As the Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Bember, I am responsible for guiding and overseeing the strategic direction and execution of our entire product portfolio. I lead the product and design team, ensuring that we deliver innovative, customer-centric solutions that drive growth and set new industry standards.Key responsibilities include: • Strategic Leadership: Setting the vision and strategy for product development in alignment with Bember’s overall goals and market opportunities. • Team Leadership: Leading and mentoring a cross-functional product and design team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence. • Product Lifecycle Management: Overseeing the entire product lifecycle, from ideation and concept development to launch, ensuring each product meets market demands and exceeds customer expectations. • Customer-Centric Design: Ensuring that our product design is intuitive, user-friendly, and aligned with customer needs, maintaining high standards of UI/UX across all platforms. • Data-Driven Decisions: Utilizing market research, customer feedback, and data analytics to inform product decisions and drive continuous improvement. • Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborating closely with engineering, marketing, sales, and other departments to ensure seamless product delivery and alignment with business objectives.At Bember, my focus is on building a robust product ecosystem that enhances user satisfaction and strengthens our position as a market leader. I am passionate about creating products that not only meet but exceed the expectations of our users and stakeholders.

Responsible for developing new industry concepts, verticals and ecosystem partners in Cisco Norway.

Responsibility:* Established the Global Service Provider unit in Norway.* Led an international account team, including other managers, with a wide range of functions such as sales, operations, business development, systems engineering and project management.* Responsible for P&L on Cisco ́s sales to Telenor globally as one of the top international accounts in Cisco ́s Global Service Provider segment. Results:* Established first global frame agreements by transitioning the relationship from local to global.* Initiator in Cisco and instrumental lead in establishing a joint innovation venture between Telenor and Cisco; WorkingGroupTwo (www.wgtwo.com).* Key wins across IT Transformation, Cloud, Mobile and Security with total value over several hundreds of millions of NOK.

* Head of 2nd largest market segment in Norway and senior member of Norway sales leadership team, reporting directly to Norway Country Manager.* Responsible for Cisco Norway ́s country-wide cloud sales strategy while building up service provider and telecom as a key sales channel.* Strong performance across products and services portfolio. High double-digit growth in fiber and cable broadband solution sales, including winning one of the largest and most strategic contracts in Cisco Norway ́s history.* Team and I developed several innovative and disruptive business opportunities creating value for our business partners, customers and Cisco.

2007-2010 Account Manager, Service Providers and Telecom Segment* Responsible for the largest accounts in the service provider segment: Altibox, Banetele, Media (NRK, TV2, Mediatec, NTV, RiksTV) and the largest electrical utility companies.* Initiated business development initiative focusing on Smartgrid. Speaker at energy conferences. Member of ICT Norway smart grid steering group. Hosted industry executive briefings. Established initial engagements with key utility companies in Norway.2003-2007 Account Manager, Mid-Enterprise Segment* Country lead for Iceland 2003-2005.

* Cisco ́s lead pre-sale engineer on large governmental and private clients including Hydro, Kongsberg Gruppen, NRK, Politiet, Rikstrygdeverket (RTV/NAV), Skatteetaten, Statoil amongst others.* Product management lead in Norway for Content Networking in the period 2002-2003.* Focus on Advanced IP Networking, IP QoS, VoIP / IP Telephony, Service Provider Dial / ISDN, ATM/FR/LL/X.25.* Certifications: CCNA, CCDA, CCNP and CCDP (all expired). CCIE written.

22nd Norwegian FPB Squadron. Radio, Crypto and Tactical Ops.