Kaarina Kvaavik Email & Phone Number

My passion is to help companies and teams grow and flourish, drive revenue growth and to solve my customers' problems. I have more than 25 years experience in the language & high-tech industry and solid experience managing Startups from scratch through securing funding. I've built successful, passionate and loyal teams that have delivered phenomenal corporate growth, doubling and tripling revenue year over year. I've created strategic GTM and sales plans, managed Sales and Business Development, Marketing, Operations and Personnel at regional and corporate levels for private and publicly traded corporations for domestic and International markets. I excel at establishing and growing amazing teams that truly believe in corporate goals, collaboration and hitting their targets combined with super charged channel partners that expand your reach and enable you to quickly surpass revenue plans. I am passionate about maintaining excellent client and vendor relationships, identifying and realizing profitable business opportunities and motivating, building and managing cross-functional and organizational teams. I'm a "Scandinavian mutt", I speak several languages fluently, understand and dabble in a handful of others and I truly understand the complexity of cultural differences when establishing a corporate presence outside of your company origin. I've lived and worked in numerous countries, with a culturally diverse workforce, navigating differences in language and communication style as well as the current remoteness due to the worldwide pandemic. I am a regular guest speaker and mentor at Boston University Questrom School of Business, sharing my experience around startups, funding and women in business. I provide executive leadership coaching, focusing on team building and personal growth.I was the Chapter Manager for Women in Localization Northeast 2019-2021, a global community for the Advancement of Women and the Localization Industry.Specialties: Startups, SaaS Sales, marketing, growth, leadership, international expansion, localization, project and product management

Listed skills include Crm, Strategic Partnerships, Localization, Product Management, and 47 others.