Thomas Molgaard

Experience

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  Nilfisk

  Jan 2000 - Jul 2001

  Marketing Trainee & Technical Consultant

  14-month traineeship and subsequent consultancy role for Nilfisk-Advance Pty Ltd in Sydney, Australia. After returning to Denmark, I joined corporate headquarters as a consultant within the global IT group.

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  Franz Jäger Advertising

  Sept 2001 - Oct 2002

  Consultant, Web & Wireless

  Founding member and consultant for the advertising agency Franz Jäger Advertising, based in Copenhagen. The agency incorporated web/multimedia, print/scan/production and additionally published a printed/online magazine with a semiannual release, called “I.I.I.”.

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  Nokia

  Jan 2003 - Apr 2013

  Founding member and Senior Product Manager for a SW services platform project, reporting to the VP of the Emerging Platforms unit in Nokia’s CTO Group, Silicon Valley. Responsible for rapid innovation of a Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS) initiative to enable 3G-like apps/services to run on 2G SMS-only handsets, while also creating a new entry-level ecosystem for Nokia feature phones in emerging markets. Project/product management and development was done in Brazil (using INdT - Nokia Institute of Technology) and Silicon Valley, with SW support from R&D teams in Beijing, China, and Nokia Research Center (NRC). 收起 Served as Field Test Leader with Nokia Denmark, as part of the Mobile Phones R&D CUI/S30 SW organization based in Copenhagen. More than four years’ experience in NW-related end user testing, working primarily with products targeting emerging markets. As part of the team that successfully launched iconic products such as the Nokia 1100, I was involved in the testing, verification, and productization of phones based on three generations of chipsets, creating the foundation for several hundreds of millions of products. 收起

  • Senior Product Manager, CTO Emerging Platforms

    Nov 2011 - Apr 2013

  • Head of Experience Management, Nokia Mobile Phones R&D

    Apr 2011 - Nov 2011

  • Engine SW Project Leader, Nokia Mobile Phones R&D

    Sept 2010 - Mar 2011

  • Stream Leader, Application SW Engineering, Nokia Mobile Phones R&D

    Apr 2008 - Mar 2011

  • Project Leader, resourcing and knowledge transfer

    Jan 2008 - Dec 2008

  • SW Test Team Leader, Nokia Mobile Phones R&D

    Jun 2007 - Mar 2008

  • Field Test Leader, Nokia Mobile Phones R&D

    Jan 2004 - May 2007

  • Field Test Engineer, Nokia Mobile Phones R&D

    Jan 2003 - Dec 2003
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  Arm

  Jul 2013 - now

  Management team member of the software business unit in Arm's Systems & Software Group. Leading a team of Product Managers, setting the strategic direction for Arm’s software activities across Consumer (mobile, wearable) and Enterprise (server and networking) segments. Reporting directly to the VP of Marketing, the role includes accountability for short and long term vision/strategy for Open Source SW (OSS) and how this compliments the licensing and royalty elements of the business. Responsible for establishing and maintaining strategic partnerships, as well as contributing to scoping the direction for the non-profit software organization, Linaro. 收起

  • Senior Director, Head of China Engineering

    Apr 2019 - now

  • Director of Product Management

    Nov 2015 - Mar 2019

  • Director of Software Marketing

    Jul 2015 - Oct 2015

  • Manager of Software Marketing - Systems & Software

    Aug 2014 - Jun 2015

  • Software Product Manager

    Jul 2013 - Jul 2014
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  The Linux Foundation

  Jan 2015 - Apr 2019

  Xen Project Advisory Board Member

  A collaborative project in the Linux Foundation, the Xen Project is the leading open source virtualization platform that is powering some of the largest clouds in production today. Xen powers Amazon Web Services, Rackspace Public Cloud, Verizon Cloud and many hosting services. Xen also serves as the basis for many commercial products. Server products include Huawei UVP, Oracle VM and XenServer. Client solutions and appliances include QubesOS, XenClient and Netscaler. Xen is also delivered with as part of most Linux distributions as well as NetBSD and more recently is starting to be used in new markets such as embedded, automotive and mobile/tablet market segments. 收起

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  Linaro

  Jul 2015 - Apr 2019

  The Technical Steering Committee (TSC) is the primary decision-making forum for Linaro development projects. Its purpose is to: * Set the overall direction and technical strategy for Linaro* Coordinate strategy across the multiple segment groups, ensuring technical alignment between Linaro members, the core and product engineering teams and Linaro segment groups* Oversee engineering activitiesThe TSC allows members to have a say in the technical direction Linaro should take and the projects Linaro should invest in. All proposals from the engineering teams are reviewed, modified and approved by the TSC, which then advises the Executive Management Team (and through it the Board) on the key technological and operational matters associated with achieving Linaro’s objectives. 收起

  • Technical Steering Committee Member

    Jul 2017 - Apr 2019

  • Linaro Enterprise Group Steering Committee Member

    Jul 2015 - Jun 2017