Cloud and solutions presales specialist and manager with 20+ years of experience in dealing with end customers and partners. Experienced in public speaking, doing workshops and presentations for customers as well as partners. Recently helped build and grow a very successful team of presales resources for VCE/Dell EMC CPSD, covering the Nordics+BeNeLux regions.Management and people leadership experience:-Successfully managing and growing a multinational team of top presales resources and driving results across the Northern European region-Leading a team of senior presales resources through a time of change related to the Dell+EMC merger-Extensive network across Nordics and BeNeLux enabling me to find and retain top presales talent-Good understanding of sales process, financials and business -Mentoring and coaching new hires to make them successful in a challenging environment-Used to participating in and driving very large sales campaigns for both Enterprise and public sector customersTechnical expertise:-Hyperconverged solutions in the rack-scale and appliance segments -Converged Infrastructure, blade systems and server management software-Storage Area Networks and storage systems-Sales process, RFP response and public speakingThe last four years have been spent working in solutions sales on the technical side for VCE / Dell EMC. This has involved covering Norway as the only technical resource, being part of a hyperconverged strike team across the Nordics and Benelux, and the last 1+ year managing the Nordics+BeNeLux presales team for Dell EMC CPSD.Have also previously held various other roles like Business Development Manager, Technical Account Manager, Product Manager and Services Sales Specialist, which gives me diverse experiences to draw from in any work situation. I enjoy public speaking and presenting to both large and small groups. Active on social media including Twitter and LinkedIn.