Jan Stenberg, Chairman of the board
Jan Stenberg was President and Chief Executive Officer of Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS) from 1994 until May 2001. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG.
In 1967 he joined Ericsson and in 1975 was appointed General Counsel and Secretary of the Ericsson Board of Directors.
Since 1981 Jan Stenberg was Executive Vice President of the Ericsson Group and Member of the Group's Corporate Executive Committee. Since 1982 Jan Stenberg has served as Deputy Director of the parent company's Board of Directors. In 1982 he was also appointed President of Ericsson Cables AB and Head of Business Area Cables. Between 1985 and 1990 he was Head of Business Area Public Telecommunications.
Bjørn Christensen, Alliance Venture
Bjørn Christensen is a partner at the Norwegian venture capital company Alliance Venture. Prior to that he was the General Manager for Cisco Norway since its start-up in 1993, and has been responsible for business development in Cisco Northern Europe over the past two years. Bjørn has since 1975 held management positions in several networking and computer companies including Lantec Ungermann-Bass, DEC, Control Data Corporation and AS EDB.
Bjørn has an MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics.
Thor Birkmand
Thor Birkmand has been engaged in Nordic private equity since 2001 and has 16 years of experience in technology, business development, management and strategic planning. His previous engagements include a position as Managing Director of IconMedialab in Denmark and a position as Product and Marketing Manager for convergence products at Danish mobile operator SONOFON. Thor's academic achievements include a BSc and a Diploma in Economics and Business Administration from The Copenhagen Business School and an MBA from SDA Bocconi in Milan, Italy.
Thor is currently a board member of several growth companies focusing on valuation and development.
Johan Attby
Johan Attby is VP Business Development at Tific. He is responsible for marketing, public relations, communications and events, and market analysis. Johan Attby is a cofounder of Tific, and has been part of the process of developing and commercializing the idea since 1998.
In 1997 Johan Attby received an MSc in Engineering Physics from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. His Master thesis on computer simulations of biological systems was written while being a guest researcher at Nordita in Copenhagen. At Chalmers Johan was also a PhD student for two years within the Microelectronics Department.
Contact:
johan.attby@tific.com
The Board of Directors brings extensive knowledge into the development of Tific. Their experience in various fields related to technology and business has proven to be integral in the success of Tific.
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