Anders Ekstrand Email & Phone Number

Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden

I was running a program at LinkedIn where I was responsible for improving the customers Return Of Investment on their job slots. In this role I was responsible for: • Analyzing data to identify areas of improvements. • Working with Product teams and other stake holders to improve LinkedIn products and tools such as LinkedIn Matching Algorithm's, Job Posting Processes and Standardized data such as Job Titles, Functions, Skills and Locations.• Creating new Analytics Dashboards in Power BI, Tableau and Excel, using Machine Learning and AI.• Progress reporting to internal stakeholders• Improving internal Processes

Stockholm, Sweden

In this role I was responsible for the Northern Europe Region (Nordic and Benelux) and Global Accounts. Technical Consultants at LinkedIn are involved in pre-sales and post-sales of technical solutions requiring integrations to other systems. Some of my responsibilities in the role included: • Analyzing client’s business requirements and recommend best products & solutions• Managing post implementation of technical solutions • Developing internal tools and data analytics/dashboards • Project Managing internal projects• Creating Go-To Market Strategy for new products/solutions• Analyzing data to improve products, create better Return Of Investments for customers • Analyze data to identify and create up-sell opportunities• Creating process improvements• Working with Product Management teams on improving products

Stockholm, Sweden

Interim Team Lead for LinkedIn EMEA Technical Consulting team. During approximately 10 months I've on an interim basis managed a remote team consisting of 5 Technical Consultants. During this time the team has going through a transformation with some tough challenges in terms of deliveries and adapting to organizational changes.

Stockholm, Sweden

In my role as Certified Solution Architect I worked on a large number of opportunities for various clients across the globe e.g. AT&T, Porsche, Volkswagen, Nokia, SonyEricsson, Blackberry. I have also been managing a number of important internal projects that has helped the business scale .Some of my roles and responsibilities as Solution Architect included: • Understanding and translating buyer requirements into a standard solution offering deal approach (solution plan, proposal and cost estimate leveraging standard process methods, deliverable's and the right collection of offerings) • Collaborating with the Service Architects (Product Directors) to plan and architect the overall delivery architecture and capabilities to support the service offerings • Sponsor/lead initiatives to deploy new architecture and capabilities across the teams required for service offerings • Interacting with the delivery organization/s to ensure effective transition, shape services, collaborate on clear solution assumptions, determine appropriate service delivery locations and related cost to deliver • Ensure that delivery architecture is implemented according to policies/standards and solution is bench marked externally • Setting up and Managing teams, including internal and external recruiting • Building up effective internal and external partnershipsMethodologies: Waterfall, Agile(Scrum, Kanban)Technologies: Native (iOS, Android), Responsive Web Design (JQuery, Bootstrap), E-Commerce, CRM, ERP.

Stockholm, Sweden

I managed a global team responsible for building up new Mobile Test Offerings/Skills andCapabilities in line with the company’s growth targets for FY14, FY15, FY16 and FY17• Built up new Offerings/Skills, Capabilities and Business models• Built a cross geo team and ensured that team represented each CG, key technology andpyramid level.• Developed sales collateral's, credentials and demos.• Supported the sales team, pre-sales and sales opportunity bids.• Analysed the mobility market trends and feed that into the platform strategy.• Defined and executed cross geo (bottom up) ramp up plan in relation to the demand Increase team headcount with targeted recruitment.• Setup and aligned with new test partners and test vendors

Stockholm, Sweden

I Program Managed a new initiative in Accenture Embedded Mobility Services Group.• Supported the sales team.• Built a cross geo team and ensured that team represented each CG, key technology andpyramid level.• Developed sales collaterals, credentials and demos.• Supported pre-sales and sales opportunity bids.• Built up internal and external partnerships• Tracked opportunity pipeline to understand headcount/platform/technology demands to align with ramp up plan.• Gained a solid understanding from the sales team on market trends/analysis and feed that into the platform strategy.• Defined and executed cross geo (bottom up) ramp up plan in relation to the demand Increase team headcount with targeted recruitment.• Selected and run internal projects and asset creations in line with the technology office• Built up team skills and assets around FMS related technologies on mobile platforms such as iOS, Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile.

Stockholm, Sweden & Toronto, Canada

I managed two teams responsible for developing Open Payment (Credit and Debit cards) platform on Windows Mobile for the public transport system in Toronto, Canada. PCI Compliance, ISO14443, Mobile Device Management

London/Stockholm

I was supporting > 400 engineers and managers at SonyEricsson helping them with Symbian skills, Process & Quality improvements, Platform Architecture for more than 15 different smartphone models.