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| ABOUT US : MANAGEMENT & BOARD |
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John
Wattin
Chairman of the Board |
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The
Chairman of Board for Syntensia AB, Mr. John Wattin has been
actively involved in the IT industry for over 30 years and
successfully managed a number of companies in his portfolio.
Mr. Wattin has held positions in a number of well-known companies in
Sweden such as Astral AB, Modulfötagen AB and Scandiakonsult AB. Mr.
Wattin was also one of the founders of Enator AB (Today TietoEnator
one of Nordics largest IT-services company) and was actively
involved in Indevo AB, Mandator AB and Sigma AB (all of them top
ranked IT-companies in Sweden).
Other board duties include/have included MySQL AB (Chairman and Vice
Chairman), Betsson (Chairman), Akademikliniken AB (Chairman and Vice
Chairman) Establish AB (Chairman), Lemon Planet AB/ PortWise
(Chairman), Net Entertainment AB, Proventus AB, Value Tree AB
(Chairman), Qbranch AB (Chairman) and Board member of Silentium AB.
Today, Mr. Wattin works as an independent investor. He is the author
of an award-winning book on running and developing service
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Kaushik
Thakkar
Board of Director |
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Mr.
Kaushik Thakkar, Board of Director, Syntensia, is an entrepreneur
with a strong technical and commercial background. Also the
Co-founder and VP Sales World-wide and Strategic Alliances of
PortWise, an Identity and Access Management company,
Mr. Thakkar together with Mr John Wattin and Martin Wattin founded
Syntensia, a company focused on providing security as subscription
services to mainly SMB customers.
Mr. Thakkar has had a working experience around the globe from Asia,
Europe and USA and has high levels of contacts in the security
industry both in Sweden and globally. Mr. Thakkar also has
considerable experience of designing and implementing security
solutions based on encryption technologies in a wide range of
industries. Mr. Thakkar is a veteran when it comes to the security
industry. He also lectures on security and access systems and is a
well known speaker with experience from IIR, ICM, Svenskt Naringsliv.
Mr. Thakkar holds an MSc. in Computer Science and Technology with
specialty in IT-security and PKI from Royal Institute of Technology
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Martin
Wattin
Board of Director |
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Mr.
Martin Wattin, Board of Director, Syntensia, has held several
positions within the financial industry and has a number of
companies to his portfolio. Founder and CEO of Contur and co-founder
of Centera Outsourcing AB, Mr. Wattin also holds the position of CEO
in the investment company Inbox AB. His family's other investments
include 15 investments, companies like PortWise, MySQL, Silentium
AB, 118100, Ikivo, QBranch AB, Itescso AB.
Mr. Wattin has a Master of Finance degree from the University of
Colorado, USA. |
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Magnus Bergman
Board of Director |
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Mr.
Magnus Bergman is the co-founder and partner of CrossConnect, a
technology
Strategy firm specializing in the information and communication
technology area. He is an active business angel with currently six
investments, mainly in the above areas.
Mr. Bergman has founded several successful consulting and venture
capital
firms including Parallel consulting which was sold to Icon Media
Lab.
Mr. Bergman also served on the board of Icon Medialab International. |
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Kicki Wallje-Lund
Board of Director |
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Mrs.
Kicki Wallje-Lund is the CEO and founder of Wellnet AB. She has
extensive experience in business development and has held executive
roles in a number of global companies including NCR, Digital
Equipment, AT & T Philips, ICL and Unisys.
Mrs. Wallje-Lund is COB of Curera AB and a board member of Betson
AB.
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Johan Hansson
Chief Executive Officer |
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Mr.
Johan Hansson, the Chief Executive Officer comes to Syntensia with
broad experience in business development, and global sales and
marketing.
Prior to joining Syntensia, Mr. Hansson held the position of
Managing Director with Gansevoort Media LLC, a media and internet
product development firm prior to joining Syntensia.
He brings with him vast experience, holding prominent positions of
managing director as well as launch director for Metro Hong Kong and
Metro North America, divisions of Metro International, the world's
largest global newspaper. In North America he was responsible for
the launch of the company's largest ever start-up, Metro New York,
and helped develop and execute a plan that led to accelerated growth
and revenue.
Prior to that he held various management positions in the UK, the
Netherlands, and Poland for Metro International and STS Language
Schools. |
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Miral Nandani
Chief Operation Officer |
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Mr.
Miral Nandani, the Chief Operating Officer has held positions like
Chief Financial Officer and Finance Controller in a couple of public
listed companies before Syntensia.
He brings extensive experience on the operational and business
development area.
Mr. Nandani has worked for Nordea Bank, which is one of the largest
scandinavian bank in the capacity of a controller. He has also
worked for Metro International, which is the largest newspaper
public listed company. He has also been involved in new start ups in
USA and Europe.
Mr. Nandani has a Masters in Finance degree and an MBA in
International Business. |
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Michael Leo
Director - Product and Services |
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Mr. Michael Leo, Director - Product and Services, brings deep product
expertise in security and networking. With over 18 years of
experience in Product Management and Marketing, Mr. Leo has
extensive experience with early growth and mature companies.
Mr. Leo previously was with WatchGuard Technologies, a pioneer in
security appliances focused on small and mid-sized enterprises.
Prior to WatchGuard, Mr. Leo helped launch software and
service-based product offerings with Internet media streaming
pioneer, RealNetworks, and major telecommunications manufacturer,
Nortel.
Mr. Leo holds a MBA from the University of San Francisco and a BS
degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Utah, USA. |
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