Robert Forchheimer
Chairman
Robert Forchheimer is professor emeritus at Linköping University. His main research field is digital image processing and communication but lately he has been increasingly engaged in organic bioelectronics. Robert has a broad experience when it comes to bringing academic research to commercialization. He has been involved in the birth of several spin-off companies and has more than 35 years of board experience.
Lisa Waszkiewicz
Board Member
Lisa is head of HR for Siemens Energy Sweden with a Master of Science in Economics and Marketing from Linköping University / Hochschule Reutlingen (Germany). She has a broad background from different functions and companies, main experiences are within quality and environment, health and safety.
Samuel Svensson
Board Member
Samuel (PhD, Adj Prof Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM)) is a serial entrepreneur with many years of experience within Life Science industry.
Johanna Lövborg
Board member
Johanna holds a position as Nordic Director Marketing, Medical and Market Access at medac Nordics where she is also part of the Nordic management team. Her 22 years in the pharmaceutical industry has given her a broad experience from different companies (LEO Pharma, Wyeth, Pfizer), functions and therapeutic areas including the successful Scandinavian launch of Gliolan, a visualization tool during surgery for malignant glioma (WHO grade III and IV). With a Master of Science in Pharmacy and roles like Responsible Person GDP, responsible for pharmacovigilance, sales and marketing, medical management, evaluation of potential in-licensing/development of products, approval of scientific and marketing material and during many years being a team leader with direct reports she can bring many different angles of the pharmaceutical industry.
David Wallsten
Board member
David Wallsten is an entrepreneur and advisor with experience in leadership roles across global software and technology companies. In addition to his hands-on involvement in founding and building his own ventures, David extends his expertise as an advisor and coach to Scandinavian startups and scale-ups. He also contributes to the tech ecosystem as an active angel investor.
Trine Platou
Deputy Board Member
Trine has a Master of Science in physics and a PhD in biophysics. She has many years of experience of running start-ups in the biomedical field as well as working as a quality/regulatory consultant for MedTech companies. Trine is presently working for Linköping University as a project manager in a Horizon2020-project on Trustrworthy AI (TAILOR).
Tomas Larson
Deputy Board Member
Tomas has a background as an entrepreneur and businessman for 30 years. He has worked in several industries, of which the last 20 years are mostly in Life Science. He began his career in sales but has for many years run a family business in the chemical industry. Tomas has many years of experience in Life Science – most recently as CEO of a start-up company in compression therapy. He has extensive experience as a board member/chairman and partner in several companies in various industries and today he complements it with an assignment as a business coach at the business incubator LEAD.