Per Håkansson

Product advisor, lecturer and mobile lifehacker

Location
San Francisco Bay Area
Industry
Internet

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Per Håkansson's Overview

Current
  • Co-founder / Concept Designer for Vator Spark at Vator.tv
  • Advisory Board at publification.com
  • Guest Lecturer at Hyper Island
  • Partner at Hakansson & Co, Inc.
Past
  • Advisory Board Member at Stealth Mobile Startup
  • Strategic Startup Advisor / Co-founder at Springboardr.com
  • Strategic Product Advisor, then CEO at CareerTV
  • Senior Director, Products at Blurb.com
  • Product Management at Yahoo!
  • Publishing Advisor at United Nations
  • General Manager at Icon Medialab
  • Director, New Media at Universum
  • Founder at Direkt Publishing
Education
  • Stanford University
  • ESADE Business School
  • Handelshögskolan, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Universität St. Gallen-Hochschule für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften
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Per Håkansson's Summary

Per Håkansson lectures on emerging consumer technologies, mobile applications and data-driven entrepreneurship across the world. He also advice startups on product management and growth strategies leveraging his 17+ years experience from global Internet successes as Icon Medialab, Yahoo!, Blurb, CareerTV, Springboardr.com and Hyper Island. He won the Webby Award in 2008 and has been featured in Fast Company.

He is currently working on a series of Master classes for tech entrepreneurs and writing a book on how to successfully work, live and play in the new always-on mobile world. Per resides in San Francisco with his family where he cooks and enjoys social tennis when not traveling the world.

Per Håkansson's Experience

Co-founder / Concept Designer for Vator Spark

Vator.tv

December 2011Present (3 months) San Francisco Bay Area

Advisory Board

publification.com

November 2011Present (4 months)

Guest Lecturer

Hyper Island

May 2010Present (1 year 10 months)

Partner

Hakansson & Co, Inc.

January 2008Present (4 years 2 months)

Advisory Board Member

Stealth Mobile Startup

September 2010February 2011 (6 months)

Strategic Startup Advisor / Co-founder

Springboardr.com

March 2010February 2011 (1 year)

Strategic Product Advisor, then CEO

CareerTV

May 2008February 2010 (1 year 10 months)

Senior Director, Products

Blurb.com

October 2006January 2008 (1 year 4 months)

Product Management

Yahoo!

July 1999November 2005 (6 years 5 months)

Publishing Advisor

United Nations

April 1999June 1999 (3 months) Lusaka, Zambia

General Manager

Icon Medialab

January 1997September 1998 (1 year 9 months)

Director, New Media

Universum

October 1993December 1996 (3 years 3 months)

Founder

Direkt Publishing

19871990 (3 years)

Per Håkansson's Languages

  • English

    (Native or bilingual proficiency)
  • Swedish

    (Native or bilingual proficiency)
  • Spanish

    (Limited working proficiency)
  • German

    (Elementary proficiency)

Per Håkansson's Education

Stanford University

19962008

ESADE Business School

19921993

Handelshögskolan, Gothenburg, Sweden

19891993

Universität St. Gallen-Hochschule für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften

19911991

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