Mattias Karls
Master's degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Linköping Institute of Technology. 10 years as project manager, product manager, professional service manager and sales manager. Now CEO of Applied Nano Surfaces.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.appliednanosurfaces.com |
| Industries: | Cleantech, Nanotech |
| Skills: | Business, Danish, English, Entrepreneurship, German, Industrial Engineering, Management, Marketing, Norwegian, Sales, Swedish |
| Location: | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Groups: | CONNECT Uppsala, Stockholm University Innovation |
| Visas: | EU |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding team mates, Getting press, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Griffith College, Linkoping University |
FEATURED STARTUP
Applied Nano Surfaces
Applied Nano Surfaces
Applied Nano Surfaces has developed a revolutionary and new production technique that enables various types of manufacturing companies to easily and cost efficiently create durable coatings with extremely low friction.
- Startup type: Company
- Status: Active
- Stage: Beta
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Applied Nano Surfaces (www.appliednanosurfaces.com) |
| Position: | CEO |
| Time period: | June 2008 - Present |
| Description: | • Selling nano-composite based low friction coatings
• Managing sales, marketing, development and finance |
| Employer: | Swedish Trade Council Chicago USA (www.swedishtrade.se/usa) |
| Position: | Project Leader |
| Time period: | December 2006 - May 2008 |
| Description: | • Helping Swedish companies develop their business in the U.S. market
• Managed 15+ business development projects • Responsible for sales of our consultancy services • Managing a sales team of 7 people |
| Employer: | IBX (www.ibxeurope.com) |
| Position: | Professional Service Manager MU Nordic |
| Time period: | May 2006 - November 2007 |
| Description: | • Responsible for sales and all consultants in the Nordic region |
| Employer: | IBX (www.ibxeurope.com) |
| Position: | Product Manager IBX Source |
| Time period: | May 2004 - May 2006 |
| Description: | IBX is the leading provider of services and solutions for efficient purchasing in Europe.
• Responsible for IBX Source, one of our three solution areas within IBX. • Successfully brought on major accounts such as Ericsson, Skanska and IKEA. • Purchased and implemented an eSourcing application from Emptoris Inc. which was sold to several companies already in the first two quarters. • IBX completed more than forty full sourcing events already in 2004 with over eighty million EUR in savings for our customers. |
| Employer: | IBX (www.ibxeurope.com) |
| Position: | Project manager |
| Time period: | May 2000 - June 2004 |
| Description: | • Managed several of the biggest and most important projects at IBX (in Sweden, Norway and Denmark) |
EDUCATION
| University: | Linkoping University |
| Time period: | 1995 - 1999 |
| Degree: | Industrial Engineering and Management, MSc |
| University: | Griffith College |
| Time period: | 1996 - 1998 |
| Degree: | Computer Science and Business English |
| University: | Linkoping University |
| Time period: | 1996 |
| Degree: | Law school |
PUBLICATIONS
| Patents: | PCT Patent pending |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | • Telefondirektören H T Cedergrens minnesfond – Scholarship for my Master of Science studies in Linköping
• ERASMUS scholarship – Scholarship for my studies in Austria |
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Applied Nano Surfaces
Applied Nano Surfaces has developed a revolutionary and new production technique that enables various types of manufacturing companies to easily and cost efficiently create durable coatings with extremely low friction.