Background

I joined Cohere Technologies as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Marketing on September 1, 2019. 

I have three decades of wireless and industry experiences with innovative startups and leading companies. Since 2000, I have held VP and SVP/CMO roles with public and private companies: SpiderCloud Wireless (acquired by Corning), BelAir Networks (acquired by Ericsson), Bytemobile (acquired by Citrix), Flarion Technologies (acquired by Qualcomm) and the role of vice president of IP Services with Nortel Networks and vice president of strategy and marketing for mobile broadband with Qualcomm. 

Prior to joining Cohere in 2019, I headed up CMObuilders for two years. CMObuilders was an advisory firm focused on helping startup CEOs with positioning and strategy. 

Prior to Qualcomm, I was the vice president of marketing at Flarion Technologies (acquired by Qualcomm for $805 M in 2005), vice president of marketing with Nortel Networks IP Services BU (a unit created after the acquisition of Shasta Networks of $600 M in 1999), and Director of North American Field Marketing at Bay Networks (acquired by Nortel Networks). 

I am a graduate of University of San Francisco (1990). I formerly served in the Norwegian Army (Sergeant) and went to High School at Os Upper Secondary School (Gymnas)  located outside Bergen, Norway.