MDSI MOBILE DATA SOLUTIONS INC /CAN/
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.22


                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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THIS AGREEMENT made to have effect the 18th day of August 1997.

BETWEEN:

          MDSI MOBILE DATA SOLUTIONS  INC., a body  corporate duly  incorporated
          under  the  laws  of  Canada  and  having  its  offices  at  135-10551
          Shellbridge Way, Richmond, British Columbia, V6X 2W9

          (the "Company")

AND:

          Poul Kvist of Bygaden 13, Brondby 2605 Denmark
          (the "Employee")


WHEREAS the Company wishes to employ the Employee and the Employee is willing to
accept  such  employment  upon  the  terms  and  conditions  set  forth  in this
Agreement;

NOW  THEREFORE in  consideration  of the premises and the mutual  covenants  and
agreements  herein set forth the parties hereto  mutually  covenant and agree as
follows:

EMPLOYMENT
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1.   The Company  hereby  employs  the  Employee  in the  position of  Technical
     Manager, Nordic Region and the Employee hereby accepts such employment. The
     Employee shall perform all duties incident to such position and such duties
     as may be reasonably  required  from time to time by the CEO,  President or
     Vice President responsible for such position. An outline of the initial job
     description is set forth in Schedule "A" hereto.

2.   The Employee shall perform his duties working out of the Copenhagen  office
     of the  Company,  but in the future the  company  may,  in its  discretion,
     direct that the duties be provided in other  locations  provided,  however,
     that should the  assignment be for a period in excess of three  months,  it
     would be on mutually agreeable terms.

EXCLUSIVE SERVICE
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3.   The Employee shall, during his employment with the Company, devote at least
     100% of his attention  during  normal  working hours to the business of the
     Company, and may not continue as a director,  employee or consultant to any
     other company,  firm or individual without the prior written consent of the
     Company.

REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
-------------------------

4.1  The  Company  shall pay the  Employee  the  following  salary,  bonuses and
     benefits:


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     a)   Remuneration  calculated  on the basis of a basic gross  salary in the
          amount  of  606,000   Danish   Kroner  per  annum  in  equal   monthly
          installments;

     b)   incentive  plan  bonuses  worked  out with you that will  provide  for
          additional  compensation  in the  amount  of 30% of base  salary  upon
          achieving  reasonable,  mutually  agreeable  goals, (to be agreed upon
          between us by August 30, 1997);

     c)   5,000 MDSI stock  options  granted at fair market value on date of the
          grant and vesting over three years  pursuant to the Company's  current
          Stock Option Plan. The first one-third of the options will vest at the
          end of the first year of employment and the balance will vest pro-rata
          each month thereafter over the next 24 months;

     d)   Pension  Plan or  compensation  equivalent  to 12% of base  salary per
          annum;

     e)   A car  allowance  of up to 9000  Danish  Kroner  per month  including.
          Suitable to finance the purchase, operation,  insurance and repairs of
          a maximum 350,000 DKr. class automobile

     f)   Reimbursement  for all reasonable  and necessary  travelling and other
          expenses  (properly  approved by the Company) incurred by the Employee
          in connection with his duties  hereunder  provided,  however,  for all
          such expenses the Employee shall furnish statements and vouchers; and

     All  payment  of  salary,  allowances  or  bonus  shall  be paid  less  all
     applicable  Federal  and  Provincial  income tax,  unemployment  insurance,
     Pension deductions and other related deductions.

VACATION
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5.   The Employee shall be entitled to a vacation  period with pay of five weeks
     per annum.

