Øyvind Isaksen
President and CEO

President and Chief Executive Officer (born 1963), Dr. Øyvind Isaksen has held the position as CEO since 2006. He has a PhD in Physics (University of Bergen 1994). Dr. Isaksen has held positions as President of Nera Networks (2002-2006) and President of Roxar Flow Measurement. He has also held management positions in i.a. ABB Research and Fluenta.

Mobile:       +47 905 59 401 
oyvind.isaksen@q-free.com

Roar Østbø
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Born 1961, Roar Østbø has been employed in Q-Free ASA since 2009. Østbø comes from the same position in Aqualyng Group and has previously held the CFO position in the publicly listed companies Q-Free ASA and CorrOcean ASA, and in the oil service company Reslab AS and Sintef. Mr Østbø is a Certified Public Accountant from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (1988) and has also worked as auditor in Arthur Andersen & Co.

Mobile:      +47 932 45 175 

roar.ostbo@q-free.com

Henrik F. Stoltenberg
Vice President M&A

Vice President M&A Henrik F. Stoltenberg (born 1960) comes from the position as Group Executive Vice President, responsible for the daily operation of JAI Group (Denmark), and with focus on implementing the corporate strategy. Mr. Henrik F. Stoltenberg holds a HD Degree from Business School Copenhagen. He has been Chief Financial Officer and member of the management team in JAI since 2006.

Henrik F. Stoltenberg has previously also been finance director at Merkantildata A/S and Bruhn A/S.

Mobile:       +45 28 98 89 95 

henrik.stoltenberg@q-free.com

Jos A.G. Nijhuis
General Manager Dacolian B.V.

Born 1965, Dr. Jos Nijhuis has been employed since 2008. Nijhuis holds a M.Sc. (with honors) in Electrical Engineering 1987; and a Ph.D. in Natural Sciences from Nijmegen University in 1992. Nijhuis has extensive experience in ITS software development from various positions within academia and industry. Nijhuis is also the CEO and co-founder of Dacolian B.V.

Mobile:    +31 (0) 629038031 

j.a.g.nijhuis@dacolian.nl

Hans Christian Bolstad
Vice President R&D

Born 1962, Dr. Hans Christian Bolstad has been employed in his current position since 2007. Bolstad holds a MSc. in Physics and Mathematics 1987; and a Ph.D. in physical electronics from NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 1994). Bolstad has extensive experience within research and development from both telecom, medical and offshore sectors through his work at NTNU, Sintef, Optomed, Optoplan and Q-Free ASA .

Mobile:    +47 994 60 751 

hans.bolstad@q-free.com

Per Ecker
Vice President Sales

Per Ecker (born 1969) has been with the company since 2007. He comes from the position as Sales Director in Siemens Mobile Networks (1992 - 2007) with responsibility for Eastern European markets in particular. Mr. Ecker has extensive experience from international sales both in Asia and Europe. He is educated by The Norwegian Army Officers Training School (1986-1989) as Second Lieutenant in Electronics.

Mobile:    +47 922 97 524 

per.ecker@q-free.com

Marianne Sandal
Vice President Operation

Marianne Sandal has been with the company since 2006. She holds an engineering degree from the University of Bergen (1988), in addition to credits within management from Norwegian School of Management (BI). Marianne Sandal has been working in Nera Networks since 1988, has extensive experience in project management, and since 2003 she has been heading the world wide operation activity of Nera.

Mobile:    +47 911 48 088 

marianne.sandal@q-free.com

Steinar Furan
Vice President of Business Development and Compliance

Born 1963, Steinar Furan has been employed since 1990 and holds an engineering degree in electronics (Trondheim Ingeniørhøyskole 1984 and University of Tromsø 1987). He has extensive experience in various senior positions within the company including project and business unit management.He is now responsible for managing Q-Free's business development activities as well as being responsible for securing compliance with standards and statutory requirements applicable. Q-Free's Quality Management System and Environmental Management System are certified in accordance the requirements of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 respectively.

Mobile:    +47 905 59 403 

steinar.furan@q-free.com

Stein-Tore Nybrodahl
Human Resource Manager

Stein-Tore Nybrodahl (born 1965) is Q-Free's Human Resource Manager and started with the company in 2006. He holds a Master's degree in Business(Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, 1992) and successfully completed the senior executive program INSEAD in France (1993). He has extensive HR and strategy experience having held various senior management roles at Telenor (Norway), where he became director of strategy and HR development. At Q-Free, Mr. Nybrodahl is responsible for the management and development of human resources.

Mobile:    +47 906 94 689   

 
stein-tore.nybrodahl@q-free.com