Bio

The pioneer of the ''cloud-native'' approach, Pontus Noren has been innovating and disrupting the IT space for over 25 years. Whilst in his role as CEO at Cloudreach, the company worked with over 350 customers, of which the majority are Fortune 2000 businesses across Europe and North America. Under Pontus’s leadership Cloudreach harnessed the power of emerging technologies to transform its customer’s businesses, enabling them to compete and dominate. Pontus is a true technology leader who also has strong core values which dictate his business style, a unique and creative approach to problem solving, and a belief in the importance of empowering teams to innovate, experiment and express themselves. Consequently, during his tenure as CEO of Cloudreach, the company was recognised as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Hyperscale Cloud Managed Service Providers, ranked top 25 in The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech 100 for two years running, and was named by the FT as one of Europe’s fastest growing companies. His achievements were further recognised by the interest and subsequent acquisition of the business in February 2017 by Blackstone Advisors, the most successful alternative investment manager in the industry. Key areas of focus and interests include: Digital Transformation IT Cloud Software Cloud Computing Serverless Technologies International Business AI Machine Learning / Deep Learning IoT Leadership Advising Entrepreneurship Speaking Opportunities Private equity Growth equity Venture capital Technology Startups