Our Team

Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard is AMRA’s Chief Executive Officer and one of the co-founders of AMRA. Olof has a background and PhD within MR physics and has, since founding AMRA in 2010, led the company’s clinical research in the role as Chief Scientific Officer. He also holds a position as a university lecturer at the Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences at Linköping University and has authored over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles in the scientific fields of MR physics, clinical imaging, metabolic research, musculoskeletal research, and neuromuscular diseases.

Magnus Borga operates as AMRA’s Chief Technology Officer, concentrating on national and international strategic research collaborations, publication and grant policy, coordination of collaborative AMRA-CMIV research, and medical image analysis implementation into AMRA.

Magnus is also a Founder and Member of the Board.

Magnus serves as Professor in Medical Informatics within the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and as Associate Dean at the Faculty of Science and Engineering (Institute of Technology), Linköping University (LiU), Sweden.

Over the course of two decades, Magnus has developed his career at LiU, earning a M.Sc. in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering in 1991, a Ph.D. in Image Processing in 1998, and a Docent in Medical Informatics in 2005. He began as a Research Assistant within the Department of Electrical Engineering at LiU in 1998, transitioning into the Department of Biomedical Engineering, where he was later appointed Head of the Department.

Magnus holds the following national and international assignments:

• Member of the Board, Swedish Society for Automated Image Analysis, 2000 – 2015
• Member of the Scientific Council of the Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), 2004 – current
• Member of the Governing Board of The International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), 2006 – 2014
• General Chair for the International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) 2014
• President, Swedish Society for Automated Image Analysis (SSBA), 2006 – 2010

Klas Themner is AMRA’s Chief Financial Officer and deputy CEO. Klas joined AMRA in 2017 as CFO & SVP Product Management and has since had different roles in the company. Before joining AMRA Medical he had 20+ years of experience as CFO & COO in a number of different listed medical device companies within advanced medical image processing and across all imaging modalities. Previously to Life Science, Klas spent 10 years with the Swedish defense industry. He has an engineering background and holds a PhD in Nuclear Physics from Lund University.

As AMRA’s SVP Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs, Cilla Lundevall is responsible for the company quality including the quality management system, as well as national and international regulatory compliance and approvals. Cilla has 25 years of experience in the medical devices industry, mainly in software and system development and Quality assurance, with previous employments at e.g. Siemens Medical, St Jude Medical, Elekta and Directa/Orsing. Cilla holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering at Royal Institute of Technology as well as a Master in Medical Radiation Physics at Stockholm University.

As AMRA’s Chief Globalization Officert, Leanna S. Kellerman is responsible for the company’s Business Development strategy and Sales operations. Leanna comes with a career history of successful Global Development and Sales Management in startup, expansion, and Fortune 500 environments. Her areas of expertise include territory development and implementation of business infrastructure, sales strategy, operations, analytics, accountability, and tactical execution that propels revenue and profit in highly competitive markets. She holds Master of Business Administration degree from Lindenwood University, St. Charles.

Ola Petersson is AMRA’s Chief Operating Officer. Ola has the overall responsibility for the development and evolution of the company’s products and services, as well as the operational excellence in our daily work. He manages customer support, production and deliveries, and oversees the company’s customer project management office. 

Ola has over 20 years of experience in systems and software development in mixed applications and various industries. Before transitioning to Life Science, he managed the development of machine vision systems for industrial robotics applications for about 10 years. Ola holds an MSc in Computer Science & Engineering at Linköping University.

André Ahlgren is AMRA’s SVP of Science & Imaging, responsible for the scientific and technical aspects of imaging, biomarker quantification and clinical science and applications. Through this role, he ensures that AMRA maintains a strong position as a technology- and science-based company. He leads a team with imaging and clinical science experts that makes sure that AMRA’s MRI protocols, biomarkers and clinical applications are validated and reliable. The team also has a strong focus on developing the clinical usage and clinical translations of AMRA’s technologies, as well as maximizing the clinical value for the customer in every delivery.

André is an MRI physicist with over 15 years of experience in MRI method development, research and applications. He holds a PhD in Medical Radiation Physics from Lund University in Sweden, where he focused on methodological improvements in quantitative brain MRI. The last five years he has held different positions at AMRA including Imaging Scientist, Director of Imaging, and latest SVP Science & Imaging.

