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Smartoptics
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Meet the Management
Management at Smartoptics
Chief executive officer
Magnus Grenfeldt
Born
1969
Experience
Over 20 years of experience from the optical networking industry and has held several management, sales and business development positions at Transmode, Infinera, ADVA Optical Networking, Sycamore Networks and Ericsson.
Education
MSc. Materials Physics from Uppsala University
Joined Smartoptics
2016
Holdings in Smartoptics Group
1 257 489 shares, as of November 30, 2025
Chief financial officer
Stefan Karlsson
Born
1970
Experience
Prior to joining Smartoptics, he held the position as Director of Finance and Accounting at Trustly since November 2020. Previously, he was the Director of Finance at Infinera. His background also includes positions in financial controlling and accounting at Transmode, PacketFront, Powerwave Technologies, Allgon and IconMedialab, as well as a tenure as an auditor at PWC.
Education
Bachelor degree in Business and Economics from Stockholm University and has studied Business Administration at the University of Macau.
Joined Smartoptics
2024
Holdings in Smartoptics Group
5 000 shares, as of November 30, 2025
Chief technology officer
Kent Lidström
Born
1969
Experience
More than 20 years of experience from telecom industry, he has held various positions at Transmode and Infinera including a 4-year assignment in the USA where he worked as the director of sales engineering. Prior to this Kent held several positions at Ericsson.
Education
BSc. In Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology
Joined Smartoptics
2018
Holdings in Smartoptics Group
180 762 shares, as of November 30, 2025
Chief marketing officer
Per Burman
Born
1976
Experience
More than 15 years of experience from the optical networking industry. In the past, Per has held several sales and management positions at Tilgin, Transmode and Infinera.
Education
MSc. In Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology
Joined Smartoptics
2017
Holdings in Smartoptics Group
180 075 shares, as of November 30, 2025
VP of Supply Chain
Ronald Hübsch
Born
1973
Experience
More than 20 years of experience from the optical telecommunication industry. He has held several positions in procurement, sales and production engineering at Coriant, Infinera, Nokia Siemens Networks, Siemens and Taclink.
Education
Dipl.-Ing. Electrical Engineering - RF Technology and Photonics from Technical University, Berlin
Joined Smartoptics
2021
Holdings in Smartoptics Group
5 500 shares, as of November 30, 2025
SVP Business area optical devices
Björn Andersson
Born
1971
Experience
Over 25 years of experience in the optical networking industry. Prior to joining Smartoptics, he has held several product, sales, management and business development positions at Infinera, Transmode, Lumentis, Ericsson and Sycamore Networks. Including multiyear expat assignments in Italy and USA.
Education
Bachelor of science in Software/Electronic Engineering. Specializing in Data communication and Distributed Systems.
Joined Smartoptics
2024
Holdings in Smartoptics Group
8 000 shares, as of November 30, 2025
VP R&D
Andreas Persson
Born
1983
Experience
Over 15 years of experience in R&D management, with 10 of those years focused on the telecom and IT infrastructure industry. Prior to joining Smartoptics, he held key roles at Transmode/Infinera between 2009 and 2017, and at PacketFront from 2017 to 2019. He brings deep technical expertise combined with leadership experience in developing and delivering innovative infrastructure solutions.
Education
Master of Science degree in Engineering Physics from the Royal Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from Blekinge Institute of Technology.
Joined Smartoptics
2025
Holdings in Smartoptics Group
15 000 shares, as of November 30, 2025
Meet the board
Board of directors at Smartoptics
Chairman of the BOARD
Thomas Ramm
Born
1964
Member since
2013
Other current assignments:
Chairman of the Board of Smartoptics Group AS, Chairman of the Board of Etain AS, Chairman of the Board of Apini AS, Owner of Coretech AS
Education
Bachelor of Information Technology form EDB høyskolen in Oslo, Norway
BOARD MEMBER
Sara Heiner Asplund
Born
1976
Member since
2022
Other current assignments:
Director - Finance & Accounting at Etraveli Group
Education
Master in Industrial Engineering and Management
BOARD member
Karl Thedeén
Born
1963
Member since
2019
Other current assignments:
CEO Studsvik AB, Board member of Net Insight AB
Education
MSc. in Systems Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology
deputy MEMBER
Einar Caspersen
Born
1968
Member since
2022
Other current assignments:
Lawyer Advokatfirmaet Schjødt
Education
Cand Jur, Law from University of Oslo
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