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John Hakansson
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CPO | PE-backed B2B SaaS | 2x M.Sc.
Stockholm County, Sweden
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Jobs
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Chief Product OfficerPuzzelApr 2026 - Current (6 months)- Chief Product OfficerABAXNov 2023 - Apr 2026 (2 years 6 months)Overall responsible for product at ABAX group AS, transforming the company to become product-led. ABAX is a leading European IoT company (Hardware + Cloud Software) with cloud and AI solutions for fleet management, mileage claim, tool tracking, equipment control and usage based insurance. ABAX have subsidiaries in 9 countries including the UK, US, Netherlands, Poland and the Nordic. As the CPO I’m focused on serving our 50,000+ customers globally, connecting over 500k units all over the world, and empowering my team with the Product Operating Model.
(Owned by PE: InvestCorp) - Head of ProductABAXSep 2023 - Oct 2023 (2 months)
- Global VP Product - CMS & Cloud PlatformOptimizelySep 2022 - Jun 2023 (10 months)Responsible for the Cloud Platform and Content Management product line, the largest business area in the wider offering Digital Experience Platform (DXP) with B2B customers globally and 150 MUSD ARR. I was managing a team of product managers, product owners for a range of SaaS and PaaS services running 29+ customer websites. Lead growth to 2x the customer base and MRR for my products. (Owned by PE: Insight Partners)
- Associated VP, Product - DXP Cloud ServicesOptimizelyJan 2021 - Sep 2022 (1 year 9 months)Lead the Product Management of the Commerce Cloud and Content Cloud (CMS)
- Vice Chairman of the BoardGällstaö Natur och KulturföreningMay 2020 - Apr 2024 (4 years)Vice Chairman & re-elected board member at the Non-Profit Organisation Gällstaö Natur & Kultur. Supporting the Chairperson, co-responsible for board decisions, strategic planning, and member engagement. Management of a multi million (SEK) fund.
- Director Product Management, DXP Cloud ServicesOptimizelyMar 2019 - Dec 2020 (1 year 10 months)Responsible for product management of DXP Cloud services which is a global cloud platform that offers web content management, ecommerce and personalised digital experiences. To rephrase Gartner and Forrester Wave, it’s a leader in unifying commerce and content.
- Senior Sales Director, EMEAFastlyJun 2017 - Feb 2019 (1 year 9 months)I established the Edge Cloud provider Fastly in Northern Europe, a vendor of cloud services in web security, application performance and streaming with customers like Spotify, Twitter, AirBnB etc. I was a member of the EMEA Sales Management team and reported to VP Sales Europe. (Backed by VC: August Capital, Battery Ventures and others - before IPO 2019.)
- Sr. Director, Head of Telia CDN, Division XTelia CompanyMay 2013 - May 2017 (4 years 1 month)I was a member of Division X management team reporting to the division head. Responsible for Product Management and General Management of services within Cloud Security, Web Performance, streaming services and PaaS IoT acceleration. The international business case was very successful with a 97% CAGR during the first three years, multi MUSD revenue 2015 and ROI in record time.
- Director, Product Management - Global BusinessTelia CompanyMay 2012 - Apr 2013 (1 year)I was hired by Telia Company to launch a service within Content Delivery. I created an internal start-up that was launched 2013 Q2 in the Nordic region. I wrote the business plan, hired a dream team and signed customers in less than 12 months. Partner with Edgacast / Edgio.
- CDN Technology Evangelist, EMEALumen TechnologiesNov 2010 - Apr 2012 (1 year 6 months)The Technical Evangelist at Level 3 (later Lumen, now Colt), an overlay role to the Sales Engineering teams across the region. Acts expert in events, arrange workshops, key account upselling and internal training. Member of the Sales Engineering management team.
- CDN Solutions ConsultantLumen TechnologiesMay 2010 - Apr 2012 (2 years)Solution Consultant (Sales Engineer) within CDN technologies such as caching, web acceleration, streaming and distributed storage solutions. Expert in Internet Broadcasting and Website Acceleration.
- Director, Product ManagementQbrickNov 2008 - May 2010 (1 year 7 months)Qbrick was a startup that pioneered online streaming in the Nordic region. I joined as a student getting paid to write a master thesis and was initially hired to do support and technical sales. Later I became the first Product leader in the company reporting directly to the CEO and a member of the management team.
Achievements:
- Created and launched a new successful service portfolio that added +40% Net Sales in 12 months, recognized as the best Online Video Platform in Europe 2012.
- Promoted to Director Product Management 2008. - Technical Account Manager (TAM)QbrickJan 2007 - Nov 2008 (1 year 11 months)Technical Account Manager and Delivery & Support team leader at Qbrick.
- Final master thesisQbrickSep 2006 - Jan 2007 (5 months)A master thesis written about "How streaming media can be used i commercial mass distribution" on behalf of Qbrick, covering CDN delivery and use of multicast p2p for OTT content.
- Web developerLuleå University of TechnologyJan 2006 - Jun 2006 (6 months)Developed and launched a new website for Industrial Design
- Marketing Project ManagerGoogleSep 2005 - Dec 2005 (4 months)I managed marketing of “Marratech Free” online (a Skype competitor at the time). Marratech was acquired by Google 2006 and the technology later became Google Meet video chat application.
- PhotographerNorr Media ABSep 2002 - Aug 2006 (4 years)I worked as a professional news photographer besides my studies. Pioneered web tv production in the nation wide NT group.
Education
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- M.Sc, Industrial EngineeringLuleå University of TechnologyJan 2005 - Jan 2006 (1 year 1 month)Master in Business Administration
- Economics, Cumputer ScienceHáskóli ÍslandsJan 2004Exchange Student
- M.Sc, Media Technology EngineeringLuleå University of TechnologyJan 2001 - Jan 2006 (5 years 1 month)
Projects (professional or personal)
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- EEFRAIM - Industry expert in Vinnova projectSwedish companies team up to identify and develop distributed network solutions for media distribution. The project will be running for two years, starting in September 2012, and the project partners are: Spotify, TeliaSonera, Ericsson, SVT, TV4, Acreo, SICS, LTH, Qbrick and Peerialism.
Awards
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- SBest Online Video Platform (OVP), Readers' Choice AwardStreaming Media EuropeQbrick OVP which I created 2009 was awarded as the best in Europe 2012
http://www.qbrick.com/aboutus/newsroom/12-10-17/Qbrick_won_the_Award_for_Best_Online_Video_Platform_2012.aspx - Presidents ClubOptimizely
Publications
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- JHow streaming media can be used in commercial mass distributionJanMass distribution with techniques as multicast and peer-to-peer are becoming increasingly important in the Internet. Today the distribution of sound and video over Internet, so called streaming media, is static due to the unicast method...