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
------------------------

6.   The Employee shall well and faithfully serve the Company,  and use his best
     efforts to promote  the  interest  thereof and shall not  disclose  (either
     during the continuance of his employment  hereunder or any time thereafter)
     the private  affairs of the Company or any trade secret of the Company,  to
     any persons other than the Directors of the Company,  or as required in the
     normal course of business and shall not use (either during the  continuance
     of his employment  hereunder or any time  thereafter) for his own purposes,
     or any purposes  other than those of the Company,  any  information  he may
     require with respect to the Company's affairs.  The Employee further agrees
     to execute such further and other agreements  concerning the secrecy of the
     affairs of the Company or any companies, which the Company is affiliated or
     associated,  as the  Directors  of the Company  shall  reasonably  request.
     Furthermore,  without  restricting  the  generality of the  foregoing,  the
     Employee  shall not either  during  his  employment  hereunder  or any time
     thereafter,   directly  or  indirectly  divulge  to  any  person,  firm  or
     corporation:


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     a)   Any intellectual property,  proprietary  information,  know how, trade
          secrets, processes, product specifications, new product information or
          methods of doing business acquired as a result of his employment;

     b)   Any information in respect of the Company  personnel or  organisation,
          or any of the financial affairs or business plans of the Company; or

     c)   Any  information  in  respect  of  Company  pricing  policies,   sales
          statistics, sales and marketing plans and strategies,  profits, costs,
          sourcing of clients.

Information shall not be considered as confidential if at the time of disclosure
by the Employee it is generally  known to the public or after  disclosure by the
Employee it becomes known to the public  through no violation of this  Agreement
or is  disclosed  to the  Employee  by a third  party  that it is not  under  an
obligation to maintain the confidentiality of the information.

SICK LEAVE
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7.   If the  Employee  shall,  at any time,  by reason of  illness  or mental or
     physical  disability,  be incapacitated from carrying out the terms of this
     Agreement,  he shall furnish the President  with medical  evidence to prove
     such  incapacity and the cause  thereof,  and shall receive his full salary
     until such time as the start of short term or long terms disability,  or in
     any case for a period of no longer than 30 days.

NON COMPETITION
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8.   If the Employee employment is terminated  voluntarily or involuntarily,  he
     shall not for a period  of 12 months  following  such  termination,  become
     employed  by or enter into a  contract  of  service  with any  corporation,
     person or other entity which competes with the Company.

8.1. The Employee  acknowledges and agrees that there can be no geographic limit
     to his  covenant  not to compete  due to the nature of the  business of the
     Company,  and  the  Company,  the  market  for  the  Company  products  and
     technologies with which the Company is involved.

8.2  The parties to this  agreement  recognize  that a breach by the Employee of
     any of the  covenants  herein  contained  would  result in  damages  to the
     Company  and that the Company  cannot be  adequately  compensated  for such
     damages by monetary  reward.  Accordingly,  the Employee agrees that in the
     event of any breach,  in addition to all other  remedies  available  to the
     Company at law or in equity,  the Company  shall be entitled as a matter of
     right to apply to a court of competent  jurisdiction for such relief by way
     of  restraining  order,   injunction,   decree  or  otherwise,  as  may  be
     appropriate to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Agreement.


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OWNERSHIP AND USE OF WORK PRODUCTS
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9.1  The Employee agrees that any work products (the "Work  Products")  produced
     by the Employee in furtherance of any identifiable  project relative to the
     product line carried by the Company either developed solely by the Employee
     or jointly with any other party will be the sole and exclusive  property of
     the Company.

9.2  The Company  acknowledges that general  knowledge and experience  including
     general techniques,  algorithms, methods and formulae not developed for the
     Company's  specific  application or work gained by the Employee prior to or
     in the  course  of his  association  with the  Company,  may be used by the
     Employee  at any time at any time  prior to,  during or  subsequent  to his
     association with the Company,  unless a specific  agreement to the contrary
     is entered into by the Employee and the Company, as long as the Employee is
     not in breach of his covenants of non-competition contained herein.

9.3  This  Agreement  does  not  apply  to  any  general  techniques,  formulae,
     algorithm  or method for which no  equipment,  supplies,  facility or other
     resources or trade secret information of the Company was used and which was
     developed  entirely on the  Employee's  own time  unless  such  techniques,
     formulae,  algorithms,  or method  related  directly to the business of the
     Company  or the  Company's  actual  demonstrated  anticipated  research  or
     development.

