Originally as a client and later as an IBM employee, Soren Peder Iversen has worked on the Central Husbandry Register project for 34 years. Below, Iversen reflects on the project and its future impacts.
“There was a lot of fear when mad cow broke out. But it was not a problem for Denmark because of the extensive nature of the Cattle Database.”
Soren Peder Iversen
Project executive, IBM Global Services
Oral interview
November 2010“And we discovered, in a relatively short time span, that by just tracking yields and breeding information, we were able to improve the overall output, on a national basis, by around 70 percent. An extraordinary amount.”
Soren Peder Iversen
Project executive, IBM Global Services
Oral interview
November 2010“I think the future will be global cattle databases. It's a logical progression. We already know more about each cow in Denmark right now than we do about the people who live here.”
Soren Peder Iversen
Project executive, IBM Global Services
Oral interview
November 2010