Thor Christianson
1758 North 200 West · Orem, UT · 84057 · Tel: (801) 226 1906 · email: thor@tuglet.com
EXPERIENCE
Tuglet.com
President and Co-founder, June 2000 – Present
  • Founded web-based Application Service Provider for e-Marketing Tools
  • Manage all day-to-day business operations, HR, payroll, maintain web site
  • Manage development team, design web-based applications with SQL backend
  • Responsible for all marketing, product management, business development, sales
  • Establish and maintain technology licensing arrangements with third parties
Nivo International
VP of International Sales and Marketing, June 1998 – June 2000
  • Developed and managed global channel for new IT certification program
  • Worked with Development team to design and implement online distribution model
  • Managed sales and marketing staff of 20 in US and Europe
  • Grew annual revenues from zero to over $7 million/year
  • Launched certification testing in 75 countries in 18 months
  • Responsible for channel, corporate and direct database marketing
PowerQuest Corp.
Regional Director, Europe, December 1997 - June 1998
  • Responsible for PowerQuest’s distribution channel in Northern and Central Europe
  • Managed small team of European-based sales representatives
  • Accounted for 60% of international revenue, $11 million
  • Managed regional marketing budget of $2.5 million 
  • Helped develop international sales and marketing strategy
Caldera, Inc.
Senior Product Manager, April 1996 - October 1996
  • Responsible for product marketing of startup Linux company
  • Helped develop corporate and product strategy, marketing plans
  • Managed strategic relationships with third party developers
  • Negotiated technology licensing and redistribution agreements
  • Responsible for new product ideas, requirements, pricing, packaging, and fulfillment
Novell, Inc.
International Product Manager, December 1994 - March 1996
  • Product manager for international versions of Novell Business Applications
  • Responsible for business cases, requirement docs, feature prioritization, project mgmt
  • Central contact point for international distributors, development, localization, operations
  • Negotiated contracts for localization services and third party technologies
  • Managed packaging, SKU and pricing issues for international products
  • Managed business unit localization budget of $16 million
Regional Product Marketing Manager, Emerging Markets, January 1989 - December 1994
  • Responsible for market development in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia
  • Project managed international development and localization teams
  • Managed co-op marketing funds with regional distributors
  • Evangelist for WP products at trade shows, seminars, etc.
SKILLS AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
  • Speak German and Icelandic. Basic skills in Dutch, Danish, Norwegian.
  • Have lived and worked internationally for more than 8 years in 5 countries.
  • Have significant experience in software development and project management
  • Experience with most types of Windows software, also Linux, Internet, HTML.
EDUCATION
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Masters of Business Administration, 1997
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, 1989