Bjarne Christiansen

Bjarne Christiansen is currently a Founder at the byFounders Collective and a Strategic Advisor at SafeDeploy. Previously, he served as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Realm, a mobile database technology company that he scaled into a globally utilized software solution for enterprise developers. Under his executive leadership, Realm achieved significant market penetration and widespread adoption across the broader mobile technology sector. This sustained operational growth ultimately led to the company being acquired by MongoDB in April 2019. Prior to his tenure at Realm, Christiansen operated as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cohera Inc, an enterprise specifically focused on advancing industrial condition monitoring systems. Today, his professional background and current focus center on software development, strategic corporate planning, and providing early-stage advisory support to emerging technology startups navigating complex growth phases.