Director Sales & Operations

• Oct 2017 - Present

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Confidential

• 2014 - 2017

Operations & HR Director

• 2011 - 2014

Daily operation of CFEngine´s Norwegian branch. Assisted on stablishment and operation of Sillicon Valley branch. HR responsibilities in Norway and US: developed efficient hiring procedures and hired 20 well qualified employees from 6 countries in the course of a year. Daily operation of CFEngine´s Norwegian branch. Assisted on stablishment and operation of Sillicon Valley branch. HR responsibilities in Norway and US: developed efficient hiring procedures and hired 20 well qualified employees from 6 countries in the course of a year.

Worldwide Sales Operations Manager for Qt Software

• Jun 2007 - Jun 2010

Responsible for Sales Operations worldwide including: - Business analysis - Business analysis tools: implementation & management - CRM implementation & management - Compensation plans development - Sales forecasting management - Commissions oversight - Project management Worked for VP of Sales and supported Sales Directors & sales teams in the Americas, EMEIA and APAC regions Responsible for Sales Operations worldwide including: - Business analysis - Business analysis tools: implementation & management - CRM implementation & management - Compensation plans development - Sales forecasting management - Commissions oversight - Project management Worked for VP of Sales and supported Sales Directors & sales teams in the Americas, EMEIA and APAC regions

Worldwide Greenphone Distribution Manager

• Oct 2006 - Jun 2007

- Responsible for all sales, logistics & distribution of Trolltech's Greenphone device to customers, partners and open source community worldwide. - Responsible for all sales, logistics & distribution of Trolltech's Greenphone device to customers, partners and open source community worldwide.

Territory Manager, West US & Canada, Latin America

• Sep 2003 - Mar 2006

- Development and management of all desktop business activities in the US West region, Canada & South America - Creation and negotiation of tailored business proposals to clients; build strong relationships; engage virtual teams.- Engaged with and nurtured potential key accounts, such as Google (Google Earth), Pixar, Sun Microsystems, Yahoo, ILM, Autodesk and Oracle.- Closure of major sales deals to key industry players such as Sony Pictures, Intel, Qualcomm, Cisco, Xilinx, Chevron, Boeing, Adobe, Pfizer, etc.- Sales and business development in Latin America.- 100-150% of quota in 7 quarters - Top desktop sales person 2003 - 2006 Show less

Strategic/Key Accounts Executive

• Sep 2001 - Sep 2003

- Built and established strong relationships with strategic accounts increasing total sales to account portfolio 150% in 2 years. Accounts included: Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, NASA, Boeing, Stanford (SLAC), MIT, Disney, Dreamworks, HP, IBM, Cadence, Synopsys,Texas Instruments, etc...- Negotiated all aspects of the sales process from hunting through proposal to sale close and subsequent customer service; sought new prospects through innovative approaches at C-level.- Collaborated and consulted with clients to understand their business processes and effect solutions; liaised with software engineering team to ensure swift resolution to issues.- Partnered across the organization to ensure an excellent client experience; conceived and built infrastructure for major accounts management.- Helped train and build US sales team- Top sales person 2001- 2003 Show less

Short summary of my experience

• Jun 1998 - May 2001

Joined Trolltech as the first female employee and first non-techy. My taskes involved sales, marketing and office management. At hat point the company had no devoted sales or marketing people. Trolltech had 100 customers. A year later it had 300. Within a couple of years we changed the company identity completely, moved into new offices and got our marekting going, attending trade shows all over the globe. We employed new people and within 5 years had offices in there continents. June 1998 - July 2010: The Trolltech Journey I worked with a group of extremely talented people and saw a small start-up grow from a handful of employees to a few hundred. We went through an IPO and an acquisition by Nokia. While a sales person, I nurtured strategic accounts and closed our biggest desktop deals. I also transformed many small accounts into key ones. During my many years in the company, I contributed to and followed closely on many of the decisions made and had the opportunity to learn from our many successes and mistakes. I was also exposed to a variety of management personalities and styles as well as very successful and failed strategies. I have had the pleasure to see my high energy transformed into great work and I have learned that improvisation combined with good reasoning is one of the keys to success. The international experience has taught me to be observant, tolerant and accepting. And, most important, I have learned to never say no to a challenge. Show less