Strong leader with extensive experience building and leading global R&D and product creation, with focus on innovation, algorithms, and ML. Track-record of transformative results, across several domains. I have almost 20 years of experience with R&D and algorithm leadership, of technology and people, strategically and operationally. I balance technology opportunities and market perspectives, driven by real customer value creation. In domains as different as wireless communication, fingerprint biometrics and audio optimization, I have nurtured R&D teams to innovate, productize, commercialize and deploy high-impact algorithmic solutions, at scale.I bring strong people leadership with focus on long-term value, organizational leadership and management (including organization setup and implementation, across sites, countries and cultures), process definition and implementation, portfolio and project management based on agile and traditional approaches, understanding of high-volume OEM customer integration and deployment, and excellent communication skills internally and externally. I significantly add to product and portfolio strategy definition and implementation, balancing development for both short- and long-term, and with focus on platform, re-use, and automation as key enablers for scalability and quality. I have extensive experience with aspects related to IPR, vendor management, and customer / partner engagement during both pre-sales and integration phases, for some of the world’s largest OEM’s of smartphones, PC’s, smartcards, cars, headphones and more, globally.People leadership is close to heart, and I have a long track record of attracting, developing and retaining highly skilled specialists, as well as for academic collaboration. In leading people and organizations, I aim to enable, based on trust, openness, structure, delegation, coaching, and support.I have experience as managing director for Danish subsidiaries of international technology companies, during phases of establishment, growth, and ongoing operations.