Sten Garmark is a Vice President, Global Head of Consumer Experience at Spotify at Spotify. He possess expertise in product management, java. Colleagues describe him as "When I joined the CCE team at BEA I was thrilled to experience management as it should be done! Sten managed both customers and his engineers with great skill allowing all of us to feel both supported, useful and appreciated at the same time. Sten also has deep technical knowledge and uses it in combination with his people skills it to make sure his team delivers even in face of external pressure.", "I have had the pleasure of working together through Sten's various roles during 8 years where he repeatedly has been building up and restructuring groups to work efficiently with respect to individuals and the organizational goals. His genuine engagement with people has made him an appreciated manager.
His in-depth entrepreneurial experience with software development and broad understanding of the industry made him invaluable to the role of principal product manager in the Java Platform Group, and Sten was a key stakeholder in delivering Java 7 JVM on time with prioritized functionality. Sten can quickly and objectively assess a situation and propose consequence analysis of the alternatives.", and "As a director of engineering, Sten is organized, creative, and solves problems. He cares about the people in his group and their development, and is always looking for ways to help people grow. He understands where to focus and helps translate business needs to technical souls in a way that motivates.
I have had the good fortune to work with Sten for a number of years, as he managed and built up a highly successful engineering group. I have been very impressed at his resilience and ability to adjust to changes through being acquired and doing a major acquisition -- in both cases he helped the team to quickly comprehend the new environment and come up to speed."
Listed skills include Product Management and Java.