Bjorn is a subject-matter expert in building out leadership teams in dynamic environments.

Bjorn has successfully placed senior leaders in all functional areas of client organizations, from CEO/President, CFO, CMO, CSO/CIO, and CRO to engineering, product, operations, and services. His broad management experience allows him to deeply engage in the pivotal goals for success for any client. He believes that the cultural fit of any proven executive is directly connected to that person’s ability to deliver exceptional results.

Bjorn actively supports his clients’ business as it expands globally with GameChangers placed in EMEA, APAC, and the Americas. His industry portfolio includes Tech/Media/Telecom, Consumer/Retail/eCommerce, Business/Professional Services, Hospitality/Entertainment as well as serving multiple VC/PE startup or turnaround portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Top Gun Ventures in 2008, Bjorn gained more than two decades of high-tech and executive management experience as a senior executive in multiple Fortune 100 companies as well as three startup companies.


Delivering Organizational Development Insights and Expertise

Bjorn has been an integral part of the global digital transformation fueled by the internet, wireless, and cloud computing. Bjorn has worked extensively with client business leaders and human resource professionals to leverage organizational development programs, tools, and assessment methods for hiring and succession planning. He actively leads executive and team leadership workshops as part of his search practice. He is a certified GCologist leveraging the GC Index, which is an impact-measuring organimetric tool used in over 50 countries.

Bjorn has received awards in the areas of leadership, sales, and marketing. He is a published author and has been profiled in articles for the technology industry. Over the years, Bjorn has also served his community in local/municipal government (City Councilman, Planning and Zoning Board member, Chamber of Commerce Ambassador) and co-founded and actively led a Texas-based 501(C) 3 company focused on the environment including diverting electronic waste from public/municipal landfills.

Bjorn earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business from Trinity University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the acclaimed Thunderbird School of International Management. Having lived abroad for more than 12 years, he is fluent in multiple languages.