Claude B. Sirlin, MD, is Professor and Vice Chair (Translational Research) of Radiology at the University of California, San Diego. He is an NIH-funded clinician scientist, whose research focuses on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and quantitative ultrasound of liver cancer and chronic liver disease. Dr. Sirlin founded and directs UC San Diego Health’s Liver Imaging Group, which actively collaborates with hepatologists, surgeons, pathologists and statisticians to advance screening, diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of individuals with liver disease. He is also the co-director of the Cancer Imaging Program at Moores Cancer Center, chair of the Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System Committee for the American College of Radiology, and co-director of the Radiologist Clinician-Scientist Training Program in his university. He has published more than 200 manuscripts, 30 book chapters, 200 scientific abstracts, and 100 educational exhibits. A dedicated teacher and mentor, Dr Sirlin has supervised over 150 undergraduates, medical students, residents, and fellows in clinical imaging research.

Dr. Michael Charlton is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He serves as Chief of Hepatology, Director of the Center for Liver Diseases and Medical Director of the Transplant Institute at the University of Chicago. He is Past President of the International Liver Transplant Society. Dr. Charlton previously served as Director of Hepatology and Medical Director of Liver Transplantation at the Mayo Clinic. He has held editorial roles for leading journals, including, associate editor for Hepatology, Transplantation, American Journal of Transplantation, and Liver Transplantation, and was a founding Associate Editor for Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He has served as principal investigator on grants from and been a study section member for the National Institutes of Health. He is a lead investigator for national and international clinical trials in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and viral hepatitis. He serves as an investigator, Chair and Member for Data Safety Monitoring Boards for major pharmaceutical trials and has analyzed drug safety profiles for the Food and Drug Administration. He serves as a panel member and writer of AASLD Guidelines for the management of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and has also served as a panel member and writer of AASLD Guidelines for the management of HCV. He has also served as a panel member and writer of American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (Nutrition in Liver Disease) and for the International Liver Transplantation Society (Immunosuppression).

Tommy is a successful entrepreneur with experience from several start-up companies, including C3 Technologies and AMRA. As CEO and part of the AMRA foundation team during 2011-2018, he is now leading as the Chairman of the Board.

With a genuine interest in sports, building strong teams is a passion of Tommy´s. Good customer and partner relations are important topics for him, and in order to truly build a successful company, he believes having a very clear company vision, recruiting the right people, and keeping them in the company is key!

Tommy has an M.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Linköping University. The first 10 years, Tommy worked for large companies such as SAAB, Ericsson and Nokia, in different management positions. During the next 10-year period, Tommy worked for midsize companies in the software industry, including being the deputy CEO for IFS AB. In the following 12-years, Tommy successfully executed an entrepreneurial period. During the last five years, he has taken on a number of board positions, including being the Chairman of the Board for Configura AB and AddBio AB.

Tommy’s current appointments also include:

• Board member in XMReality AB since 2019, a company listed on First North, Nasdaq, Stockholm, Sweden

Magnus Borga operates as AMRA’s Chief Technology Officer, concentrating on national and international strategic research collaborations, publication and grant policy, coordination of collaborative AMRA-CMIV research, and medical image analysis implementation into AMRA.

Magnus is also a Founder and Member of the Board.

Magnus serves as Professor in Medical Informatics within the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and as Associate Dean at the Faculty of Science and Engineering (Institute of Technology), Linköping University (LiU), Sweden.

Over the course of two decades, Magnus has developed his career at LiU, earning a M.Sc. in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering in 1991, a Ph.D. in Image Processing in 1998, and a Docent in Medical Informatics in 2005. He began as a Research Assistant within the Department of Electrical Engineering at LiU in 1998, transitioning into the Department of Biomedical Engineering, where he was later appointed Head of the Department.

Magnus holds the following national and international assignments:

• Member of the Board, Swedish Society for Automated Image Analysis, 2000 – 2015
• Member of the Scientific Council of the Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV), 2004 – current
• Member of the Governing Board of The International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), 2006 – 2014
• General Chair for the International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) 2014
• President, Swedish Society for Automated Image Analysis (SSBA), 2006 – 2010