Emanuel Higwall

Emanuel Higwall has extensive experience in strategic partnerships and business development. Emanuel currently works as the EMEA Strategic Partnerships Director for Global System Integrators (GSIs) at Planview, Inc., where they lead and manages partnerships and drives collaborative success. Prior to that, they served as the EMEA AWS Alliance leader at Cloudinary, where they accelerated the co-selling, marketing, and product development motion in the EMEA and APAC regions. Emanuel also has a background in Amazon Web Services (AWS), where they held various roles such as Nordics and Baltics Business Development Manager & Healthcare Lead, EMEA leader Global Systems Integrators (GSIs), and Country Manager (interim) Public Sector Nordics and Baltics. Before joining AWS, they worked at Microsoft in various positions, including Business Development Manager and Strategic Partner Alliance Manager. Emanuel started their career at IBM as an AS/400 Presales representative and then worked as an Application Developer 4GL - SQL Database optimization at Oracle.

Emanuel Higwall graduated from Stockholm University in 1993, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Computer Science. Emanuel'seducation history also includes attending the University of Oxford, but no specific degree or field of study is mentioned for this institution. Apart from their formal education, Emanuel has obtained various certifications, including the NY SOM CHEF certification from Chefakademin in 2023, the Partner Sales Foundations certification from Cloudinary in 2022, and the Digital Asset Management Certificate from Cloudinary in 2021. Additionally, they have completed the Oxford Executive Leadership Programme at the University of Oxford in 2021. Emanuel has also earned several certifications related to Amazon Web Services, such as Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner, Amazon Technical Professional Accreditation, Amazon Business Professional, and Amazon TCO and Cloud Economics Accreditation. Furthermore, they hold an International Wedding Photographer certification from the Yervant Wedding Photography School Australia. Lastly, Emanuel served as a Corporal in the Swedish Army at I19/P5 Boden from 1987 to 1988.