Meet Rob Wolters, Managing Director Ericsson Netherlands, speaker for the #NordicTalks!

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#NordicTalks 2017

Rob Wolters is since November 1, 2014 the Country Manager and Managing Director of Ericsson Telecommunicatie B.V. in the Netherlands. Ericsson is a world leader in communications technology and services with headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. With over 1000 employees in four offices in the Netherlands, it is providing a broad range of technology and services towards all Dutch operators, broadcasters, enterprise and government customers. A significant part of the local organization is also serving customers globally.
Rob holds a Master degree in Electrical Engineering with subject Telecommunications from the Eindhoven University of Technology. After his military service as a reserve officer at the Military Academy, he started his career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in 1994 where he worked as an IT consultant at a variety of clients (banking, food retail, pharmaceutical wholesale). Rob joined Ericsson in 1997 and has held various senior positions in the company, including Key Account Manager for Telfort, KPN and Vodafone (first in the Netherlands, then in Germany). In addition, he has a.o. been Head of the R&D unit for Service Delivery Platforms in the Netherlands. Since his return from Ericsson Germany in November 2014 he holds his current position. Besides his membership on the Board of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands he is also a member of the Advisory Board of Breinacademie/SINE, which aims to make children enthusiast for STE(A)M oriented education and to help teachers to be better equipped to teach these subjects. This fits well with his personal support to goal #4 “Quality Education” from the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.

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