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Keynote speaker Magnus Lindkvist is a rock-star trendspotter and futurist. He challenges audiences to pose new questions, shake things up and change their thinking. His talks are fast-paced and packed with useful information and tools to help you and your organization focus on and prepare for the unexpected. Magnus holds a degree in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics and has combined numeracy with film studies at UCLA and journalism studies at JMK. He is a member of the Long Now Foundation, a Californian organization that promotes long-term thinking. Magnus has spoken for TED on numerous occasions on the Main Stage in the US and the many TEDx seminars organized worldwide.

Thomas (Tom) Andersson is an entrepreneur with experience from M&A research consulting (due diligence), retail/wholesale operations, product development and more. He co-founded STIQ (t/a Styleintelligence) in 2018. STIQ is a publisher of free market reports focusing on, among others, warehouse automation, robotics/robots, AI, material handling, AGV & AMR, ASRS, WMS/WES/WCS, exoskeletons and Autonomous Vehicles. Most of the company’s reports cover global markets. Readers include Accenture, Bosch, Goldman Sachs, IKEA, Sony, Tesla, and Zalando.

Peter Nilsson is a senior leader with 20 years of experience within E2E Supply Chain operations including the Commercial agenda from several senior positions at Carlsberg Group and now for the last 5 years at Asker Healthcare, MedTech, as Business Area Director North covering the fields of Commercial, Supply Chain, Purchasing and operational ISIT. Peter joined Asker in 2018 as their Global VP Supply Chain focusing his passion on operational excellence and strategic development, after 3 years of transforming their supply chain Peter was promoted to BA Director North. Peter’s passion is people, operational excellence, sustainable solutions with a strong drive for value creation.

Thomas Grüner is an experienced logistics professional with more than 11 years of experience at Rexel, a leading electrical equipment distributor. He began his career in management in the industry transportation sector before moving to intra logistics. During his time at Rexel, he started in logistics, where he was instrumental in building a new distribution center from the ground up. Later, he transitioned to the IT department to work on optimizing the warehouse and logistic flows. He created a WMS tactical board within 7 countries in Europe, bringing all departments together to improve company-wide performance. His experience and expertise in logistics and technology with a strong focus on digitalisation make him an invaluable asset for organizations looking to embrace automation and innovate combined with constant view on sustainability.

With 20+ years of experience in software development and leadership positions in larger software and technology companies, including Sony Ericsson and Sony Mobile, Maria Rang is the Managing Director of Sweden at Consafe Logistics. In 2016, Maria joined the company as a Division Manager focusing on her passion areas, strategic leadership and business development, and was promoted to managing director three years later. Maria is the moderator of CONNECT and will, among others, follow up each customer presentation with engaging face-to-face dialogue. 

Kent Olsson is the Chief Executive Officer of Consafe Logistics. Kent has a solid engineering background and a strong drive for value creation and building sustainable companies with a strong company culture. He has experience from multiple top-level General Manager roles and R&D positions in larger international software and technology companies, e.g., Ericsson and ST-Ericsson, as well as from being a board member in SaaS start-up and scale-up companies.     

Patrik Olsson is the Chief Product Officer of Consafe Logistics. He is responsible for our product management and offers, including SaaS, partnerships, hardware department, customer support, and expert team. He is a senior business leader with a well-equipped professional background, including multiple managing director positions within the manufacturing industry, business unit managerial positions within the IT industry, and a professional career as a soccer player. 

Claes Jönsson is an automation expert, leading our Automation Excellence Team at Consafe Logistics. He holds a Master’s degree in Informatics from Lund University. He has more than 25 years of experience in the logistics industry, with a solid professional background in software engineering, consultancy, and warehouse automation. Claes joined Consafe Logistics in 2004. He became our automation expert in 2017 and was promoted to team lead in 2022. Claes is a passionate chess player - so much so that he is a Swedish Chess Federation board member.

Nabil Popalyar is a Senior Product Marketing Specialist at Consafe Logistics. He joined the company in 2017 as an Application Consultant. He has valuable experience working with Astro WMS® and helped various customers utilize their software solutions in the best way possible. In his current position, Nabil drives the go-to-market process for product releases and messaging while supporting sales enablement. He will be the moderator of our panel discussion at CONNECT about centralized and decentralized distribution models.