Experience

Amesto

• Norway
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Group CFO, Amesto People Holding As

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Amesto People Holding As is one of three main groups within the Amesto Group As corporation (www.amesto.no). Amesto People Holding As (APH) is the group owner of: - Amesto Toptemp As, one of Norway's largest recruiting & staffing agencies (www.toptemp.no); - Amesto People Technology As, a software development, venture and consulting company; - Meet Dottie As, a Software as a Service company that develop, operate and distribute the HR Management software «Dottie» for B2Bs (www.dottie.no)» - Amesto Marketing As, a B2B/ B2C marketing agency specialized within a business, tech and talent acquisition (www.amestomarketing.no); - Amesto People & Culture As, a HR consulting and services firm (www.amestopeopleandculture.no); - Amesto Aces As, a Salesforce IT consultant staffing and recruitment firm (www.amestoaces.no); The APH portfolio companies employs in total approximately 600 people. Amesto Group As employs in total more than 1,000 with a turnover of more than NOK 1 billion. As the Group CFO of Amesto People Holding As I report directly to APHs CEO. I have the overall responsibility for the group financials, as well as acting as a «CFO for hire» for all the APH portfolio companies. In addition to finance my main responsibilities lie within strategy, business development, M&A, fundraising, board work and generally being a management capacity for ad hoc support to the operations and further development of all business areas within the portfolio companies. My management capacity is utilized in a broad set of areas, like; all areas of finance, strategy, biz. dev, product dev., goal management, board work, governance and org. architecture; as well as areas like: team development, marketing, sales, contracts/ legal, negotiations, operational efficiency, communication and more.



DigiUnity

• Norway
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chairman of The Board of Directors

  • Jul 2022 - Present

• Founder, CEO & Chairman

  • Sep 2017 - Jul 2022

  Founder of DigiUnity, the Norwegian SaaS (Software as a Service) company that enables businesses to communicate asynchronously with video (www.digiunity.com)BUILT THE TEAMRecruited the team that's shaped into an autonomous product and growth team that operates the platform and it´s digital business. Today this is an international team of more than 16 people.FUNDRAISED THE COMPANY- Fundraised NOK 40 million in seed and early stage growth investments in equity and bank loans. - Successfully completed a series of campaigns, both private and public, being responsible for the entire process A-Z (from pitch deck and content development to investor processing.DEVELOPED THE PRODUCTTogether with our CTO and full set of developers (UX/ UI, API/ back end, front end web and mobile applications) we have built DigiUnity from scratch. VALIDATED THE BUSINESS MODEL- Developed a subscription based business where customers pay a monthly license. Done tons of research to figure out the best possible way for monetization.- Provided private and public customer organizations expert consultancy for implementation methods and projects, providing both revenues and valuable customer insights.DEVELOPED THE SALES, MARKETING AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCEDone hundreds of customer meetings for insight generation, marketing, sales, onboarding, retention, expansion, churn prevention and everything related to the buyer and user journey. Currently more than 100 paying B2B customers.GROWTH THROUGH SCALING-Developed as a highly scalable and cloud based SaaS platform, delivered to the customers in a GDPR friendly way and through globally recognized web services and frameworks like AWS and React.-Currently in the process of automating and digitizing all steps of the buyer and user journeys, in order to enable commercial scaling and high growth as the next phase of the company. STRATEGY & BOARD WORKBeen responsible for the entire strategy development and all aspects of startup board work.



Toptemp

• Norway
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• CFO

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Take your career to new heights! Every year we help thousands of people with the next step in their career. We’re passionate about making life better for our candidates - and customers. Through technology, personal engagement and a playful attitude we discover and attract talent by creating unique and memorable experiences. Since 1990 we’ve discovered and shared talents nationwide - and internationally. We help our customers recruit from a diverse pool of qualified candidates in most industries and academic fields, e.g; Engineering, Offshore, Electro, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Human Resources, Warehouse and Logistics, Administration, Retail, Hotel and Restaurant, Sales and Marketing, IT and Technology.



OceanHub

• Norway
• Information Technology & Services

• Co-Founder, Platform Developer & CEO

  • Apr 2013 - Aug 2017

  Developed the online community for the ocean industries. A digital platform for connecting, sharing and interacting with industry companies. Ad model. -Built the platform and quickly gained traction with international B2B customers. -Key performance was the Nor-Shipping 2014 and 2016 events, each acquiring 100 and 150 new B2B customers. The community was initially designed as a content promotion platform for industry businesses, and was developed in time to be a knowledge sharing community for industry. OceanHub stands today as a use case example of what became DigiUnity, a software technology DigiUnity has developed ever since, being a community SaaS (Software as a Service) for businesses in need to connect networked organizations and their knowledge.



Navigea ASA (new: Obligo Investment Management)

• Oslo Area, Norway

• Senior Investment Advisor

  • Aug 2007 - Mar 2013

  Financial advisory for investment companies and HNWIs. -Fundraising, portfolio management, financial consulting and more. Development of B2B and large account investment advisory services. -Top 10 national performing advisor and honorable member of the Chairmans Club. Financial advisory for investment companies and HNWIs. -Fundraising, portfolio management, financial consulting and more. Development of B2B and large account investment advisory services. -Top 10 national performing advisor and honorable member of the Chairmans Club.



The BI Student Society - BI Norwegian School of Management, Bergen

• Bergen Area, Norway

• Leader

  • May 2005 - May 2006

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