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Management Team

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Edvard Kälvesten

Chief Executive Officer, Founder and Board Member

Edvard Kälvesten

Chief Executive Officer, Founder and Board Member

Born in 1967.

Current assignments: Board member of MyVox, and SensiTib.

Previous experience: Board member of Ascillion. Project Manager at RADI Medical Systems and MEMS Group Manager at Acreo Swedish ICT.

Education: Ph.D. in Micro-Electromechanical Systems, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and a Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Chalmers University of Technology.

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Mathias Skalmstad

Chief Financial Officer

Mathias Skalmstad

Chief Financial Officer

Born in 1973.

Current assignments: 

Previous experience: CFO at Sprint Bioscience, CFO and Business Area Manager at Hermods, Segment Finance Manager at AcadeMedia, Group Controller and Finance Manager at Haldex, Controller at Ericsson.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Mälardalen University.

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Tomas Bauer

Executive Vice President, Sales & Business Development

Tomas Bauer

Executive Vice President, Sales & Business Development

Born 1974.

Current assignments: Chair of the board at Tearex Trading and board member in TRXMEMS.

Previous experience: Area Sales Manager at Silex and Equipment Engineer at Ericsson Microelectronics.

Education: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Bachelor of Engineering, Dartmouth College.

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Ulf Cedergren

Chief Operating Officer

Ulf Cedergren

Chief Operating Officer

Born 1978.

Current assignments: –

Previous experience: Various leadership positions at Silex, incl. VP Manufacturing.

Education: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

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Joakim Pedersen

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Joakim Pedersen

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Born 1973.

Current assignments: Chair of the Board at JIHR Consulting.

Previous experience: Senior HR Business Partner at Scandinavian Airlines, Senior HR Manager at FLIR Systems and HR Business Partner at Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset. Chair of the board at Midgårds Samfällighetsförening.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Pedagogics, Uppsala University.

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Niklas Svedin

Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder

Niklas Svedin

Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder

Born 1971.

Current assignments: –

Previous experience: Various positions at Silex, such as Chief Engineering & Corporate VP, Director of Engineering, Group Project Manager and Project Manager.

Education: Ph.D. in Micro-Electromechanical Systems, and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Extended Management Team

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Thomas Ericson

Vice President, Production and Planning

Thomas Ericson

Vice President, Production and Planning

Previous experience: Various leadership positions at Silex, such as Group Manager for Product Development and Manager for Design and Process. Various leadership positions at Sandvik AB, Gnothis AB and Acreo.

Education: Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Uppsala University.

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Erica Falsen

Vice President, Corporate Marketing

Erica Falsen

Vice President, Corporate Marketing

Previous experience: Vice President & Head of HR International at Silex, HR Director at Brightstar and various leadership positions at 3M, such as Talent Development Leader, Business Operations HR Leader and Business HR Manager.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, Stockholm University.

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Katharina Fernqvist

Vice President, Product Development

Katharina Fernqvist

Vice President, Product Development

Previous experience: Various leadership positions at Silex, such as Group Manager and Product Manager for Product Development. Process Engineer at various start-up companies, such as GLO AB and QuNano AB.

Education: Master of Science in Technical Chemistry, Uppsala University.

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Martin Hedström

Vice President, Foundry Services

Martin Hedström

Vice President, Foundry Services

Previous experience: Various leadership positions at Silex, such as Director of Production, Program Group Manager and Program Manager. Development Engineer at Areco Swedish ICT, Application- and Design engineer at MEMSCAP SA, Product Development Engineer at Microchemical Systems SA.

Education: Master of Science in Materials Physics, Uppsala University.

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Robert Hulthén

Chief Information Officer

Robert Hulthén

Chief Information Officer

Previous experience: Various leadership positions within IT, such as CIO, Strategic Purchasing Manager and IT Operations Manager. Previous positions at Forex Bank, Trafikförvaltningen, SJ AB, Green Cargo and Capgemini.

Education: Engineer, Telecommunications Operations, Kattegattgymnasiet in Halmstad.

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Mats Ljung

Vice President, Quality

Mats Ljung

Vice President, Quality

Previous experience: Various leadership positions at Silex, such as Area Manager for DRIE and Plasma and Product Manager for Product Development. Production Manager at JonDeTech Sensors AB.

Education: Master of Science in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering, Uppsala University.

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Daniel Perttu

Vice President, Customer Integration Engineering

Daniel Perttu

Vice President, Customer Integration Engineering

Previous experience: Various leadership positions at Silex, such as Director of Customer Integration Engineering, R&D Project Manager and Project Manager for Product Development. Vice Senior General Manager for MegaChips Corporation.

Education: Master of Science in Molecular Biotechnology Engineering and a Master’s degree in Business Economics, Uppsala University.

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Matts Rydberg

Vice President, Supply & Logistics

Matts Rydberg

Vice President, Supply & Logistics

Previous experience: Various leadership positions at Silex, incl. VP Manufacturing. Leadership positions at Ericsson Microelectronics & Infineon and Radi Medical & St: Jude Medical.

Education: Ph.D. in Solid State Electronics, Uppsala University.

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Anna Rådberg

Vice President, Facility & EHS

Anna Rådberg

Vice President, Facility & EHS

Previous experience: EHS Manager at Silex, Health & Safety Manager at Linde Europe North, Chemical Program Lead at GE Healthcare, Environmental Consultant at Sweco.

Education: Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

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Håkan Westin

Vice President, Manufacturing

Håkan Westin

Vice President, Manufacturing

Previous experience: Various leadership positions at Silex, such as Vice President for Product Development, Vice President for Customer Products, Group Manager for Product Development and Product Manager for Product Development.

Education: Master of Science in Technical Physics, Uppsala University.