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Axis VP's global role evolves with firm's big growth

November 18, 2015Martha Entwistle

SAN ANTONIO—After doing some consulting work for Axis Communications in the mid-90s, Bodil Sonesson was recruited by Axis in 1996, the year it introduced the first network camera.Sonesson was hired to get Axis' European sales operation up and running. Since 2002, she's served as VP global sales. Her title may have remained unchanged for 13 years, but “nothing is the same,” Sonesson told Security Systems News.“We started off as a small organization, and I used to be very much...

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Trying harder and the right employees

November 18, 2015Martha Entwistle

The stories in our newswire this week are part of our annual Women in Security special report. When I interviewed Bodil Sonesson, VP global sales for Axis Communications, we were talking about her work outside of Axis, as a member of the board of directors of a public company based in Norway. I was interested to learn that public companies in Norway are required to have a certain percentage of women on their corporate boards. Sonesson said that she was recruited for the board. It wasn't easy, the...

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ISC West 2013 Day 1

April 10, 2013Martha Entwistle

It's the first morning of ISC West, but the show-related events and commitments started yesterday. They started as soon as I got here and way before my hotel had my room ready. Yesterday I attended several meetings and one special event—the Women's Security Council reception. I was flattered to be named one of WSC's 'women of the year' last night, and honored to be in the company of the following industry leaders: Mary Jo Cornell, president and CEO of Linstar Inc.; Pamela...

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