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Ulf Claesson

Investor

President at XR Invest

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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

  1. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), ZurichProfessor in Practicecurrent2010 — presentZurich, Switzerland
  2. BLR PartnersOperating Partnercurrent2009 — presentZurich, Switzerland
  3. AvastBoard Director2012 — 2021London Area, United Kingdom
  4. Clinerion LtdBoard Director2012 — 2021Basel, Basel, Switzerland
  5. Jumpshot IncBoard Director2015 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  6. AO FoundationFoundation Board Director2015 — 2020Davos, Switzerland
  7. Econis AGBoard Director2014 — 2017Zurich, Switzerland
  8. Koubachi AGBoard Director2011 — 2015Zurich, Switzerland
  9. Procedural, Inc.Board Director2009 — 2012Zurich, Switzerland
  10. Hewlett Packard CompanyVice President & General Manager, Worldwide Attach2006 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
  11. Hewlett Packard CompanyCEO, Co-founder and Chairman2002 — 2006San Francisco Bay Area and Zug, Switzerland
  12. Whitecap GmbH and LLPManaging Director, Founder1997 — 2006San Francisco Bay Area and Zürich Area, Switzerland
  13. IST GroupBoard Director1997 — 2006Växjö, Kronoberg County, Sweden
  14. IBM Storage Systems DivisionDirector, Distribution Americas; Director, OEM Storage1995 — 1997San Francisco Bay Area
  15. IBM Storage Systems DivisionBusiness Unit Manager OEM; Business Unit Manager CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing)1983 — 1996Zürich, Switzerland and Vienna, Austria
  16. IBM EMEASales and Marketing positions in Sweden, UK and France1977 — 1982Sweden, UK and France

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessDirectors' Consortium
  2. Harvard Business SchoolGraduate, Executive Program
  3. University of St.GallenNew Management Concepts for Corporate Directors2009 — 2010
  4. 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
+12 moreInternational BusinessManagement ConsultingProduct ManagementInnovation ManagementCorporate DevelopmentCorporate FinanceGo-to-market StrategyEmerging MarketsExecutive ManagementTeachingStrategic PartnershipsManagement

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