CEO Forum – May 2019
Leadership & Business Growth Series
Thursday, May 16, 2019
7:30 to 9:00 am
Sunrise Banks Headquarters
2525 Wabash Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55114
7:30 am to 8:00 am – Registration and continental breakfast (sponsored by Insperity)
8:00 am to 9:00 am – Speaker presentation and Q&A
Björn Stansvik
Björn Stansvik, founder and CEO of MentorMate, a global software development firm, has steered the company’s vision from inception to over 400 full-time employees, accelerating digital ideas with end-to-end technology services since 2001. He is the guiding force for the company, constantly challenging the team to explore the boundaries of new technologies like AI and cloud computing and to pioneer digital innovation in healthcare. Under his leadership, MentorMate has grown its technical capabilities across industries. MentorMate was named a 2016 Top ICT Employer in Bulgaria, and in 2017 the Star Tribune included the company on its Top 150 Workplaces list. The newest of its seven offices opened in AstraZeneca’s BioVentureHub in Göteborg, Sweden in 2016.
As a recognized technology innovator, Stansvik has won the following distinctions: Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 and Titans of Technology (2014), Minnesota Business Magazine’s Real Power 50 (2014), and EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program finalist (2015, 2016).
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