Management Team

Stefan Ekman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Mr. Ekman has more than 20 years of experience from international business relations. Prior to being one of the founders of Proximion he worked in various management positions focusing on building and maintaining business driven and crucial technology partnerships either from a sales, procurement or offset standpoint. Mr. Ekman also holds experience from different markets such as defense, radio based telecom as well as from various forms of photonics markets.

Martin Åberg, Chief Financial Officer
Previously marketing manager at Proximion. Prior to joining Proximion Mr. Åberg worked at Lage Jonason AB – a boutique investment bank. Between 2005 and 2006 he was part of the ABB executive trainee program. Mr. Åberg holds a M.Sc. in Engineering Physics and a M.Sc. in Business from Uppsala University. He also holds the titles AFA and CEFA issued by the Stockholm School of Economics IFL Executive Education.

Tobias Persson, Vice President Marketing and Sales
Mr. Persson has more than 10 years of experience within sales of advanced systems to the electronics industry, both from holding different managing positions and from account management. Prior to joining Proximion he worked with Business development at Micronic Laser Systems AB. Mr. Persson holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering Physics from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm.

Mikael Wickström, Vice President Production and Sourcing
Mr. Wickström has more than 25 years of manufacturing experience from the optical and electronic industry. Prior to joining Proximion he served for five years as project manager for a microwave module and constructed automated assembly line at SAAB electronic defence systems. He has also served as VP of assembly and module technology at Optillion (an optical start up company). Mr. Wickström holds a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm.

Maria Groth, Manager for Configuration Management (CM), Quality and Environmental
Mrs. Groth has 18 years of experience within the telecom industry. Prior to joining Proximion she worked as Customer Quality Engineer supporting the Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Network accounts at Powerwave Technologies Sweden AB. She has also worked as product manager and with developing and customizing the internal PLM system at Allgon Systems AB as well as with component engineering at Ericsson Business Networks AB.

Gabrielle Byfors, Director Human Resources
Mrs. Byfors has more than 12 years of experience in Human Resouces positions. Prior to joining Proximion she was engaged as HR-consultant for a number of companies in various branches and has also spent some years at Ericsson, responsible for product training programs. She has also worked at Statoil Detaljist AB as Human Resources Manager. Mrs. Byfors holds a B.Sc. in Human Resource Development from the University of Stockholm.