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

As the SVP, Rosemary Shull is responsible for dynamic growth for AMRA’s medical imaging offerings. With a great passion for AMRA’s overall strategic goals, Rosemary collaborates with the internal Operational, Scientific, Sales and Marketing teams to drive the company forward. Her external focus is on forging new customer relationships and deepening current account penetration while leading the sales and marketing teams.

Rosemary has over 15 years of experience as a secondary educator followed by 15 years in medical imaging research for clinical trials. The majority of the latter experience has been at VirtualScopics/BioTelemetry Research leading the Business Development team. Most recently Rosemary was VP of Sales for VisualDx, a Rochester-based software company focused on diagnostic accuracy support. She graduated from SUNY Geneseo with a BA in history and went on to receive her MA in history from SUNY Brockport.

Klas Themner has, as AMRA’s Chief Operating Officer, overall responsibility for the Product Development and Operations. In this role, he is responsible for the company’s product road map and the planning of product realization and service provision. Klas has 20 years of experience as COO & CFO in three different listed medical device companies, all within advanced medical image processing and across all imaging modalities. Most recently Klas has been working in a Pharma subsidiary focused on medical image analysis for prostate cancer applications. Before entering into Life Science he spent 10 years within the Swedish defense industry. He has an engineering background and received a PhD in Nuclear Physics at Lund University.

Janne West operates as AMRA’s Chief Quality Officer, with responsibility for the development and implementation of a Quality Management System, as well as national and international regulatory compliance and approvals.

Janne is a part-time lecturer at Linköping University and is working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Medicine and Health Sciences (IMH), focusing largely upon whole-body fat and water imaging.

He previously worked as the Development Manager for Synthetic MR AB from 2007-2014, where he was responsible for a development team, as well as regulatory compliance and approvals for medical devices.

In 2014, Janne earned his Ph.D. in Medical Sciences at IMH, Linköping University (LiU). Throughout the course of his research, he has presented at approximately 15 international conferences and, with several peer-reviewed articles and a completed thesis, ”Quantitative MRI of the Brain,” he has established his expertise within MR Physics and Quantitative MRI, particularly within tissue segmentation and Multiple Sclerosis. Janne previously received his M.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering in 2007, with a specialization in Medical Imaging from LiU.

Helene Molin operates as AMRA’s Director of Finance and HR. She is responsible for the company’s finance reporting structure and systems, AMRA’s human resource management as well as regulatory compliance within HR. Helen is passionate about sustaining AMRA’s team spirit, focused on maintaining a great relationship with our customers and suppliers, and tireless about developing AMRA’s employees.

Prior to joining AMRA in 2016, she worked as CFO for Ides AB for 13 years. As part of her role, she developed and implemented company processes within Finance from company inception. Later she was responsible for the Finance operations for the group of subsidiaries in Sweden, Finland, Hong Kong and China. She also held responsibility for the company’s HR related questions.

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.