Jan-Erik Hareid
Managing Partner
Jan-Erik has 25 years experience in management and international business development for high tech start-ups and venture capital, including 5 years as head of Innovation Norway in San Francisco before founding Alliance Venture in 2001. Earlier in his career, he led global business development at two information technology companies and he also has work experience from an American oil company. He has an MSc. in physics and industrial engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and also has INSEAD IEP.
Email: hareid a allianceventure.com
Cell: (+47) 41 50 87 82
Fax: (+47) 22 47 12 21
Twitter: jehareid
Linkedin: http://no.linkedin.com/in/hareid
Arne Tonning
Partner
Arne joined Alliance Venture in 2008 from Capgemini C4, a global management consulting team focusing on telecom, media and entertainment. Prior to this Arne spent 6 years in London with the Norwegian Trade Council/Innovation Norway. He also worked 4 years as a research scientist at SINTEF Telecom and Informatics developing wireless technologies. Arne holds a BSc and a MSc in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Hariot-Watt University.
Email: arne a allianceventure.com
Cell: +47 454 77 055
Fax: (+47) 22 47 12 21
Twitter: eagleonamound
Linkedin: http://no.linkedin.com/in/arnetonning
Erling Maartmann-Moe
Partner
Before co-founding Alliance Venture, Erling was CEO in New Media Science and director in Cell Network (1996-2001), a successful Internet consulting firm listed on the Stockholm stock exchange. Prior to this his main background is from the Norwegian Computing Center in applied research in information technology with a focus on multimedia and Internet, including the last years as research director. Erling has an MSc. degree in Computer Science from the University of Oslo and also has INSEAD IEP.
Email: erling a allianceventure.com
Cell: +47 908 54 284
Fax: +47 22 47 12 21
Twitter: erlingmm
Linkedin: http://no.linkedin.com/in/erlingmm
Bjørn Christensen
Partner
Bjørn has an MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. He is former General Manager for Cisco Norway since its start-up in 1993, and responsible for business development in Cisco Northern Europe the last two years before co-founding Alliance Venture in 2001. Prior to that he held management positions in networking and computer companies since 1975, including Lantec Ungermann-Bass, DEC, Control Data Corporation and AS EDB.
Email: bjorn a allianceventure.com
Cell: +47 900 24 393
Fax: (+47) 22 47 12 21
Linkedin: http://no.linkedin.com/in/christensenbjorn