Experience

CREANDUM

• Sweden
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Venture Partner

  • 2023 - Present

  Stockholm, Sweden


Hopsworks
• Sweden
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Executive Chairman of The Board of Directors

  • 2022 - Present


Neo4j

• United States
• Software Development
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Board member, Advisor

  • 2023 - Present

• President & COO

  • 2018 - 2023

  San Francisco & Stockholm Responsible for Worldwide Field Operations, including Sales, Marketing, Solutions, Channel, & Field Engineering. Neo4j offers a graph database platform. Company has grown from 8 to 800+ employees from 2011 to 2022 with $150M in ARR, 45% annual revenue growth and a $2.5B valuation. $500M raised from venture capitalists. Invented the graph database category & remaining the leader.

• COO & CFO

  • 2011 - 2017

  San Mateo, CA Responsible for Worldwide Field Operations, including Sales, Channel & Field Engineering, as well as Finance, HR and Legal.



Pentaho from Hitachi Vantara

• SVP of Worldwide Sales

  • 2008 - 2011

  San Francisco, CA Pentaho was a leader in the Big Data Analytics category. Responsible for Worldwide Sales, Services, Alliances, and Business Development. Turnaround situation with 40% headcount reduction, relocation of commercial headquarter, reposition of company to big data leader (before big data was known), followed by rapid revenue growth (from 15% to >120% YoY), and expansion from 55 to 200 employees in two years. Company got acquired by Hitachi for over $500M.‬‬



SugarCRM

• United States
• Software Development
• 300 - 400 Employee

• VP of Worldwide Sales

  • 2005 - 2008

  Cupertino, CA SugarCRM provides a SaaS CRM-platform. Lars joined the company as the founding VP of Worldwide Sales with responsibility for Sales, Business Development and Services. Expanded the company from 50 to 4,500 customers within three years, hired over 200 employees, raised $40M from leading VCs, and made SugarCRM one of the hottest tech firms in Silicon Valley.



Novell

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Director

  • 2001 - 2005

  San Jose, CA Following Cambridge Technology Partners’ acquisition by Novell, promoted to Senior Director of Worldwide Solution Sales (head of Business Intelligence, CRM, and open source business solutions with responsibility for strategy, solutions creation & delivery, sales and finance).



Cambridge Technology Partners

• Japan
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director

  • 1995 - 2001

  Stockholm, Mexico City, San Francisco Strategy, Management and IT consulting firm headquartered in Boston. Revenue ramped from $75M to $650M from 1995 to 2001 including one of the most successful IPO’s in the 90’s with a market cap >$5B. Head of the Worldwide Business Intelligence and Analytics practice responsible for 200+ employees, and revenue >$60M.