Petter Andersson

Petter Andersson has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Petter currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Sales at IDEX Biometrics, where they are responsible for overseeing sales and profit and loss management for the Americas region. Prior to this, Petter worked at Atheer as the VP of Enterprise Sales and Partner Relations, where they played a crucial role in developing and implementing AR and AI-powered tools for front-line workers. Petter also worked at Hitachi Data Systems as the VP of Global Talent Management, reporting directly to the CHRO. In this role, they were involved in various aspects of data storage, software, analytics, and IoT. Before that, Petter held multiple roles at Ericsson, including VP of Services Strategy & Customer Learning Services, Chief Learning Officer / VP of Global Learning, and Senior Program Director in the Strategic Consulting Practice. Additionally, they served as the Regional Sales and Business Development Manager and Regional Manager of Global Operations at Ericsson. Petter started their career at IBM as a Sales Specialist in Customer Financing. Overall, Petter has extensive experience in sales, talent management, learning and development, and strategic consulting across various industries.

Petter Andersson's education history begins with their upper secondary education at Polhems Gymnasiet, where they studied Electronic & Power Engineering from 1984 to 1988. Afterward, they attended Jönköping University from 1990 to 1992, where they pursued part of their M.Sc. degree in Business & Economics. In 1992, they enrolled at Uppsala University, where they completed their M.Sc. degree in Business & Economics over the course of two years.

During their studies, Andersson also had an opportunity to study Economics at the University of Colorado Boulder for a brief period in 1993, as part of their M.Sc. degree program. Additionally, in 1997 and 1998, they studied Literature at Stockholm University, although no specific degree is mentioned for this period.

Later in their career, Andersson pursued various executive education programs. In 2008, they attended the Columbia Business School, completing an Executive Program in Business Leadership. In 2014, they further enhanced their leadership skills by attending the IMD Executive Education program, focusing on High Impact Leadership. In the same year, they also completed an Executive Education program at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, specializing in Leadership and Strategic Impact.