Experience and Results
Accelerated Growth
- Director of the Board and Advisor – Development of strategy, service portfolio and business architecture for scale-up and international growth.
- Strategy Advisor – Development of international go-to-market strategy and business architecture for a PaaS start up.
- Chairman of the Board – Break out of stagnation in Telco by renewal of strategy and streamlining of key focus areas. Improved profitability and valuation of company increased by 52% in two years.
- President/CEO – Rapid expansion of Software Development company. 100% growth in 4 years with increased profitability and appointed best global design center.
- Chairman of the Board – Rapid growth of Software Engineering company by entering new markets in Germany and USA.
- VP, Special Project Leader – Multimarket launch of groundbreaking mobile telco product in Nordic and Baltic markets leading to increased sales, increased NPS and secured no 1. Market position.
Strategy Renewal and Turnaround
- Chairman of the Board – Turnaround of loss-making cloud and telco business by streamlining of product portfolio and cost focus, reaching profitability targets in less than two years.
- Head of Strategy and COO – Streamlining of strategy and operational priorities of Telco in rapidly declining market situation. Driving turnaround achieving best NPS score, QoS and maintained no. 1 market share in less than two years.
Strategic Consolidation and M&A
- President, VP and General Manager – Strategic streamlining, consolidation and divestment of global operations into new business unit with global reach in 30 markets worldwide.
- Regional Manager – Strategic streamlining and consolidation of IT consulting business with M&A of four separate companies into one new enterprise.
- SVP, Special Project Leader – Major M&A of large telco in a new market.
Product Portfolio Renewal
- Advisor and Board of Director – Development of multi product portfolio into an integrated service (XaaS) offering, delivering improved value for both company and its customers.
- President, VP and General Manager – Development of new mobile internet-based product and service portfolio with expansion into 30 markets worldwide.
- SVP Global Products and Services – Strategic streamlining by consolidation and renewal of global product portfolio to maintain market lead, simplify customer offerings and lower cost of development.
Corporate Governance
- Chairman of the Board – Renewal of Company Board regulations, Audit and Remuneration Committees’ regulations, including review of corporate policies and instructions. Implementing new strategy process and Company Board self-evaluation model.
- SVP Global Products and Services – Implementing multi-market product portfolio prioritization and development model for major Telco.
Founder of Techboard AB
Kennet Radne
CEO and Founder of Techboard AB
General Manager, Business Executive and Strategic Advisor with international C-level management and BoD experience in high tech, ICT sector since mid-1990. Kennet has also experience of owner led companies as well as start-ups in software services (SaaS) and platform services (PaaS) business. Kennet has international experience from markets in Europe, USA, Eurasia, and Asia where he has led several successful growth initiatives and turnarounds, in both declining and growing market conditions. He has also led product portfolio renewals and M&A projects in international multi-market organisations. Development in such situations have often been driven by market and technology shifts which requires both strategic thinking, innovation and execution excellence.
Furthermore, Kennet has experience from a variety of Board assignments as Chairman and Director of the Board. Currently Director of the Board at Truecore AB and CloudBackend AB, Member of the Board of Advisors at Tellusant Inc and DBE Core Ltd.
Previous Chairman of the Board assignments are Latvijas Mobilais Telefons (Latvia), Telia Latvija (Latvia), Omnitel (Lithuania), Emt (Estonia), Edgecom AB (Sweden), Q-Labs (Sweden, Germany, USA), and Lennandia Advertising AB (Sweden).
Other Director of Board assignments include, e.g. Ericsson-Microsoft Mobile Venture AB, (Sweden, USA), Ericsson IT Services AB (Sweden), Ericsson Business Consulting (Shanghai, China), Eunosia Internet Architects (Italy), Consignit AB (Sweden), Eesti Telecom (Estonia), Lattelekom (Latvia), and Lietuvos Telekomas (Lithuania).