Management
Behind the screens
Management
The combination of academic and industrial understanding gives us the necessary tools to innovations, which adds value for our customers and their customers.
Simo Pykälistö, CEO
Mr. Pykälistö has a long experience from different management roles involving Business strategies and Product management. Prior to joining Predge, he has worked as CEO at Sectra Communications AB and Executive vice president at Sectra AB.
Anton Groth, COO
Mr. Anton Groth has a background in the development of research systems. He holds an MSc in IT management and a BSc in behavioral analysis of IT environments. In his spare time, you might find Anton on a cross-country ski track, in the sauna, or at one of the great restaurants in Luleå.
Tommie Åkesson, Country Manager Australia
Mr. Tommie Åkesson is our Country Manager in Australia. Previously he worked as a Senior Project Manager at Business Sweden in Australia. At Business Sweden he helped Swedish businesses establish and expand in Oceania with a focus on business development and growth strategy.
Jesper Westerberg, CPO
Mr. Jesper Westerberg has an extensive knowledge in software development with a background within embedded systems. He’s passionate about development, football and learning new things. Don’t challenge him in a geography quiz, he can point out every country in Africa!
Wolfgang Birk, CTO
Mr. Wolfgang Birk has a background from process control and estimation. He has worked with colleagues eg. developed system for driver fatigue warning (Volvo Cars Driver Alert) and active control of trucks used in EPIC split between two trucks (within Sentiente +).
Get to Know us
Board of directors
Our owners and steering board consists of individuals with extensive knowledge and experience from academia and industry.
Lars-Eric Aaro, Chairman
Mr. Lars-Eric Aaro has a long career in the international process industry with executive roles from LKAB, Boliden, Outokumpu and Epiroc. He is an honorary doctorate at Luleå University of Technology and is also a great ice skater.
Patrik Fransson, Board Member
Mr. Patrik Fransson, is working as an Investor Relations Manager at Vitec Software Group. Prior to that he worked at WM-data, CIO at H&M, CEO at CodeFactory AB and Outsourcing director at Logica.
Anders Dalstål, Board Member
Mr. Anders Dalstål’s is co-founder of Predge and his passion is to create and develop concepts that boost customers business. Anders holds a Masters degree i Civil Engineering and has extensive experience from several management positions in international industry companies – LKAB, Boliden, Ericsson, BPA, K-konsult and Vattenfall.
Andreas Pennervall, Board Member
Mr. Andreas Pennervall has long experience in investing in high-tech companies. Since 2019, he is an Investment Director at Fairpoint Capital AB, a venture capital fund. Prior to that he worked 18 years within SEB, mainly as Investment Manager at SEB Venture Capital.