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Rune Martinsen

Seasoned executive

About Me

Seasoned executive with extensive experience as CEO, interim leader, and C-level executive across technology, maritime, industrial automation, and health tech. Trusted partner to boards, private equity funds, investors, and founders during periods of scale, restructuring, fundraising, and exit preparation. Core Expertise • Fractional / Interim CEO Leadership • Business & Growth Strategy • Board & Investor Management • Fundraising & Capital Markets • M&A and Exit Preparation • Commercial Transformation & GTM • Leadership Alignment & Culture • Scaling International Organizations

Jurisdiction

Norway | United Kingdom | Spain | Italy | United States | South Korea

Notable Employer

  • Country Director Nordics at Ninety Percent of Everything Ltd.
  • Global Sales Director at NAVTOR AS
  • Director Sales & Business Development at Smart Crowding AS

Experience

Seniority LevelExecutive
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
CEOOcean Tech AS
2023 - Present

- Fractional CEO and advisor for PE funds, investment banks, and technology companies - Leads strategy, market analysis, commercial scaling, and investment decision support

Country Director Nordics NotableNinety Percent of Everything Ltd.
2023 - 2025

Led regional strategy and go-to-market execution for maritime software platform

Global Sales Director NotableNAVTOR AS
2021 - 2023

Global leadership responsibility across subsidiaries Delivered 20% organic growth Part of executive management team

Director Sales & Business Development NotableSmart Crowding AS
2020 - 2022

Developed board-approved company strategy Led NOK 13.5m capital raise Commercial expansion across Nordics, UK, and Germany

Manager for HireOcean Tech AS
2017 - 2022

Sales Management, Project Management, Business Development and in-depth consultation within commercialization processes. Develop and implement Business Plans, recruitment, funding, and go-to-market strategies (develop and execute). Clients: Harbor AS – Commercialisation of technology Damen Shipyards NL – Sales Manager Nordic for Newbuilds SmartCrowding AS – Director Sales & Business Development,

Business Development Manager Nordics & BalticsSchneider Electric
2013 - 2017

Industrial Automation, Control and Safety Systems, Instrumentation, Advanced Software and Engineering Services. Executing the Schneider Electric (SE) growth strategies in this region. Market Intelligence planned/ executed marked penetration, leading pursuit teams towards major clients. Managed international teams of key personnel i.e. Engineering, project management, delivery managers and sales personnel.

Skills

Core skills0
Languages3

Languages

English
English (British)
Norwegian