Niklas Johnsson

Niklas Johnsson

Marketing & Product Management

Malmö Area, Sweden

Current
  • Head of Marketing (Boomerang) at CSC
Past
Education
  • Stanford University
  • Lunds Tekniska Högskola
  • Lund University
Connections
287 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Niklas Johnsson’s Summary

Marketing and product management professional with a unique blend of business savvy, marketing creativity, and grasp of technology. I have a passion for understanding what makes the customer buy and prefer highly dynamic environments.

Niklas Johnsson’s Specialties:

marketing, product management, simplicity, international, voice of the customer, business intelligence, CRM, web analytics, SaaS, start-up, B2B


Niklas Johnsson’s Experience

  • Head of Marketing (Boomerang)

    CSC

    (Public Company; CSC; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2008Present (1 year 11 months)

    Boomerang helps public transport become customer-oriented and add services such as smart cards and mobile ticketing. Boomerang was acquired from T-Systems into CSC, and I am now driving solution packaging and international expansion efforts.

  • Director of Product Marketing

    LucidEra (San Mateo, CA)

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 2005August 2007 (1 year 11 months)

    Part of the leadership team that built the industry’s first complete true on-demand (aka SaaS) business intelligence platform with pre-built solutions that drastically simplifies the experience for the customer.
    Drove product requirements from inception to create a user experience that customers now claim as vastly superior to other tools. (See web site link)

  • Senior Product Marketing Manager

    Omniture (Orem, UT)

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; OMTR; Computer Software industry)

    June 2004September 2005 (1 year 4 months)

    Started Omniture’s product marketing function and built all deliverables from the ground up to support sales in a fiercely competitive market. A year later, new sales messages, verticalization, and competitive analysis contributed to higher win rates and a momentum that would lead to today's market dominance.

  • Assoc. Director Analytical Business Solutions

    Cambridge Technology Partners (acq. by Novell) (San Francisco, Amsterdam)

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NOVL; Information Technology and Services industry)

    March 1996May 2004 (8 years 3 months)

    - 2000-2004: Responsible for sales and marketing support of the Novell Enterprise Dashboard solution and member of the Analytical Business Solutions Leadership team.
    1996-2004: Hands-on engagements with over a dozen clients working as project manager or business lead to implement software solutions, mostly within business intelligence and analytical CRM. Managed 10-person team to create one of the world's first customer profitability system within retail banking.

  • Business Process Analyst

    Tetra Pak

    (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Packaging and Containers industry)

    May 1995March 1996 (11 months)

    Interviewed 50+ employees; Recommended and drove process improvements.


Niklas Johnsson’s Education

  • Stanford University

    Strategic Marketing September 2003May 2004

  • Lunds Tekniska Högskola

    M.Sc. , Engineering Physics , 19891995

    Specialization in experimental design and applied mathematics

  • Lund University

    Business Administration August 1987January 1995


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Niklas Johnsson’s Groups:

  •    eMarketing Association Network
  •    Web & Marketing Analytics Group - IQ Workforce
  •    Cambridge Technology Partners (CTP) - Alumni

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