Greger is an Oslo, Norway-based tech executive with a passion for building successful software products and companies. His experiences range across several startups (among others AxxessAnywhere, acquired by TANDBERG; Hudya Group, listed), technical leadership roles in companies like TANDBERG (acquired by Cisco), Cisco Systems, Cxense (acquired by Piano), Cognite (private, VC-backed unicorn), and Omny Security.
Dependent on company stage, he has taken on roles as founder, CEO, CTO, (S)VP of Engineering, principal engineer, board member, and advisor. Independent of role he always spans the technical, commercial, and people domains with a sole focus on building successful companies with products that customers are willing to pay for.
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More on Greger’s Background
Greger quickly deviated from the image of the classic game-playing computer geek of the 1980s. Observing computer adoption (or lack thereof) in Norway’s largest hardware chain store mid-eighties, he quickly gained interest in the softer people aspects of software products. This led to both a Master’s degree in computer science and a psychology Bachelor in group dynamics. A formative engagement at Statoil (the Norwegian state-owned oil company) was part of his thesis work, and this work back in 1990s exposed him to how web and 3D technologies could improve offshore operations. This led him to take an interest in also the business aspects of technology products. These three angles have since followed him in his career: deep technical insights coupled with an understanding of people and how to operate successful businesses.
His passion for start-ups and scale-ups was fueled by living in Silicon Valley late 90s where he worked at SRI International seeing up close the passion and energy in the dotcom boom. Meeting and working with Douglas Engelbart for a short period led to a life-long passion for innovation, product development, and leadership.
Having been based in Oslo, Norway most of his career, Greger has been fortunate to have had global roles at several of the Norwegian tech companies with global success, the most recently as Chief Product Officer at Omny Security (backed by Aker and Telenor), and before that SVP of Engineering at Cognite, a Norwegian unicorn backed by Aker, Accel, TCV, and Aramco.
Staying technical includes a keen interest in staying updated on technology and be hands-on, also in code with Python, React, Flutter/Dart, and Kotlin as typical tools. As an executive, Greger’s leadership style is based on trust in competent people who get freedom and accountability with a clear expectation that everybody looks across the entire organization and focuses on delivering value to the customers.
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