christer sölve

senior project manager

About

Business and result oriented leader with +15 years’ experience from project and program management local and international. I also possess product management and sales experience and I am capable of managing small to large scale assignments. Key assets: Technically skilled project manager with lots of passion & drive with the ability to see the full picture. Career Summary - Project and program management of small to large size projects and programs. - People management. - Product, sales, quality and change management. - Business, production and product development. - Subcontractor management in terms of resources, products and project execution. - Good leadership skills, PMP certification and participation in Ericsson management program. - Project processes, work methods and design methodology. - Test and integration strategies. - Broad technical competence with specialties in system design, signal processing, testing, Semiconductors, embedded and real-time systems, IT, software and hardware development.

Country

sweden

City

lund

Industry

information technology and services

Skill

mobile communications, mobile devices, telecommunications, wireless, embedded systems, lte, software project management, embedded software, software development, wcdma, project management, integration, 3g, product management, testing, rf, cellular communications, gsm, program management, umts, cross functional team leadership, asic, project planning, 3gpp, semiconductors, digital signal processors, application specific integrated circuits, wideband code division multiple access, sales

Experience

team leader

ericsson

1990-1 - 1995-1 · 5 yrs 1 mo

senior project manager

flatfrog laboratories ab

2014-5 - Present · 12 yrs 5 mos

software development project manager

ericsson

2006-1 - 2008-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

strategic product manager

ericsson

1997-1 - 1999-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Responsible for Broadband technology ICs & Opto components

technical system engineer

siemens

1996-1 - 1997-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Sales Siemens Components Scandinavia

project manager, multisite software project

st-ericsson

2012-1 - 2013-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Key management areas were planning, scope handling, risk management, budget, execution, monitoring and control, team building, coaching, information management and progress reporting towards program and steering committee.

program manager - sw development and maintenance program of modem software

ericsson

2008-1 - 2009-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

* Responsible for maintenance and new feature development for high volume software development with deliveries towards major customers and product launches. * Created industry top quality software operating in > 100 million mobile phones across the Globe. Program execution required deep quality thinking as well as customer and requirement awareness in order to make right priorities between functionality and quality in line with customer expectations. * Developed integration & test strategy for one track integration enabling Software development and customer deliveries from one single SW branch. * Creating industry top quality SW that operates in all Mobile Networks across the Globe. * Top of the line when it comes to dropped call statistics at major operator in US.

project manager

ericsson

2005-1 - 2006-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Developed several digital ASICs in a family ending up in > 100 million mobile phones. - First successful cooperation with ST microelectronics, prior to joining the two companies (ST & Ericsson)

sw project manager

ericsson

2002-1 - 2005-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Developed full platform SW ranging from Network signaling, real time critical to generic platform software. - Rewrote first generation L1 SW for WCDMA as well as restructured the project and reduced workforce with 30 %.

hardware project manager

ericsson

1999-1 - 2002-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

* Created full reference design for our first generation 3G phone platforms. * Developed full ASIC family including RF, mixed signal & digital ASIC for our first 3G platform. * Cooperation with major ASIC subcontractors such as Texas Instruments & NXP. * Created Digital ASIC from PowerPoint to working silicon in 13 months.