004-01-01
Háskóli Íslands
B.Sc., Business & Economics 1995-01-01 - 1998-01-01Work Experience
Typeset
Current
Typeset
Lucidworks
2017-05-01 - 2019-10-01
Lucidworks
Twigkit
2009-07-01 - 2017-05-01
Twigkit
Microsoft Digital Marketing Platform Group
2009-01-01 - 2009-07-01
Microsoft Digital Marketing Platform Group
VYRE
2007-05-01 - 2008-10-01
VYRE
Fast Search & Transfer
2004-10-01 - 2007-05-01
Fast Search & Transfer
VYRE
1997-03-01 - 2002-06-01
VYRE
Skills
Summary
Stefan is the product leader and Founder/CxO at Typeset (formerly known as Dropdeck, acquired by SamCart in 2023). Previously, Stefan was the Chief Product Officer at Lucidworks, and former founder and CEO of Twigkit (acquired by Lucidworks in 2017). Specialising in search, analytics, and big data applications, he has been creating and bringing to market enterprise-scale software products for over 15 years. Prior to Twigkit, he held the position of Principal Engineer at FAST (now a Microsoft subsidiary) where he helped some of the world’s largest companies, and government agencies tackle complex problems using search technologies. Stefan was the founder and CEO of VYRE, a content and media management platform (acquired in 2003). He holds a postgraduate Masters degree (with Distinction) in Analysis, Design and Management of Information Systems from the London School of Economics (2003).