9.4  At any time and all  times,  either  during  or  after  termination  of the
     Employee's association with the Company, the Employee will promptly, on the
     request of the  Company,  perform all such acts and execute and deliver all
     such  documents  that may be  necessary  to vest in the  Company the entire
     right,  title and interest in and to any Work Product.  Should any services
     be  rendered  after  termination  of his  association  with the  Company  a
     reasonable  compensation will be paid to the Employee upon a per diem basis
     in addition to reasonable travelling and accommodation expenses incurred as
     a result of rendering such services.

9.5  The Employee hereby assigns to the Company any rights the Employee may have
     or acquire in the Work  Product  and  waives  all  claims  whatsoever  with
     respect to the Work  Product  including  any moral  rights which he/she may
     have or acquire in the Work Product or to its use,  including  the right to
     restrain  or  claim  damages  for  any  distortion,   mutilation  or  other
     modification  of the Work  Product or any part  thereof  whatsoever,  or to
     restrain use or  reproduction  of the Work  Product in any  context,  or in
     connection with any product or service.

RETURN OF PROPERTY
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10.  In the event of  termination of this  Agreement,  the Company agrees to pay
     the Employee all arrears of  compensation,  and all out of pocket  expenses
     owing, up to and including the effective date of termination,  upon receipt
     from the Employee of (and the Employee agrees to deliver to the Company);

     a)   Any property of the Company which may be in the  possession or control
          of the Employee; and


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     b)   The repayment of any sums owed by the Employee to the Company.

TERMINATION BY COMPANY FOR CAUSE
--------------------------------

11.  Without  prejudice  to any remedy the Company may have against the Employee
     for any  breach or  non-performance  of this  Agreement,  the  Company  may
     terminate  this  Agreement,  subject to  Section  16, for cause at any time
     effective  immediately  and without  notice and without any payment for any
     compensation either by way of anticipated earnings or damage of any kind to
     him  whatsoever,  save and except in respect of remuneration to the date of
     such  termination.  For  the  purposes  of this  paragraph,  any one of the
     following   events  shall   constitute  good  and  sufficient   reason  for
     termination of this Agreement and dismissal for cause,  provided,  however,
     that the  following  events  shall  not  constitute  the only  reasons  for
     dismissal for cause:

     a)   Being guilty of any  dishonesty  or gross  neglect in the discharge of
          his duties hereunder; or

     b)   Being convicted of any criminal offence,  other than any offence which
          in the reasonable  opinion of the Company does not affect his position
          as a representative of the Company; or

     c)   Becoming  bankrupt or making any  arrangement or composition  with his
          creditors or; d) Alcoholism  or drug  addiction of the Employee  which
          impairs his ability to perform his duties hereunder; or

     e)   Excessive   and   unreasonable   absence  of  the  Employee  from  the
          performance  of his duties for any  reason  other than for  authorised
          vacation or sick leave.

TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
-------------------------

12.1 The Employee shall be entitled to terminate employment with the Company, at
     will,  at any time by giving six months  notice in writing to the President
     of MDSI.

12.2 The Employee's employment hereunder may be terminated,  at will and without
     cause,  at, at any time by the Company upon giving the  Employee  notice in
     writing of such  termination and upon payment to the Employee of all salary
     and bonuses owing up to the date of termination  and of termination  pay in
     an amount equal to twelve months salary in full  satisfaction of all claims
     that the Employee may have against the Company.

SURVIVAL
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13.  Notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever
     the  provisions of Sections 6, 8, 9 and 10 hereof and any other  provisions
     of this Agreement necessary to give efficacy thereto shall continue in full
     force and effect following such termination.


