Thor Hauge

Current

• Vice President, Digital Ventures at Western Union

Past

• President at Next 7
• Venture Associate at iSherpa Capital
• Principal at Nokia Ventures - Innovent

• Advisor at CTEK
• National Account Manager at Nokia Mobile Phones
• Major and Government Account Manager at VoiceStream Wireless
• Account Executive at VoiceStream Wireless
• CO-Founder at Digital Media Solutions
• Founder and CEO at Viking Communications

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Education

• The University of Montana
• Montana State University-Bozeman

Recommended

10 people have recommended Thor

Connections

285 connections

Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

• My Website

Thor Hauge’s Summary

Capitalizing on Innovations through investment and collaboration with seed stage start-up companies.

Influence and accelerate market adoption of mobile internet devices and services.

Thor Hauge’s Specialties:

IP convergence, Mobile Communications and Innovations in IP technlogies. Early stage investments.

Thor Hauge’s Experience

• Vice President, Digital Ventures

  Western Union

  (Public Company; WU; Financial Services industry)

  August 2009 — Present (5 months)

  Head of global sales and strategic partnerships for Mobile Money Transfer

• President

  Next 7

  (Wireless industry)

  May 2007 — August 2009 (2 years 4 months)

  Strategy and Business Development consulting, specializing in Mobile Financial Services, Mobile Advertising, and Social Networking.

• Venture Associate

  iSherpa Capital

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  February 2007 — June 2007 (5 months)

  Venture Associate, sourcing new investments and business development for exisitng portfolio companies.

• Principal

  Nokia Ventures - Innovent

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

  February 1999 — January 2007 (8 years )

  Early Stage Investments, Venture Acceleration through Collaboration, Business and Technology Development in confluence of Wireless and Internet communications.

• Advisor

  CTEK

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year )

• National Account Manager

  Nokia Mobile Phones

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

  February 1999 — February 2000 (1 year 1 month)

  * New Product Sales
  * New Product Training
  * Collaborative Marketing Program Development
  * Inventory Audit and Forcasting

• Major and Government Account Manager

  VoiceStream Wireless

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Wireless industry)

  February 1998 — February 1999 (1 year 1 month)

  * Developed and Managed Sales Team for greater Denver Market, focused on selling into Major Corporate and Government Accounts.
  * Created first Web Based E-commerce system for VoiceStream, tailored to Major and Government Accounts Product and Service procurement.

• Account Executive

  VoiceStream Wireless

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Wireless industry)

  February 1997 — February 1998 (1 year 1 month)

  * Pre-launch Market Development, 2nd GSM market in the United States
  * Small and Medium business accounts sales and management
  * Developed web based store-front for Product and Service sales

• CO-Founder

  Digital Media Solutions

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  August 1995 — February 1997 (1 year 7 months)

  Created hosted e-commerce platform for small and medium sized business.
  
  Enabled self service e-store construction and secure e-commerce transactions.

• Founder and CEO

  Viking Communications

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  September 1991 — May 1995 (3 years 9 months)

  Capitalized on deregulation of the long distance operator service marketplace, marketing alternative communication providers to businesses in convenience and hospitality.
  Designed sales platforms for indirect dealers.
  Managed in house, direct sales operations.
  Contract negotiations with national operator service providers.
  Major national account management.

Thor Hauge’s Education

• The University of Montana

  BA , Organizational Communication , 1987 — 1991

  Founded Thor's Ski Shack in 1987, evolved into Board of Missoula, and now is called EdgeOWorld...

  Activities and Societies:

  Beta Deta Sigma Chi

• Montana State University-Bozeman

  1985 — 1986

Additional Information

Thor Hauge’s Websites:

• My Website

Thor Hauge’s Groups:

wirelessjobs

•    mCommerce Group
•    Nokia Alumni (past and present)
•    Global Private Equity & Venture Capital
•    Payment Systems Network
•    GSMA Mobile Innovation
•    Payments Strategy
•    Payment Card Industry Network
•    Payments Experts
•    Payment and Fraud Professionals
•    Contactless payments
•    Mobile start-ups - 7,000+ members and growing!
•    CGAP's Mobile Banking and Microfinance Group
•    MOFILM - 12 of the Biggest Brands Unite
•    Mobile Money Transfer Group
•    GSMA Mobile World Congress (The Official Networking Group)
•    IFN Film
•    Grow VC - Venture Capital 2.0 - Partner Group
•    Mobile Payments Series - mPay Connect

Thor Hauge’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch