Allan Thygesen — CEO
Chief Executive Officer and Board Director, Docusign (NASDAQ:DOCU) Board member, A P Moller Maersk (NASDAQ CPH: MAERSK) Led Google's $100B+ advertising business in North and South America, previously led Google's global mid-market and SMB advertising business. Lecturer, Stanford Business School for 7 years Served as Board member, RingCentral (NYSE:RNG) for 8.5 years Ten years in the venture business, including eight as a partner in Carlyle's US venture funds. Led sales and business development for Wink Communications (NASDAQ IPO, $2B market cap, bought by Liberty Media two years after IPO). Senior roles in three start ups - one IPO, two M&A outcomes
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned executive in Digital Advertising and Venture Capital.
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Experience: 39 yrs 9 mos
Skills
- Business Development
- Leadership
- Market Strategy
- Advertising
- Product Management
Career Highlights
- Led Google's $100B+ advertising business.
- Ten years in venture capital with significant leadership roles.
- Board member for multiple high-profile companies.
Work Experience
Council on Foreign Relations
Member (10 mos)
A.P. Moller - Maersk
Board Member (2 yrs 1 mo)
DocuSign
Chief Executive Officer (3 yrs 6 mos)
President, Americas & Global Partners (1 yr 4 mos)
President, Americas (4 yrs 4 mos)
President, Google Marketing Solutions (6 yrs 2 mos)
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Vice Chair, Advisory Board (7 yrs 9 mos)
Stanford Institute for Research in the Social Sciences
Vice Chair, Advisory Board (7 yrs 10 mos)
Mobile Marketing Association
Board Member (Global) (5 yrs 1 mo)
RingCentral (NYSE: RNG)
Board Member (8 yrs 7 mos)
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Lecturer in Management (6 yrs 9 mos)
Metric Ventures
Founding Partner (1 yr 9 mos)
Novarra
Board Director (1 yr 7 mos)
Rhythm NewMedia
Board Director (5 yrs 1 mo)
Air2Web
Board Director (2 yrs 5 mos)
Viator
Board Director, Observer (8 yrs 9 mos)
TradeBeam
Board Director (3 yrs 7 mos)
SMaL Camera
Board Member (2 yrs)
Indigo Systems
Board Director (1 yr 11 mos)
Archetype Solutions
Board Director (8 yrs 1 mo)
Canesta
Board Director (9 yrs 5 mos)
The Carlyle Group
Managing Director (7 yrs 4 mos)
Wink Communications
EVP, Sales and Business Development (4 yrs 5 mos)
Gold Disk
VP & GM, Consumer (1 yr 8 mos)
MediaVision
VP & GM, Publishing (1 yr 5 mos)
Pellucid
Director, Marketing and Finance (1 yr)
Everex
Director, Corporate Sales (4 yrs)
Radiometer Medical
Controller, Monitoring Division (2 yrs)
Education
MBA at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
MSc at Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen
High School at Virum Statsskole