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NOTICE
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14.  Any notice or other  communication  (each a "Communication") to be given in
     connection  with this Agreement  shall be given in writing and may be given
     by personal  delivery,  by registered  mail or by telecopier,  addressed as
     follows:

TO:         MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc.
            135-10551 Shellbridge Way
            Richmond, B.C.  V6X 2W9
            Att:     President
            Phone: 604-270-9939
            Fax:     604-270-1310

AND TO:     Poul Kvist of
            Bygaden 13,
            Brondby
            2605
            Denmark

            Phone: +45 43 45 71 28

     or at such other address or telecopier number as shall have been designated
     by Communication by either party to the other. Any  Communication  shall be
     conclusively deemed to be received,  if given by personal delivery,  on the
     date and at the time of actual delivery thereof and, if given by registered
     mail,  on the  fifth  day  following  the  date of  mailing,  if  given  by
     telecopier,  on the business day following the transmittal  thereof. If the
     party giving any  Communication  knows or ought  reasonably  to know of any
     actual or threatened  interruptions of the mails, such Communication  shall
     not be sent by mail but shall be given by personal delivery or telecopier.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT
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15.  Any other previous agreements,  written or oral, between the parties hereto
     relating  to the  employment  of the  Employee  by the  Company  are hereby
     terminated and cancelled and each of the parties hereto hereby releases and
     forever  discharges  the  other  party  hereto  of and from all  manner  of
     actions,  causes  and  demands  whatsoever  under or in respect of any such
     agreement.  This Agreement constitutes and expresses the whole agreement of
     the parties  hereto with reference to the employment of the Employee by the
     Company, and with reference to any of the matters or things herein provided
     for,  or herein  before  discussed  or  mentioned  with  reference  to such
     employment;  all promises,  representations,  and  understandings  relative
     thereto being merged herein.

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
----------------------

16.  No amendment to this  Agreement  shall be valid or binding unless set forth
     in writing and duly  executed by both of the parties  hereto.  No waiver or
     any  breach of any by the  party  purporting


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     to give the same and, unless  otherwise  provided in the written and signed
     waiver, shall be limited to the specific breach waived.

BENEFITS OF AGREEMENT
---------------------

17.  The  provisions  of this  Agreement  shall  enure to the  benefit of and be
     binding upon the legal  representatives  of the Employee and the successors
     and assigns of the Company respectively.

SEVERABILITY
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18.  If any provision of this  Agreement is deemed to be void or  unenforceable,
     in whole or in part,  it shall  not be  deemed  to  affect  or  impair  the
     validity or any other provision  hereby declared and agreed to be severable
     from each and every other  section,  subsection or provision  hereof and to
     constitute separate and distinct covenants. The Employee hereby agrees that
     all  restrictions  herein are  reasonable and valid and all defences to the
     strict  enforcement  thereof  by  the  Company  are  hereby  waived  by the
     Employee.

GOVERNING LAW
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19.  This  Agreement  shall be governed by and construed in accordance  with the
     laws of the  Province of British  Columbia.  The  Company and the  Employee
     hereby irrevocably attorn to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Province
     of British Columbia, exclusively.

COPY OF AGREEMENT
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20.  The Employee hereby  acknowledges  receipt of a copy of this Agreement duly
     signed by the Company.


IN WITNESS  WHEREOF the parties have executed  this  Agreement as of the day and
year first above written:

SIGNED SEALED & DELIVERED by                 )
Poul Kvist in the presence of:               )
                                             )  /s/ Poul Kvist
                                             )  ------------------------------
/s/ illegible                                )  Employee
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Witness                                      )
                                             )
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Name                                         )
                                             )
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Address                                      )


MDSI MOBILE DATA SOLUTIONS, INC.

Per:  /s/ Erik Dysthe
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             Authorized Signatory


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                    Schedule A - Duties and Responsibilities
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To operate Customer Service a profitable business.

Establish and execute CS business plan to meet MDSI commitments and our customer
requirements in the Nordic region.

Provision of staff to provide technical support to customer as necessary and
within scope of personal capabilities as back up to technical staff.

General  administrative  management of the Copenhagen office.  Establish office;
purchase  furniture  and  equipment  as  approved;  manage  payroll  and expense
payments.

Recruit technical and office personnel as approved.

Establish suppliers as required.

Provide technical Pre Sales Support personally.

And other duties as assigned.



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                             Schedule B - Bonus Plan
                             -----------------------


To be determined by September 30,1997





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