Ronny Haraldsvik is a Norwegian-American executive. Since 2000, he has held Vice President positions at companies such as Nortel Networks, Qualcomm, Flarion Technologies, BelAir Networks, SpiderCloud Wireless and as of 2021 serves as senior Vice President of business development and marketing at Cohere Technologies. Haraldsvik has been part of 9 companies, 5 acquisitions, and has advised over 20 companies.
Haraldsvik earned a B.A. in business from the University of San Francisco.
Early in Haraldsvik's career, he served as director of field marketing for Bay Networks, prior to its acquisition by Nortel Networks in 1998. Haraldsvik's first startup was Shasta Networks, a company he joined after leaving Nortel Networks. After the $600 million acquisition of Shasta Networks in 1999, Haraldsvik became vice president of marketing for Nortel Networks' Shasta IP Services business unit.
After his stint with Nortel Networks, Haraldsvik became vice president of global communications and marketing at Flarion Technologies. In this position, he oversaw the company's promotion of its FLASH-OFDM technology.After the $805 million acquisition by Qualcomm in 2005, Haraldsvik transitioned into the role of vice president of mobile broadband for Qualcomm. He also served as Qualcomm's vice president of strategy and market development.
In 2007, Haraldsvik was named vice president of strategy and market development at Alien Technology Corporation.
In 2008, Haraldsvik joined former Flarion colleagues as vice president of marketing at SpiderCloud Wireless (a company later acquired by Corning Inc.).
By 2012, he had transitioned into a role as the company's CMO. He left his position at SpiderCloud in 2015, instead taking a position as senior vice president of marketing at Luminate Wireless. He served in this role until he left the company in 2016.
Other companies Haraldsvik has served in vice president roles include Bytemobile, which was later acquired by Citrix, BelAir Networks, which was later acquired by Ericsson and KodaCloud.
Prior to joining Cohere Technologies, Haraldsvik led the startup advisory firm CMObuilders, a company focused on advising emerging startup CEOs on business development, funding and marketing.After several months as an advisor, Haraldsvik joined Cohere Technologies as CMO and head of business development in September 2019.
Haraldsvik has been a guest contributor for media organizations and publications such as Light Reading, RCR Wireless, AGL Media Group, Wi-Fi Now, and Connect World. He has also been a speaker at events such as MWC Barcelona, and the Pacific Telecommunications Council conference.Haraldsvik is an advisor to ITDRC.org, an IT volunteer organization that responds with communication aids to crisis events such as hurricanes, wildfires and floods. Haraldsvik is also an executive mentor to Everwise clients.
