Hjalmar Gislason
Education
Menntaskólinn að Laugarvatni
High School, Physics 1992-01-01 - 1996-01-01Work Experience
GRID
Current
GRID
Aranja
Current
Aranja
Miðeind
Current
Miðeind
KLAK - Venture Mentoring Service
Current
KLAK - Venture Mentoring Service
Investa - Early Stage Investor in Iceland
Current
Investa - Early Stage Investor in Iceland
Heimildin
2023-01-01 - 2024-12-01
Heimildin
Kjarninn
2014-10-01 - 2023-01-01
Kjarninn
New England Center for Investigative Reporting
2016-02-01 - 2018-04-01
New England Center for Investigative Reporting
Qlik
2014-10-01 - 2018-02-01
Qlik
DataMarket
2008-06-01 - 2014-10-01
DataMarket
Skills
Summary
Founder and CEO of GRID - the spreadsheet technology company. A proud data nerd, software startup veteran of 20+ years. Angel investor. Board member at Icelandic media company Heimildin, AI language-tech company Miðeind and on the board of trustees for Reykjavík University. Curious about everything. Served as VP of Product Management at Qlik after the acquisition of pioneering Data-as-a-Service company - DataMarket - in 2014. Data, technology and media enthusiast with broad experience, knowledge and interest. Experienced leader and product manager in the technology sector across the entire product and company lifecycle from concept work, through planning, funding, project management, marketing and sales.
