Chief Executive Officer

Geir Bryn-Jensen brings nearly 20 years’ experience in international business development and sales within the telecom, broadcast and IT industries. Before joining Nevion in 2010 as executive vice president of sales, he spent six years as managing director/country manager at CA Norway AS (Computer Associates). Prior to this, he was a manager at Accenture’s Media & Entertainment practice in Norway, following six years at Telenor in various business development roles.

Bryn-Jensen has an MBA in Strategic Management from the Norwegian School of Business Administration (NHH) in Bergen and a Bachelor of Science in Communication Engineering from the University of Kent.

Chief Technology Officer

Eugene Keane holds EE, ME and PhD degrees from the University College Cork, Ireland. He is a founder of VPG (now Nevion), and his work with the organization extends back to 1989. Previously Mr. Keane worked for PCO, a joint venture between Plessey and IBM, to lead the fiber-optic video transmission group, which subsequently grew into VPG. For nearly twenty years under several different corporate umbrellas, Mr. Keane has provided key technology and business leadership for the team developing the Ventura and BRAVOnet product lines.

Chief Operating Officer

Petter Kvaal Djupvik holds a Master of Industrial Engineering & Management degree from the Norwegian University of Science & Technology (NTNU). Mr. Kvaal Djupvik was working for Eltek ASA before he was appointed COO of Network Electronics on 1 May 2007. Before he was a member of Eltek Management Team, as vice president for global operations, he previously held the position of director of global supply at Power-One for five years. Mr. Kvaal Djupvik also has work experience from Lawson as a consultant manager, Norautron as QA- and MA-manager and as a Change Management consultant at Accenture.

Chief Financial Officer

Nils Fredriksen brings world-class financial experience in both the public and private sectors. Before joining Nevion as CFO, he spent five years as a consultant and associate principal to global consulting firm McKinsey & Company, focusing on technology, energy and private equity. There he worked with some of the most dynamic companies in the world, maximizing capital productivity and leading growth strategy, sales and channel optimization, organizational change, M&A, and post merger management. Prior he held a senior risk management position at Oslo-based Det Norske Veritas and engineering posts at ExxonMobil in London.

Mr. Fredriksen holds an M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. His advanced education also includes studies at the University of Oslo and Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands.