Ulf Claesson

Biography

Mr. Ulf Claesson serves as Managing Director of Whitecap GmbH and Whitecap LLP. He is also employed at BLR & Partners AG. Prior to co-founding Silverwire Group, in 1997, he founded Whitecap GmbH and Whitecap LLP. Mr. Claesson served as Chief Operating Officer at Gatespace Networks, Inc. He worked at SAP-, Intuit- and Ericsson ventures. From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Claesson built up and ran one of HP's product divisions as a General Manager and Vice President after having one of his companies acquired by Hewlett-Packard Corporation. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Silverwire AG. From 1977 to 1997, Mr. Claesson served in various European and global management and executive positions at IBM Corporation, where he, among other new business segments, built up IBM's global Distribution business and its OEM business in Continental Europe. His experience in high technology spans 25 years, including creating and building sustainable businesses for major corporations like IBM and Ericsson in Europe, the Americas and Asia, as well as several VC-funded startups and spin-outs. From 2002 to 2006, he was Co-Founder and Chairman of Silverwire Group (now a Hewlett-Packard Company). He is a lecturer at the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics of the ETH Zurich. Mr. Claesson is the Member of Board of Director of AO InvestAG. He serves as the President of Board and Director at BlankPage AG. Mr. Claesson has been a Director at AVAST Software s.r.o. since October 2012 He also serves as a member of the board of the Swiss Federal Commission for Innovation and Technology and is a lecturer, teaching Entrepreneurship at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. He is the Catalyst in creating Silverwire Holding group of companies and serves on Boards of Directors and advises a selected number of innovative technology companies internationally. Mr. Claesson serves as a Member of European and U.S. company boards, innovation initiatives, and partner companies. He has, over the last 25 years, created and rapidly built sustainable businesses for large corporations, industrial investors and VCs in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Mr. Claesson holds a M.Sc. from Chalmers University of Technology. 

Research Interest

Architectural Engineering,Automobile Engineering,Engineering & Management