Eric Wahlforss is the founder and CTO of SoundCloud, the world’s leading audio platform that enables anyone, anywhere to create and share their originally created sounds across the web.Since its inception in 2008, Eric has been responsible for overseeing product strategy, engineering and design. The company has experienced exponential user growth, with creators on SoundCloud now posting 12 hours of music and audio every minute. SoundCloud reaches more than 350 million people every month, 175 million of whom are unique listeners.Eric has been working with the web since 1995 and, among other positions, was Interaction Designer for Gate5 (acquired by Nokia in 2007). He holds a M.Sc degree in Industrial Economics from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and has studied three years at the Stockholm School of Economics. Under the artist name Forss he has released electronic music on Berlin based label Sonar Kollektiv and toured across the world.