Niklas Karlsson

Channel Business Dev Manager, Nordic, PTC

Stockholm Area, Sweden

Current
  • Channel Business Development Manager at PTC
Past
  • Managing Director, Owner at Necon IT AB
  • Managing Director, Owner at Jönsson & Lepp Konsult AB
  • Freelance Consultant at Necon
  • Development engineer at Uppsala processdata AB
Education
  • Stockholm School of Economics
  • International Business School, Brighton
  • Swedish Army Technical School
  • Wargentinsskolan, Östersund
Connections
133 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Niklas Karlsson’s Summary

I have been active in the IT industry in various roles for 15+ years, with a broad experience ranging from software consulting to software sales companies. Now specializing in partner and sales management, I have been a part of several company start-ups. I have a result oriented, entrepreneurial mind-set paired with experience from large, multi-national sales organisations.

I have a solid business education (MBA), and have had roles ranging from technical expert to senior level sales and business development.

Niklas Karlsson’s Specialties:

Channel & Partner management, Sales Management
Business Development and strategic analysis
Marketing planning and execution
Software development processes and tools
Nordic business software markets


Niklas Karlsson’s Experience

  • Channel Business Development Manager

    PTC

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PMTC; Computer Software industry)

    April 2008Present (1 year 9 months)

  • Nordic Partner/Sales Manager

    Borland (CodeGear)

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

    February 2006March 2008 (2 years 2 months)

    I was responsible for all Developer Tool business (the CodeGear division) in Nordic. .
    I was responsible for the total sales and marketing budget for the Nordic region.

  • Channel & Partner Manager, Nordic

    Borland

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

    March 2005February 2006 (1 year )

    I was responsible for all Developer Tool business in Nordic as well as all indirect business for all Borland products in Nordic.
    Named “Best Borland EMEA Channel Manager 2005”.

  • Sales Manager, ISV Team

    Borland

    (Public Company; BORL; Computer Software industry)

    June 2003January 2005 (1 year 8 months)

  • Managing Director, Owner

    Necon IT AB

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

    January 1995April 2003 (8 years 4 months)

    Necon IT was providing consulting services in IT strategy, IT architecture and software development,

  • Managing Director, Owner

    Jönsson & Lepp Konsult AB

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

    July 1991December 1994 (3 years 6 months)

    I was the co-founder of the company, and responsible for the consulting part of the business.

  • Freelance Consultant

    Necon

    (Privately Held; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 1989June 1991 (2 years 6 months)

    IT training, software development, courseware development

  • Development engineer

    Uppsala processdata AB

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    January 1988January 1989 (1 year 1 month)

    Product development both in hardware design and software development


Niklas Karlsson’s Education

  • Stockholm School of Economics

    Civilekonom (MBA) , Business Administration, International Economics, Information Systems , 19881995

  • International Business School, Brighton

    International Marketing 19881988

  • Swedish Army Technical School

    System Engineer FH77 , Engineering , 19871988

  • Wargentinsskolan, Östersund

    College , Electronic Engineering , 19841987


Additional Information

Niklas Karlsson’s Websites:

Niklas Karlsson’s Groups:

  •    Borland
  •    Borland Barbarians
  •    Stockholm School of Economics Students and Alumni
  •    CodeGear Alumni
  •    PTC Alumni
  •    Pro/ENGINEER Users

Niklas Karlsson’s Honors:

Best Borland EMEA Channel Manager Award 2005


Niklas Karlsson’s Contact Settings

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