I'm delighted to announce my new role as Chief Commercial Officer and VP Global partners at Bember AS, a leader in seamlessly integrating technology for frictionless parking and enhanced property management At Bember, I will focus on building a sales, marketing and partner organisation - first in Norway and soon to take Bember out in Europe and the US. Our mission is to connect systems to create smooth journeys in offices, malls, non-residential spaces and municipalities.

Leading sales- and multifunctional teams within software, infrastructure and service with focus on the key aspects of people, action and achievement. Advisor valued by others for my insight and judgment to ensure the organization excel and continue to transform towards an ARR and lifecycle end-to-end selling and adoption motion.

Overall responsibility for aligning and execution of Cisco's technical vision and strategy in Norway and Iceland (Architecture Lead)- Extensive knowledge about DataCenter Server/Switching, Hybrid Cloud/Hybrid Data Center, Enterprise Networks, IoT, Digitization, Collaboration and Video systems, Security, Cloud and Mobile solutions- Analyze market opportunities, risks and trends that may affect local business- Development and implementation of business plans in close cooperation with local management team, key resources and company overall goals.- Recruitment and training of new and existing partners / resellers, including Eco-system partners.- Spokesperson for customers, partners and media- Resource allocation, employment of technical resources. - Interviews and selections to our CSAP program for technical and sales trainees - Motivate, inspire, bring "thought leadership", culture carrier and evangelist of Cisco.- Member of the local management team and Northern Europe Technology team.Sales Responsibility for Cloud Infrastructure and Software product portfolio- Build, maintain and execute strategy and marketing plans for Enterprise Networking (subset: IoT, Cloud, Digitization and Mobility)- Budget responsibility, including forcast of future sales opportunities- Develop, implement and drive sales strategies with vertical sales managers- One-to-one dialogue with customers in all verticals- Personal liability for up to 19 persons- Drive and development of teams and individuals- Implementation and execution of appraisals- Resource recruitment, allocation, cost and budgetingPOST sales escalation and follow-up- Responsible for procedures and processes re POST sale- Close dialogue with customers, partners, Cisco's technical assistance center (TAC), business units (BU) and development teams (Engineering)- Reporting and monitoring of customer surveys related to the satisfaction and critical error situations.

I consider myself being a technology optimist and believe technology strategy and business strategy go hand in hand. Technology is the first resort when it comes to innovating and solving problems. The combination of Cloud and DataCenter is an area for where an organization can achieve the most with regards to synergy, automation, sustainability/ESG improvements and cost optimization. The expertise of the team and how we are able to help our customers achieve improvements within these areas is and have been most awarding and fun!

Built the company from start up in Norway to a total of 11 employees and a total of 27 million USD in annual revenue, a position as the 3rd largest storage company in Norway.Overall responsibility for aligning and execution of NetApp vision and strategy in Norway - Extensive knowledge about Storage Solutions, NAS, SAN, Hybrid Cloud, Storage management and administration.- Analyze market opportunities, risk and trends that may affect local business- Development and implementation of business plans, key resources and company overall goals.- Recruitment and training of new and existing partners / resellers, including Eco-system partners.- Spokesperson for customers, partners and media- Resource allocation, employment of technical and sales resources, Building up the organisation towards Enterprise customers, public sector including towards partners and distributors - Motivate, inspire, bring "thought leadership", culture carrier and evangelist of NetApp.- Member of the Northern Europe Management team.- Sales Responsibility for all sales in Norway- Budget and sales responsibility, including forcasting and Opex responsibility - Sales responsibility to develop, implement and drive sales within the Enterprise and the Service Provider team- One-to-one dialogue with customers in all verticals- Implementation and execution of appraisals- Resource recruitment, allocation, cost and budgeting

Joined the start-up after the initial design of a new golf putter consept at the time when we were ready to begin production. We worked to establish world wide distribution and adoption of this ground breaking new golf putter system, giving direct feedback on positioning and lay-up to the user. We started production in Singapore and worked to get our putter into the US market after initial sales of a couple of thousand units in Norway. To enter the US market is both a very challenging task and is very time consuming and expensive. We got a lot of experience, but we ran out of funding.

SymantecStarted up and established Symantec in Norway to become market leader in Norway within both commercial and enterprise market after only 4 years (according to Storebrand Kapitalforvaltning)
Overall responsibility for aligning and execution of Symantec vision and strategy in Norway - Extensive knowledge about Security Solutions, Antivirus, firewalls, Intrusion detection, vulnerability and security operations and security management.- Analyze market opportunities, risk and trends that may affect local business- Development and implementation of business plans, key resources and company overall goals.- Recruitment and training of new and existing partners / resellers, including Eco-system partners.- Spokesperson addressing big audiences, live media on television & radio dealing with a wide range of Symantec security related subjects and public information regarding virus attacks etc.- Responsible for the expansion of Symantec Service Provider business in Norway and the Nordic region- Resource allocation, employment of technical resources, Building up the organisation towards Enterprise customers, public sector including towards partners and distributors to a total of 27 employees in 2006. - Motivate, inspire, bring "thought leadership", culture carrier and evangelist of Symantec.- Budget and sales responsibility, including forcasting and Opex responsibility - Hire, develop, implement and drive sales with 3 vertical teams, Enterprise, Public and consumer business - Member of the Northern Europe Management team, reporting to different regions as Germany, UK, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and the US.

Key Account Manager for Kværner

Merged with Merkantildata in 1997

Worked both in Network management and the later part in GPI Shipping with the main responsibility for the shipbroker marked in Norway and Greece.

Responsible for the Shiptrader area in Norway and Greece

Office admin and accounting for a total of 9 companies within advertising and printing.