Annika Runnerstam has over 30 years of experience in telecommunications. She received a Master of Science degree in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering from Linköping Institute of Technology. Currently, she works as a Technical Coordinator at Ericsson, coordinating the implementation of Software Defined Networking functionality across multiple products. Previously, she held roles such as System Developer, Technical Coordinator and pre-study leader, Team Leader, Strategic Product Manager, and Section Manager at Ericsson, focusing on areas such as IMS, server platforms, mobile networks, and traffic engineering.

1. Curriculum Vitae
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Personal details
Name: Annika Runnerstam
Address: Vivelvägen 14A
125 33 Älvsjö
Country: Sweden
Nationality: Swedish
Gender: Female
Date of birth: 1961-11-04
Telephone: +46702034822
Email address: annika.runnerstam@gmail.com
Educational qualifications
From
Year
To
Year
Education type Branch of study Institution name Certificate / Degree
1981 1985 University Applied Physics
and Electrical
Engineering
Linköping
Institute of
Technology
Master of Science
Training and courses
Year Course Organized by Duration
1989-
1997
Telecom, AXE, Plex,
CME20, ISDN, PROPS HTML...
Ericsson
1994-
1995
System engineer course Ericsson 6 months part
time
1993 Queuing Theory KTH 10 p
2001 TSP System Tester Course Ericsson 1 week
1999 UML 1 week
2000 Java programming Sun 1 week
2000 XML 2 days
2000 RUP 2 days
2011 CBA Design Course Ericsson 3 days
2012 LTE/SAE - System Overview Ericsson 2 days
2012 LTE/SAE Air Interface Ericsson 3 days
2013 IP Networks Ericsson 1 week
2014 SDN bootcamp Ericsson 3 days
2014 This is Lean Ericsson
2015 Open Stack IP-solutions 3 days
Language skills
Language Level
English Fluent

2. Curriculum Vitae
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Present position
From
Year
To
Year
Employer Job title Job description
2013 Ericsson AB,
Stockholm
Technical
Coordinator
Technical coordination of Software Defined Networks
(SDN) end to end functionality implemented in a
number of different products developed in different
parts of the world.
Career history
From
Year
To
Year
Employer Job title Job description
2011 2013 Ericsson AB,
Stockholm
System
Developer
Multi-standard RBS architectural investigations.
Chairman of cross organization forum to align external
interfaces.
2010 2011 Ericsson AB,
Stockholm
Technical
Coordinator
and pre-study
leader
Technical coordination for the introduction of a new
component based architecture for IMS products. Head
of a pre-study forum aiming for an aligned architecture
among different products.
2005 2010 Ericsson AB,
Stockholm
Team leader,
Senior
Specialist,
Strategic
Product
Manager
Characteristics work for IMS solutions. Responsible to
identify, initiate and drive improvements in the
characteristics area for IMS applications and products.
Characteristics follow up, requirement handling, market
support and participation in customer meetings.
2004 2005 Ericsson AB,
Stockholm
System
Developer
Prestudies and investigations for the design and
troubleshooting environment Ericsson server
platform.
2002 2003 Ericsson AB,
Stockholm
Section
Manager
Manager for a unit responsible of Capacity, Traffic
Dimensioning, ISP, Load control and QoS for
Ericsson server and packet connectivity platforms.
2001 2002 Ericsson AB,
Stockholm
Team Leader Characteristics operations for Eriksson server platform.
Close cooperation with a large number of
organizations all over the world.
1999 2001 AU-System,
Stockholm
Senior
Consultant
System investigations, pre-studies and project
management within the area of telecom
management.
1998 1999 Ericsson AB,
Stockholm
System
Developer
Various system level work within mobile 3G core
network.
1997 1998 Ericsson AB,
Stockholm
System
Project
Manager
Project manager for AXE Hardware modernization.
1995 1996 Ericsson AB,
Stockholm
Section
Manager
Manager for a unit responsible of AXE
Characteristics (GSM and Wireline applications).
1993 1995 Ericsson AB,
Stockholm
Team Leader AXE Traffic dimensioning - handbooks and traffic
related system improvements (GSM and Wireline
applications).
1988 1993 Ericsson AB,
Stockholm
System
Developer
AXE Capacity studies and measurements.
1985 1988 ABB Hafo R&D Engineer Development of Light Emitting Diodes for fiber
communication.