Linnaeus University

VP Global Sales at Diagnal  -  Sales Leadership  -  Business Development  -  Growth & Go-to-Market Strategy

Driving Bytedance / Byteplus / TikTok Technology Partnerships Globally.

ByteDance

Global Technology Partnerships Director

Responsible of revenue and growth across the EMEA region

NPAW

Senior Sales Director EMEA

DIAGNAL is a technology provider focussed on helping customers around the world to build revenue generating digital media products. We’re recognised as a trusted supplier of innovative OTT Technology Products. 

At Diagnal, we pride ourselves on delivering high quality video centric products, solutions and projects at very competitive prices for top tier Pay TV operators, Broadcasters and Media companies globally. A part from designing and delivering fully custom video experiences on all types of devices, we boast two award winning products: Enlight and Enhance. 

ENLIGHT is DIAGNAL’s application solution for premium OTT service providers looking to publish and monetise content quickly. ENLIGHT provides a collection of feature rich premium application experiences across a wide range of device platforms. Well tested and already deployed with global customers, ENLIGHT apps provide high performance and a high end experience to end-users. 

ENHANCE is DIAGNAL’s content management solution for premium content companies looking to build great products and content partnerships both quickly and cost effectively. Whether you need to augment an existing OVP or content catalog with new/enriched metadata, introduce new content types, power new premium streaming applications, create landing pages for teams/players/matches/shows, deliver compelling marketing campaigns or share your latest produced content to your partners/social channels, ENHANCE has the content management and publishing features you need to level up your premium content business. 

To learn more about what we do visit our website at:  www.diagnal.com

DIAGNAL

Vice President of Global Sales

**Warner Media Exit**

You.i Engine is being used by tier 1 Operators, Broadcasters and Media companies globally to develop premium video-centric cross-platform apps and experiences. This enables our customers to streamline development and deliver consistent premium user experiences on more than a dozen connected TV platforms and Set Top Boxes with a single code base.

By giving our customers full control of every pixel through a dynamic advanced designer workflow and integrating this capability with leading ad solutions, they are now able to deliver display ads and sponsored experiences ranging from overlays to fully interactive solutions as easily as they deliver video ads but at a much higher CPM and with much better user experiences. 

In a player coach role, leading geo-specific Growth and Go-to-market Strategies across MEA and APAC, entering new markets and accounts, coordinating with a cross-cultural team of Sales managers, Sales Engineers, Inside Sales and Customer Success Managers across NAM, EMEA and APAC. Building/enabling Channel Sales networks and driving Marketing initiatives across MEA-APAC.

Successful business leader with the ability to influence internally and externally. Ability to Interact at very senior level both internally and with Clients. Putting the Client/Customer at the centre of everything that we do.

You.i TV

Head of Sales MEA-APAC

Accedo was founded in 2004, at dawn of the age of the connected video platform. Our co-founders, Fredrik Andersson and Michael Lantz, had a vision for how premium video would be enjoyed in the future, where every video device would have access to online entertainment content and be at the centre of a more connected and engaging user experience.

Accedo’s mission is to solve the technology challenges of delivering an attractive and successful experience across all connected video devices.

As Head of MEA, I led developing and executing Growth and Go-to-market Strategy, Sales, Marketing and Business Development in MEA to achieve commercial objectives in the region while coordinating with Accedo’s global teams.

Driving regional penetration and expansion of the leading video experience company. Successfully led efforts to acquire and sustain business with Broadcasters, Studios, Pay TV Operators, Content providers and MCNs.

Accedo.tv

Head of MEA

Over 5+ years at Accedo, I worked with leading media and entertainment players to launch their IPTV and OTT services. Directly responsible of closing several major tier 1 PayTV Operator deals (including Orange, Deutsche Telekom and OSN). Responsible of closing several tier 1 Media companies and Broadcasters (including NRK, MTV3, France Télévisions, TV2 Norway and MBC).

Cemented partnerships and alliances with top tier technology partners (including Viaccess Orca,  Arris, Irdeto, Kaltura, Vimond, Bitmovin, Synamedia and Ericsson). 

Experienced and connected within Operators, Media houses, Broadcasters, VMS, System Integrators, CE-vendors, Security providers, STB manufacturers and other relevant OTT and Operator players in the ecosystem.

Director of Sales and Business Development EMEA

Accedo Broadband is the leading provider of applications for IPTV and Connected TV. 

Accedo Broadband provides the largest available application store for IPTV and Connected TV containing, for example, IPTV games, quizzes, puzzles, VOD, live TV, music, karaoke, lifestyle, sports, weather, social media and communication services. 

Accedo’s Funspot gaming service is the most widely deployed IPTV gaming service in the world.

International Business Development Manager

Co-founding the company, from a business idea to a developed operation

Responsible of the product and service development, implementation and integration. Overseeing all phases of an IT start-up

Brand strategy & development, web site traffic growth, web site UI and advertising revenue.
Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development.

Consulting/Advising new businesses on digital transformation. Generated new development deals, market analysis, project leading & content development. Comprehensive database, social media applications, smartphone applications & web-site management.

r-Coms AB

Co-Founder and COO of a Start-Up 

Developing and implementing market strategies for Mycube, an IT Start-Up incubated in Iqube operations AB, one of the largest incubators in Scandinavia.

Involved with bootstrapping, seed funding and capital raising for technology startups in Scandinavia.

Working closely with serial entrepreneur Johan Stael Von Holstein

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