Per Dahlen

Current

Partner at Portelet Asia Pte. Ltd.
Managing Director at AUM Business Creations Pte. Ltd.

Past

CEO at Phoenix Imaging Technologies S.L.
COO at ViaCarla Networks S.A
New Business Manager at Philips Components Singapore Pte. Ltd

Organization Support Manager at Philips Electronics N.V. Laser Optics
Project Manager at SAAB Automobile AB

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Education

IESE Business School - University of Navarra
Högskolan i Halmstad

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Per Dahlen’s Summary

For more information please see our web page at www.portelet.com or call +65-8223.5356 and ask for Per Dahlen.

Per Dahlen’s Specialties:

Cleantech
Fund-raising
Partnership creation
Deal-making

Per Dahlen’s Experience

Partner

Portelet Asia Pte. Ltd.

(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

May 2009 — Present (3 months)

In charge of the Portelet Cleantech Initiative, including market research, deal flow generation, and hands-on support to portfolio companies.

Combines over 20 years of experience in project management, technology transfer and business development across a multitude of industries and geographical regions with an in-depth knowledge of the Cleantech businesses. As an entrepreneur Per has successfully started four companies in Europe and Asia and was previous employed in different managerial positions for several global MNCs.

Currently the Vice Chairman of SEAS, Globalization Committee and a sought-after speaker to different Cleantech events and conferences. He lived and worked in Sweden, Spain and Holland and now resides in Singapore.
Managing Director

AUM Business Creations Pte. Ltd.

(Fund-Raising industry)

May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

Cleantech Technology Transfer and Consulting company based in Singapore.
CEO

Phoenix Imaging Technologies S.L.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2003 — July 2006 (3 years 4 months)

Developed, planed and executed new strategy from software developer to service company providing Photo Books, Magazines and Calendars with the clients personal photos. Established a foothold in the value chain as a provider of new products for the digital consumer photo market using in-house technology.

Developed new business based upon virtual relationships between suppliers (HP Indigo) and distributors with a fully integrated supply chain and order management system allowing one person to process in excess of 200 daily orders. Searched and found new owners and CEO to purchase and to run the business as of May 2006.
COO

ViaCarla Networks S.A

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

January 2000 — March 2003 (3 years 3 months)

Founder and Chief Operating Officer of new start-up venture. Elaborated business plan that resulted in first round financing of €2,5M from NetJuice and 3i for phase one of a Multimedia Portal (www.viacarla.com) launched into 6 countries.

Responsible for all development based upon BraodVision and Oracle infrastructure, managing development team of 12 programmers. Secured second round of financing of €6,0M, from NetJuice, 3i and MyCube, to focus business into the future digital photography segment as a B2B ASP provider. Biggest customers being AGFA and Sony required major integration with SAP and Extranet solutions.

Sold the company in 2003 to start Phoenix Imaging Technologies.
New Business Manager

Philips Components Singapore Pte. Ltd

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

October 1997 — September 1999 (2 years)

Responsible for development of the New Business strategy for our Business Unit with 225 MUS$ turnover. Responsibilities included development of five-year growth strategy for PC/Consumer convergence. Initiated and coordinated R+D budget of 15 MUS$ for applications like Audio-recording, MP3-recording, DVD/DSS-set top boxes and optical disc based Java-applications.

Negotiated cooperation agreements with worldwide partners and customers including Acer (Benq), Kodak, Pioneer, Motorola and RealNetworks. Ensured realization of New Business strategy via the initiation and deployment of organizational transformation from product focused to customer focused business organization.

Leader of the Business Unit’s change-project, responsible for the development and implementation of all New-Business processes.
Organization Support Manager

Philips Electronics N.V. Laser Optics

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

June 1996 — September 1997 (1 year 4 months)

Developed and introduced business control systems for the $550M optical-storage business-unit within Philips. Organized company wide change project, involving all disciplines on three continents globally. Coordinated decision making process regarding $35M research and development budget.
Project Manager

SAAB Automobile AB

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Automotive industry)

June 1991 — August 1994 (3 years 3 months)

Managed over 250 persons in eighteen development projects. Coordinated project activities between all departments within SAAB, as well as with world wide suppliers including first ever resident engineering project at SAAB which resulted in annual savings of over 20 MUS$. Developed new work methods for the Harness Development Group, reducing time to market from twenty-four to sixteen months. Awarded Best Performed Project Management in 1994 by VP of Technical Development Center.

Per Dahlen’s Education

IESE Business School - University of Navarra

MBA , 1994 — 1996

Graduated top 10% and received the award for the Best European Business Plan in 1996.
Högskolan i Halmstad

U88 , Innovation Engineering , 1988 — 1991

Awarded best Innovation Project Presentation upon graduation in 1991.