Non Executive Board Members
Per Andersson, Chairman of the Board
Per Andersson is co-founder and Chairman of the Board of both SwitchCore AB and GoalArt AB, and Board member of the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research. Previously, Per was an Associate Professor at the Department of Information Technology, Lund University, where he focused on tools and methodologies for silicon design as well as high-speed, low-power silicon technologies. He holds an
M. Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering, Lic. Eng. in Computer Engineering, and a
Ph. D. in Computer Engineering, all from Lund University, Sweden.
Michael Antone, Partner, Grande Ventures, LLC
Michael Antone is a Professional Engineer and Registered Patent Attorney who brings over twenty years of industry and private practice experience to Grande Ventures. Mike was most recently Senior Vice President, R&D and Manufacturing and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel at Broadwing Corporation, formerly Corvis Corporation. He previously held positions with the law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart and with Westinghouse Electric Corp. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of OCAS AS. Mike has a M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a J.D. degree from Duquesne University.
Anders Dellson, CEO, Teknopol AB
A recent addition to the board, Anders Dellson was the President and CEO of Mitrionics from 2002 until 2008. He took over Mitrionics as a start-up company and built the global team and the worldwide business with offices in Europe and the USA. Currently, Anders is the President and CEO at Teknopol AB, a technology incubator in Lund, Sweden. He was former management consultant at McKinsey & Company and President of the marketing agency Matroska. He holds a M.Sc. in Engineering Physics and a B.Sc. in Economics at Lund University.
Daniel Blomquist, Principal, Creandum Investment Fund
Daniel brings solid start-up experience from the software and telecom industry. Prior to joining Creandum, he was a Vice President at Ascade and was part of developing the company from a small consultancy firm to an international software company with customers worldwide. Daniel is active on the board of Aito. He holds an M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management - International from Linköping Institute of Technology and EPFL in Lausanne and an MBA from Stockholm School of Economics.
Tore Mengshoel, Senior Advisor, Teknoinvest AS
Tore Mengshoel joined Teknoinvest AS in 1997. Prior to joining Teknoinvest, Tore was a management consultant with McKinsey & Co., assisting the top management of major Scandinavian companies on strategic and organizational issues, including strategy development, organizational restructuring and R&D strategy. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Trolltech ASA, Funcom N.V. and Nanoradio AB in Sweden. He has a M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology and an MBA from INSEAD in France.