- Developing of strategic growth initiatives, business development, competence initiatives, and the regional strategy, Business Plan Västmanland. Strategic leadership in the innovation eco-system.- Leading smart specialization with partner regions in East Central Sweden focused on four key global challenges; Future Energy Solutions, Smart Industry, Sustainable Food Supply, and Life Science. Catalyst in the transformation towards an internationally strong eco-system focused on these four challenges for innovation, including international collaboration.- Strategic EU agenda setting, ERDF programming, and responsibility for EU investments, 2014-2020 and programming 2021-27. Policy development with national authorities and strategies.

Leadership of Business Plan Västmanland (Affärsplan Västmanland) with the Västmanna Council in the region and with partners. Initiated a strategic long-term process to develop the innovative capacity and entrepreneurial culture with the aim of developing industry, increase competitiveness, and support economic growth in the eco-system.

Collaboration with and work at:- StartX, the first business accelerator at Stanford University. Providing student entrepreneurs with the highest chance of succeeding in their venture by providing connections and crucial information and resources. Connecting them with mentorship with VCs, Angels, and seasoned entrepreneurs.- Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center, focused on forwarding social entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley/the Bay Area.

Managing and developing new and on-going programs to create internationally competitive research environments and increase cooperation between academia, industry, and society. Recent work focused on programs on digital learning, creative industries, social entrepreneurship, and service (incl. digital) innovation with a larger study of initiatives and opportunities in the US, UK, Singapore, and discussions with e.g. MacArthur Foundation, Hewlett Foundation.

International projects within business development, value delivery, and strategic SC analysis to identify opportunities and value potential for new customers on an ad hoc basis.

Start-up and development of R&D unit focused on trends and future developments in ICT, mobile solutions, and digital media. Work included management of funding, research, and hands-on development and testing of ICT apps incl. mobile apps, web communities, and audio and video tools with industrial and public partners.

EMEA Head of Retail & Nordics, SSG; Sales/business development in leading supply chain ICT-solution provider.

Japan-based project on ”Strategy Implementation and Organizational Communication in Japanese Subsidiaries of Swedish Companies”. Stay at Matsushita Institute of Government and Management. Japan Foundation’s scholarship for studies of contemporary Japan.