Andreas Penna

Mr. Andreas Penna is the Founder of Penna & Company and serves as its Managing Director. He serves as a Venture Partner at 14Peaks Capital. He served as an Advisor at InvestReal. He is also the Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at West Quad Ventures. He was formerly a high-tech executive with vast international mobile experience across the value chain: the US and European expertise in software/services, mobile operator, and OEM. He has broad functional experience in business development and strategic partnerships, product management & planning, and corporate strategy/M&A. Until April 2013, He was at Samsung Mobile as Director of Business Development and New Venture in Silicon Valley, USA. His past experiences include (most recent first): Tele2 Group - Global Head for Partnerships at Tele2 Group based out of Stockholm; Vodafone Group - Strategy and M&A for Vodafone Group HQ in London; Microsoft Mobile - Product Management and Planning for Windows Phone and online properties such as MSN Mobile based in Seattle and London. He holds a BBA in business administration from the University of Michigan and has received executive education in Marketing from Duke Fuqua School of Business in partnership with Kellogg School of Management during his time at Microsoft. He is also a guest lecturer on negotiation strategy at Northwestern Law and Kellogg School of Management.