VP Sales and Marketing at Ipnett AS
Oslo Area, Norway
- Current
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- Sales and Marketing Director at Ipnett AS
- Past
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- Director product management and marketing at Banetele AS
- Director Nordic Operations at NetDevices
- Managing Director at Utfors AS
- Member of the board at IPnett AS
- Managing Director at Nortel Networks AS
- Country Manager at Bay Networks
- Country Manager at SynOptics Communications
- Product Manager at ICL Data AS
- Network Engineer at Imagineering/Network Strategy Pacific, Sydney Australia
- Service Engineer/Product Manager at Nokia Data/ICL Data AS
- Education
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- Handelshøyskolen BI
- Norges Handelshøyskole
- Norwegian School of Management BI
- Høgskolen i Gjøvik
- Luftforsvarets Befalskole
- kongsvinger
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Jan Søgaard’s Summary
Comprehensive vendor and operator/service provider experience
Good technology and market understanding and knowledge
Establishing, positioning and running in country operations for companies without local presence in the Nordics
Experience from working with partners and selling direct to corporate customers
Work experience from large multinational companies and small-to-mid size local and regional companies
Jan Søgaard’s Specialties:
Managing country operations in the telecommunications and networking industry
Jan Søgaard’s Experience
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Sales and Marketing Director
Ipnett AS
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)
August 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)
IPnett AS is a leading supplier of communication and security solutions. We design, develop and supply infrastructure, telephony and security solutions for business, industry and organizations in both the private and the public sector in all the Nordic countries.
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Director product management and marketing
Banetele AS
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
August 2006 — May 2007 (10 months)
BaneTele owns and operates a nationwide fiberoptical network in Norway. The network is deployed from the very south to the north of Norway, consisting of more than 12.500 kilometers (km) of fiber. This modern, high-capacity, redundant fiberoptical network reaches all major access hubs in Norway. BaneTele provides capacity and communication products and services based on WDM, SDH, MPLS (IP) and DSL technologies. As an independent provider of broadband network services in the Norwegian market, BaneTele's network serves communication needs in all market segments.
The company is owned by the Norwegian government, represented by the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The company's headquarter and network operations center are located in Norway's capital Oslo, while five regions manage mainly technical operations. The company employs approximately 150 experts in the fields of technology, business development, marketing, and client relations.
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Director Nordic Operations
NetDevices
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Networking industry)
September 2005 — August 2006 (1 year)
Establish and manage NetDevices with local partners in the Nordic (Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland). The company decided to discontinue their activities in Europe.
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Managing Director
Utfors AS
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
August 2000 — July 2005 (5 years)
Utfors was one of the first Ethernet-IP-only operators in the world. Utfors build a large 7500km fibre optic network across Nordic and started offering high capacity dataservices in 2000. I was recruited by the CEO of Utfors Jan Werne to establish and manage the Norwegian operation and to be member of the Nordic management team. I was responsible for business planning, market strategy, hiring process and daily operation. Speaker at seminars and active in media and participant in local interest groups. Contact with authorities and the regulator. Utfors was acquired by Telenor, the dominating and prior monopoly operations in Norway, in December 2002 and changed name to Telenor AB. Utfors AS was integrated with Telenor, January 1, 2005. The companies services will be sold under the Telenor brand in the future.
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Member of the board
IPnett AS
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2001 — May 2005 (3 years 11 months)
IPNett is a leading Nordic provider of data-networking/infrastructure, data security and voice solutions to enterprise and governmental customers.
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Managing Director
Nortel Networks AS
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NT; Telecommunications industry)
May 1993 — July 2000 (7 years 3 months)
Hired by the VP of Synoptics Communications Nordic to establish Synoptics in Norway. Member of the Nordic management team. Responsible for market strategy and media relations. Established distribution and partners and an effective sales organization. Synoptics became Bay Networks after a merger with Wellfleet Communications in 1994 and was later acquired by Nortel in 1998.
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Country Manager
Bay Networks
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BAY; Computer Networking industry)
1994 — 1998 (4 years)
Acquired by Nortel to become Nortel Networks in 1998
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Country Manager
SynOptics Communications
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SNPX; Computer Networking industry)
1993 — 1994 (1 year)
Merged with Wellfleet Communications to form Bay Networks in 1994
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Product Manager
ICL Data AS
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1990 — August 1993 (3 years 1 month)
Responsible for product strategy, sourcing and sales support. Extensive vendor contact with leading manufacturers like cisco Systems and 3Com Corporation.
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Network Engineer
Imagineering/Network Strategy Pacific, Sydney Australia
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1989 — July 1990 (11 months)
Recruited via 3Com Corporation to establishing the first Australian networking distributor and system integrator. Responsible for product strategy, sourcing, training and sales support.
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Service Engineer/Product Manager
Nokia Data/ICL Data AS
(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)
August 1985 — August 1989 (4 years 1 month)
Installation, service and training. Product sourcing, sales support and vendor relations with leading vendors like 3Com Corporation and cisco Systems.
Jan Søgaard’s Education
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Handelshøyskolen BI
Bachelor programme Self Management 2006 — 2007
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Norges Handelshøyskole
Executive MBA, Management Control (Economics and Management), 2004 — 2006
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Norwegian School of Management BI
Master of Management Program 1998 — 1999
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Høgskolen i Gjøvik
Electronic Engineering 1983 — 1985
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Luftforsvarets Befalskole
Officers training 1982 — 1983
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kongsvinger
1978 — 1980
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