Ellen Grasbakken is the MD of Proact IT Norge AS. Ellen has over twenty years of experience in the IT industry, working with some of the biggest names in the business. Ellen started their career at Sun Microsystems in 1998 as a Large Account Manager. After two years they moved to TDC as a Sales Manager. In 2005, they joined Dell as a Sales Director and was responsible for their Private Enterprise sales in Norway. In 2014, they joined IBM as their Cloud & Cognitive Software Leader for Norway. During their time at IBM, they were responsible for their Cloud business in Norway and led a team of sales professionals. Ellen left IBM in 2019 to join Proact IT.
Ellen Grasbakken graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) from the University of Wyoming. After working for several years, they decided to pursue an Executive Master of Management in Project Management from BI Norwegian Business School.
Ellen Grasbakken reports to Jonas Hasselberg, CEO & President, Acting Business Unit Director, Nordics & Baltics. They are on a team with Mark Van Liempt - MD, Proact Netherlands B.V., Jacob Kronborg - MD, Proact Systems A/S, Denmark, and René Schülein - MD, Proact Deutschland GmbH, Germany.
January, 2019 - present