Management team

Jonas Hedre, President and CEO
With more than 15 years of experience in the areas of consumer electronics, man/machine interfaces and multimedia, Jonas brings extensive marketing, sales and product development expertise to drive FlatFrog's global expansion in the rapidly growing multi-touch market. Jonas joined FlatFrog from a senior management position at SonyEricsson, where he was responsible for the 130 people strong multi-media unit spread over three continents. He previously served as manager in R&D and Operations at Anoto Group AB, a publicly listed developer of optics-based pen input technologies. Jonas holds a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Linköping University in Sweden, together with further studies at Stockholm School of Economics.

Ola Wassvik, Co-founder and VP engineering
Ola Wassvik has specialised for a decade in developing optics-based input systems for volume applications. Ola is responsible for the overall development of FlatFrog's proprietary technologies, and is one of the principal figures behind the company's key patents. Prior to co-founding FlatFrog, Ola served as Senior Optical Engineer in positions in Denmark and Sweden. While he served at publicly listed Anoto AB, Ola developed the company's proprietary optical solutions from inception, and was responsible for setting up volume production lines that to date have produced millions of units. He holds a Master of Science degree in in Engineering Physics from Lund University, Sweden. Read the interview with Ola in Touch Panel.

Cai Remitz, VP Operations
Cai Remitz is responsible for the strategic planning and leadership of FlatFrog's procurement, logistics and industrialization activities. Cai joined FlatFrog from a 12 year stay at SonyEricsson and Ericsson, where he held senior responsibilities in project management, industrialization and logistics. He holds a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Linköping University, Sweden.
Board members

Christer Fåhraeus
Christer is Chairman and Co-Founder of FlatFrog. A successful serial entrepreneur based in Sweden, Christer is an expert in product development and R&D in early-stage companies with focus on components, optics, image processing and devices. He received his MS degree in bioengineering from UCSD. He holds a Bachelor with double major in math and physics from Lund University, Sweden. He was an MD/PhD student at Lund University from 1989 until 1995 until he founded his first company, CellaVision AB. In 2002 he received an honorary PhD in Engineering from Lund University (the largest University in Scandinavia) as the youngest person to achieve this honor in its 350 year history. He is the inventor of more than 45 patent families. He is fluent in Swedish and English and can also speak Russian, German and French. Christer has received numerous awards for scholastic and entrepreneurial achievements. In 2002 he was elected "IT Person of the Year" in Sweden by the largest Swedish Newspaper for IT.

Bob Senior
A customer-focused sales and marketing expert, Bob Senior is a touch screen industry veteran with more than two decades of sales and operational experience. He has served in executive management positions in touch companies in Europe and the United States, and has a successful track record in initiating, developing, and closing B2B business in the global technology sphere. Among his previous roles, Bob has served as Managing Director and Vice-President (EMEA) of MicroTouch Systems Ltd. Bob has also worked for Apple and NCR. He holds a B.Ed/Physics degree.

Eric-Alan Rapp
Eric-Alan Rapp is a Partner in the Technology Ventures team of Nordic-based venture capital investor Sunstone Capital. Eric-Alan's experience includes almost 20 years in the areas of start-up initiatives, investment and corporate finance from both Europe and the United States. His key contributions to the FlatFrog Board include international strategic planning and business planning, as well as business development. In addition to FlatFrog, Eric-Alan currently serves on the Board of Directors of Sunstone Capital portfolio companies Nangate A/S, Boozt AB and Rovsing Dynamics A/S.

Mario Kaloustian
Mario is a Director at Invus based in the Paris office and focuses on investments in private companies. He joined Invus in 2008. Prior to joining Invus, Mario was Principal at Greenwich Consulting in Paris, a strategy and management consultancy focused on telecoms and media, where he led strategic consulting engagements for major European companies. Previously he was a management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton and spent five years with the France Telecom group. He graduated from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications in Paris and has an MBA from INSEAD.

Brent Taggart
Brent Taggart is the Chief Strategy Officer at Promethean PLC, responsible for defining the company’s long term strategy, as well as leading the growth of Promethean Planet, the world’s largest interactive learning technology community portal. Previously, Brent spent eight years at Equant (Orange Business Services), joining in 1996 to lead the company’s strategy function. He developed Equant’s pre-IPO strategy framework and storyline and managed the three-year plan process that grew the company from $300 million to over $1.3 billion. He has also held various executive positions in Europe, including Director Finance and Systems at Unisource Business Networks BV in the Netherlands, Principal Associate at Coopers and Lybrand Management Consultants in London and Senior Director of Strategy at C & W. Brent holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA from Pomona College in California.

Wassim Sacre
Wassim is a Director at Invus based in the Paris office. He joined Invus in 2006. Prior to joining Invus, Wassim was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs in Paris. Previously he was a management consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton, where he worked with clients in a variety of industries including telecommunications, media, energy and utilities. Wassim holds an MBA from INSEAD. He is also a graduate of the University of Saint Joseph in Lebanon majoring in Electrical and Telecommunication Engineering and of ESSEC Business School in Paris.
