About
Ulf Claesson has 25 years of experience building businesses for corporations, industrial investors and VCs across the Americas, Europe and Asia, with senior executive roles at Hewlett-Packard and IBM and involvement in over twenty M&A transactions. He invests in globally oriented deep tech companies, serves on company boards, and is a professor in practice at ETH Zurich.
Experience
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), ZurichProfessor in Practicecurrent2010 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- BLR PartnersOperating Partnercurrent2009 — presentZurich, Switzerland
- AvastBoard Director2012 — 2021London Area, United Kingdom
- Clinerion LtdBoard Director2012 — 2021Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Jumpshot IncBoard Director2015 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- AO FoundationFoundation Board Director2015 — 2020Davos, Switzerland
- Econis AGBoard Director2014 — 2017Zurich, Switzerland
- Koubachi AGBoard Director2011 — 2015Zurich, Switzerland
- Procedural, Inc.Board Director2009 — 2012Zurich, Switzerland
- Hewlett Packard CompanyVice President & General Manager, Worldwide Attach2006 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
- Hewlett Packard CompanyCEO, Co-founder and Chairman2002 — 2006San Francisco Bay Area and Zug, Switzerland
- Whitecap GmbH and LLPManaging Director, Founder1997 — 2006San Francisco Bay Area and Zürich Area, Switzerland
- IST GroupBoard Director1997 — 2006Växjö, Kronoberg County, Sweden
- IBM Storage Systems DivisionDirector, Distribution Americas; Director, OEM Storage1995 — 1997San Francisco Bay Area
- IBM Storage Systems DivisionBusiness Unit Manager OEM; Business Unit Manager CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing)1983 — 1996Zürich, Switzerland and Vienna, Austria
- IBM EMEASales and Marketing positions in Sweden, UK and France1977 — 1982Sweden, UK and France
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessDirectors' Consortium
- Harvard Business SchoolGraduate, Executive Program
- University of St.GallenNew Management Concepts for Corporate Directors2009 — 2010
- Chalmers University of TechnologyMaster of Science, Production Technology and Industrial Administration
Skills & more
SaaS44Enterprise Software26Software as a Service (SaaS)2Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Venture Capital99Mergers & Acquisitions75Business Strategy99Corporate Governance21Business Development59Mobile Devices31New Business Development26
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International BusinessManagement ConsultingProduct ManagementInnovation ManagementCorporate DevelopmentCorporate FinanceGo-to-market StrategyEmerging MarketsExecutive ManagementTeachingStrategic PartnershipsManagementFrom Ulf's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,187
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
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Also attended Harvard Business School1,818
Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins
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Also attended University of St.Gallen204
John-ArneInvestor at InvestinorMelissa DonohoeVice President at Notion CapitalMarjolaine CatilPrincipal at Newfund CapitalGülce KoçInvestment Manager at IdacapitalDominik MatykaInvestor at Cavalry VenturesChristian NagelInvestor at Earlybird Venture Capital
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Also attended Chalmers University of Technology45
Ernest GassóDirector at Inveready Technology Investment GroupJacob KeyInvestor at Luminar VenturesJakob PalmstiernaPresident at GSRHimanshu GuptaCo-founder at WeRize at PICUS CAPITALEmma HanaeusInvestor at Almi InvestLinda ElfvingInvestor at Almi Invest
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Shared employers
Also worked at Avast7
RytisInvestor at Dig Ventures Management LimitedKen GonzalezManaging Director at NightDragonDavid EndlerGeneral Partner & Co-Founder at Runtime VenturesEduard KuceraPartner at Presto VenturesPavel PetřekPartner at Tilia Impact VenturesRytis VitkauskasPartner at Dig Ventures Management Limited
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