The Team

Eric Converse is AMRA’s Chief Executive Officer. Before joining AMRA, Eric spent three years as President and CEO of VirtualScopics, an Imaging Contract Research Organization (iCRO), which under his direction grew exponentially before being acquired by the leading imaging and cardiac core laboratory, BioTelemetry Research. Most recently, Eric has been working with large pharmaceutical companies on potential and current investments and projects focused on real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE). In addition to a specialty in uniting international teams to meet and exceed customer requirements, Eric has over 15 years of further experience holding multiple CEO roles and Board positions across a variety of companies and industries in the US and Europe.

Olof Dahlqvist Leinhard is the Chief Scientific Officer, responsible for AMRA’s technical vision, for leading the execution of technology platforms and partnership strategies, and for overseeing all technology research and product development. Olof is also a Founder and Member of the Board.

Since 2012, Olof has performed as a Senior University Lecturer in Magnetic Resonance (MR) Physics at Linköping University (LiU), within the Department of Medicine and Health (IMH) / Division of Radiological Sciences (RAD). His position has included the PhD supervision of five PhD candidates, as well as the student supervision of over 20 individuals within MR Physics and Radiology. From 2010 to 2014, Olof also served as the Director of Doctoral Studies at the Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV).

Renowned within the field of MR Physics, Olof has over 45 peer-reviewed journal and conference articles, as well as over 90 peer-reviewed conference abstracts to his name. Olof earned a PhD in Medical Radiation Physics at LiU in 2010, following a Licentiate Degree in Medicine in 2008, and a Master of Science in Physics in 2004.

Olof currently holds the following assignments:

• Member of the Scientific Council of CMIV
• Member of the Board of SMIL, a network for SMEs in Linköping
• Examiner / Course Coordinator for Molecular Imaging 7.5 Hp, Advanced Level
• Member of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
• Reviewer for European Radiology and European Journal of Radiology

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

Jens Erik Knudsen is AMRA’s Chief Financial Officer. Before joining AMRA, Jens was the Chief Financial Officer for Allarity Therapeutics Inc, a Biotech company listed on Nasdaq New York, with offices in Denmark and US. Jens started his career as a public auditor in Denmark and the US working at regional firms and transitioned to the Biotech industry early in his career. He has over 20 years of experience building and leading international finance and operations teams at different stages of company development. Additionally, Jens completed multiple forms of financings including: IPO, PIPES, Rights Issue, Bank Financing and Debt Financing raising over $100 million. His global perspective gained from work experiences with European, Chinese and US Companies is an incredibly valuable asset Jens brings to AMRA.

Klas Themner has, as AMRA’s Chief Information Security Officer, overall responsibility for the management of the company’s information security. Klas has been at AMRA since 2017, mostly in the role of COO, also keeping the role of deputy CEO. Before joining AMRA Medical he had 20+ years of experience as COO & CFO 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.

In her role, Nicole Shugrue will lead our efforts in commercializing AMRA’s Clinical Services for MRI Muscle Health Assessment used to diagnosis metabolic diseases. Nicole Shugrue is an accomplished Senior Executive with more than 25 years of success across the healthcare, medical device, medical tech, and biotech industries. Her broad areas of expertise include go-to-market strategy planning and execution. Throughout her career, Nicole has held various sales and marketing leadership positions at notable Boston Scientific, Datex-Ohmeda/GE Healthcare, and Ciba-Corning/Siemens Medical, and worked for several startup medical device companies that included Interlace Medical which was acquired by Hologic. She was most recently the Vice President of Marketing at Solace Therapeutics.

Nicole received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Marketing from Bridgewater State University and her Master of Business Administration from Nichols College. She resides in the United States and lives with her husband Peter and has two daughters Maegan and Hailey.

As AMRA's SVP Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs, Camilla Hahn is responsible for the company quality including the quality management system, as well as national and international regulatory compliance and approvals. Camilla has 25 years of experience within the area of quality, and has previously worked seven years as the Quality Director at SAAB Aeronautics, after five years as Quality Manager within the automotive business. She has more than ten years of experience as a management consultant, with focus on continuous improvement, quality assurance, management and organizational effectiveness, performed mainly on the software industry. Camilla has a Bachelor in Computer Science and Engineering at Linköping University.

As AMRA’s Vice President of Business Development, Leanna S. Kellerman is responsible for the company 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, as AMRA’s VP of Product Development, holds the overall responsibility for the development and evolution of the company’s product. In his role, Ola is responsible for the product road map, planning of product implementation and service provision. He has over 20 years of experience of systems and software development in mixed applications and various industries. Before transitioning to Life Science, Ola managed development of machine vision systems for industrial robotics applications for about 10 years. He received an MSc in Computer Science & Engineering at Linköping University.

André Ahlgren is AMRA's Director of Imaging, responsible for the technical aspects of MRI imaging and quantification. In this role, he ensures that AMRA's MRI protocols can be used on a wide array of platforms, and that the measurements produced by AMRA's algorithms are validated and reliable. The Imaging department is also part of AMRA's research and development efforts.

André is an MRI physicist with over 10 years of experience in MRI method development, research and applications. He holds a PhD in MRI Physics from Lund University in Sweden, where he focused on methodological improvements in quantitative brain imaging. Before joining AMRA he was working with method development in CEST-MRI as a postdoctoral researcher at CMIV in Linköping.

As AMRA's Director of DevOps, Peter Karlsson Zetterberg is responsible for all software development activities including IT infrastructure, IT security and IT operations. He has 20 years of software development experience in various domains with a keen interest in agile software development practices. He received his M.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from Linköping University in 2001.

Jonas Lindqvist, as AMRA's Director of Operations, oversees customer support, production and deliveries, and the company's customer project management office. Prior to joining AMRA, Jonas was working in the Healthcare Industry for a leading orthopedic company. He was responsible for process development and strategic projects for companies operating in the Nordic and the Benelux countries.

Prior to six years in Healthcare, Jonas worked for many years in various senior positions, as an Engineering Manager, Plant Manager and Senior Production Unit Manager for leading global companies mainly in the Automotive Industry. The diverse experience he brings to the company is driving AMRA's never-ending journey for Operational Excellence.

Jonas has an engineering background and holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Linköping University.