Christian Lanng

San Francisco, CA, USA

Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman

Tradeshift

Biography

Christian Lanng is Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman at Tradeshift, the largest business commerce company in the world, that provides a global commerce platform connecting buyers and sellers. Tradeshift works with Fortune 5000 company leaders and has grown to over 800 people with offices in 13 countries.

Aged 19, Christian started his first technology company and was the youngest Head of Division in the Danish Government, National IT and Telecom Agency. Christian is a recognized thought leader and Fortune 500 advisor. Additionally, he was project manager for the NemHandel project which won the Danish digitalization award in 2009. Christian worked in Madrid as Strategic Consultant to a wireless service provider which was later sold to Telefonica and was Founder & CEO of Human Zoo A/S which was focussed on early mobile internet and e-commerce solutions.

Christian has won numerous awards for his work. In 2015 he won The Circulars Digital Disruptor award. He was selected to be a member of Neelie Kroes Young Digital Advisor group and was given the Innovation Award by Danish Industry. In 2010, Tradeshift was award Best Business Startup by Techcrunch and he was named as one of the top 100 talents under 30 in Denmark in 2005. A Member of the Global Agenda Council on the Future of Software & Society at the World Economic Forum, Christian plays a role in determining how the next generation of enterprise and personal digital eco-systems will evolve. He is the co-author of publications including The Great Debate: Will Supplier Networks Thrive, Implode or Evolve?

A graduate of Copenhagen University, Christian holds a Master, Sociology of IT, Network Economics and a BA in Sociology from Aalborg University. He attended the Mannaz Leadership programme.

Christian Lanng’s Newsfeed

Innovation Summit – Tech Will Automate 90% of Our Procurement Decisions within 3 Years

Christian stirs our thought processes with questions like “What if we started ‘not’ seeing any tail spend, any invoice approvals, etc again - that the software just does it? What if we moved to ‘no’ decisions needing to be made because the technology processes orders, invoices, payments without us even having to be involved?” That’s where technology is moving, and so Lanng predicts, 90% of the decisions we make today will be automated within the coming three years.

Nobody benefits from destabilized political systems, Tradeshift CEO...

Christian Lanng, CEO and co-founder of Tradeshift, says global supply chains have changed more in the last 12 months than in the last decade.

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Christian Lanng’s Background

Tradeshift

Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman

Nov 2009 - Present

San Francisco, CA, USA

Tradeshift drives supply chain innovation for the digitally-connected economy. As the leader in supply chain payments & marketplaces, Tradeshift helps buyers & suppliers digitize their trade transactions, collaborate on every process, & connect with any supply chain app. More than one and a half million companies in 190 countries use Tradeshift to process over half a trillion USD in transactions.

Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science

Head of Division, IT & Infrastructure Division, SOA Taskforce Lead

Dec 2006 - Nov 2009

Copenhagen, DK

Christian played a vital role launching Easytrade and later PEPPOL. Launched the first Danish Open Government data program ODIS, the first large scale community for digitalization driving citizen participation & the public sectors first Open Source Strategy, focusing on government digitalization as a platform enabler for innovation & growth.

Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science

Project Manager, NemHandel project

Jan 2006 - Dec 2006

Copenhagen, DK

The Ministry aims to provide an incubator for the future and achieve strong growth and new insight through excellent education and research. The NemHandel project (EasyTrade) won the Danish digitalization award in 2009.

Telefónica

Strategic Consultant

Mar 2001 - Jul 2001

Madrid, ES

Christian worked helping reshape the product and market strategies for a dotcom company offering SMS mobile services and advertising. The company was later sold to Telefonica.

Human Zoo A/S

CEO, Founder

1998 - 2001

Copenhagen, DK

Human Zoo was focused on early mobile internet and e-commerce solutions.

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Other Business Interests

World Economic Forum

Member Global Agenda Council on the Future of Software & Society

Sep 2014 - Present

Davos, CH

Members of the Global Agenda Council on the Future of Software & Society come together to discuss how the next generation of enterprise and personal digital eco-systems will evolve, define the key drivers and issues and prioritise those which require greater understanding, action or global collaboration.

Media

The Rules You Can Break, The Ones You Can’t With Tradeshift

Media Appearance

Oct 2019 - Present

San Francisco, CA, USA

Work smarter, not harder. Jos White of Notion and of Tradeshift team up to show you how to work within, and sometimes around, rules in the workplace. Join this discussion to learn how to maximize efficiency within your company.