Type Private Headquarters Switzerland Founded 1989 | Industry Software Area served Worldwide | |
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Number of locations Singapore, Silicon Valley, New York, Zurich, Jakarta and Copenhagen Key people Sandeep Sander (CEO) Richard Bissonnet, Chairman, Per Falholt (Chairman Advisory Board), Michael Moesgaard (Advisor and author to ”Return on Strategy”), John Quelch (USA Advisory Board), Serguei Netessine (Chairman Asia-Pacific Advisory Board) Founders Per Falholt, Serguei Nettesine, John Quelch, Michael Moesgaard, Richard Bissonnet., Sandeep Sander | ||
SanderMap is a provider of Cloud Based Solutions for Talent Management, Competence Profiling and Development Planning based on use of algorithms and Artificial Intelligence (AI) founded by Sandeep Sander in Denmark in 1989. It is now headquartered in Switzerland with shared offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Zurich, Jakarta and Copenhagen. It services organizations worldwide, as an alternative to HRIS modules from ERP vendors like SAP and Oracle and solutions from Workday and Cornerstone. In 2016 it was valued above CHF14 million.
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Early history
It was founded by Sandeep Sander in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1989. Among the first clients for strategy and management development services were Egmont publishing , the East Asiatic Company, Canon and Credit Suisse. SanderMap has worked in 42 countries. It is now headquartered in Switzerland.
SanderMap (former Sanderman)has always worked closely with Business Schools and Professors. Among the persons contributing important concepts were the late Sumantra Ghoshal. Now it sells software and services using the SaaS model.
In 2013 Professor John Quelch, Harvard Business School and others became shareholders.
In 2014 announced a partnership with INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute and INSEADs Alumni Association, including a Global Tour. Professor Serguei Netessine and others are presenting ideas for Business Model Innovation and Competence Implications.
In 2014 SanderMap became advisor to “The Consortium for Global Talent”, a group of companies with 750,000+ employees.
In 2016 the group of shareholders was extended with Per Falholt, Michael Moesgaard and Richard Bissonnet. SanderMap announced shared offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Zurich, Jakarta and Copenhagen.
In 2015 Sandeep Sander, CEO of SanderMap was invited to join “Innovation for Jobs” (i4J), a Think Tank working on how to improve work for 1 billion+ people, co-chaired by Vint Cerf, VP of Google and co-inventor of the internet.
Initial sales of shares
SanderMap sold initially shares at $200K for 5% in 2013 – and already in early 2015 the price has increased to 300K USD for 5%, valuing the company above 7 million USD. By end of 2016, the next round of funding has been made on the bais of a valuation above 14 million CHF
Products and services
SanderMap released SanderMap 4.0 and 5.0 in 2015. In 2016 SanderMap 6.0 was released. Releases of major updates are planned for every 6 months. Rather than selling software, the company offers subscriptions.
SanderMap
SanderMap is a SaaS for Talent Management, Competence profiling and Development Planning based on use of alogorithms and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The human asset management module adds: Recruitment, Employability, performance management and workforce planning.