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REPPA AB is a circular tech company bringing sustainability to the home and small business tools industry. Customers rent tools via the REPPA app and collect and return them to smart lockers.

London, London, GB

Pregma is a telemedicine platform focused on maternity care.It provides affordable access to comprehensive maternity care, for pregnant women and new mothers enabling them to connect with a wide range of maternity specialists via video consultation, rather than attending clinics.

Stockholm, SE

Led the team at Green City Ferries over 12 months. The company designs and manufactures high speed zero-emission commuter ferries.

Northampton, GB

Launched a B2C SaaS platform for the charity sector enabling users to donate recurring amounts to a self-selected portfolio of causes. Raised $1M in seed funding. Toucan was acquired by the PAYA Group in November 2022.

London, England, GB

• Led a B2B SaaS company providing leasing and fleet management software solutions to vehicle leasing brokers and enterprises. £1.5m revenue, 20 employees and 25 customers.
• Increased revenue by 30% in 6 months
• Increased the number of vehicles subscribing to the system by 250%.
• Led dialogue with Constellation Software Inc., resulting in an acquisition offer in October 2020.

Stockholm, SE

• Led international expansion of two privately held technology businesses: eSite, a clean-tech product spun off as an independent business “E-Site Power Systems”, and eCentre, a prefabricated modular data centre.
• 45 data centres (eCentres) deployed across 26 countries and 4 continents.
• Revenues increased from $1M in 2012 to $40M in 2018. Customers included Microsoft, Equinix, CenturyLink, NextDC
• 3500 power systems (eSites) deployed to leading players including American Towers, IHS
• Revenues increased from $0.5M in 2012 to $24M in 2016.
• New product enabled unit price reduction from $28,000 to $4,500, radically reducing system maintenance and fuel costs.

Stockholm, SE

Created and delivered elective courses to graduate students from Stockholm’s five leading universities.Courses covered a variety of business topics including raising venture capital, business model design, negotiation skills.

Led owners SEB Venture Capital and Capman, and Board of Directors through the successful sale of Ascade, a software company purchased by NASDAQ listed CSG for $19M.Organised selection of Financial Advisors, negotiated fee structures and worked alongside Advisors to manage the sales process, attracted, educated and negotiated the acquisition..

Espoo, FI

Advised and supported the CEO and the VP Sales for software company providing customer experience analytics. Revenues $2.5m and 25 staff. Aito was acquired by NASDAQ listed EXFO.Established a structured sales process improving sales staff utilisation and prospect conversion.

Ottawa, Ontario, CA

Provided sales coaching to the CEO of Bentria, SaaS company using a multi-channel messaging platform to capture customer experience, Revenues of $2m and 21 staff. Designed a structured pipeline process adopted by the company. Chaired the compensation committee responsible for managing executive team benefits and the stock options program.

Richardson, Texas, US

Led Sales and Operations organisations for the world’s leading mobile messaging software company.Responsible for achieving revenues of > $420M, the direction of >750 staff and customer base of 230 mobile operators.

San Jose, California, US

Led sales, marketing and services for a NASDAQ listed telecom equipment vendor.Responsible for achieving revenues of >$400M, the direction of >400 staff and the support of a customer base of >50 telecom network operators worldwide.

Boston, MA, US

Led the turn-around of a telecom software company providing fraud management systems. Revenues $7M, 50 staff.Led & negotiated successful exit for the investors to Martin Dawes Systems in the UK.

Worked with the CEO of a telecom software company through two rounds of venture funding and 3 years of growth.

Kista, Stockholm, SE

Led Ericsson’s global wireline infrastructure business managing >200 staff and revenues of >$1 billion.

Kista, Stockholm, SE

Led the strategic management of Ericsson’s wireline product portfolio, responsible for R&D investments of $350m and all outbound marketing activities.

Kista, Stockholm, SE

Responsible for maximizing the market contribution from Ericsson’s wireline business in 15 countries.

GB

Led and successfully delivered results for over 20 international consulting engagements in Europe & the US.

London, GB

Mba

B Eng, Electronic Engineering