Niklas Heuveldop
Senior Vice President
Head of Market Area North America and Acting Chief Strategy
Ericsson Pvt Ltd.
Sweden
Biography
Niklas Heuveldop leads the Market Area North America, a organization of approximately 11,500 employees in serving Ericsson’s customers in the United States and Canada with industry-leading technology and services. In addition Heuveldop will be acting in his former role as Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Technology & Emerging Business, which combines the Corporate Strategy and Technology functions, Ericsson Research, Business Innovation, Mergers & Acquisitions and Emerging Business, focused on the Internet of Things, as well as Information Technology and Ericsson’s Digital Transformation. Prior to taking up this position, Heuveldop was Chief Customer Officer and Head of Group Function Sales. He first started at Ericsson in 1993 and has served in various international assignments across the Americas and Europe, including as Head of Global Customer Unit AT&T and Head of Market Unit Central America & Caribbean. From 2001 to 2005, Heuveldop led venture capital-backed technology start-ups, first as COO at WaterCove Networks, which was acquired by Alcatel in 2003, and then as CEO at ServiceFactory, a management buyout from Swedish operator Telia. Heuveldop holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering & Management from the Institute of Technology, Linköping University, Sweden.
Research Interest
Business Management & Development
