About Ortivus

We Make A Difference In People’s Lives. For Real.

With more than 30 years of experience in cardiology and medical technology, we are today one of the market leaders in e-health. We are still a tight and flexible organisation where each individual employee has a significant impact. It is also our employees’ knowledge and commitment that is creating value and success for our customers. Together we make a difference in people’s lives. For real.


Reidar Gårdebäck
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Employed: 2019 Education: MSc Engineering Physics, KTH Experience: Over 25 years of experience from international medical technology companies. More than 15 years of experience in sales and marketing at leading positions.

Shareholding: 600,000 Class B shares and 50,000 call options issued by individual shareholders


Viveka Hiort af Ornäs
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Employed: 2022 Education: MSc in International Economics, Stockholm University Experience: Viveka has solid experience and has previously been working in many IT and technology companies. She has held several senior positions in finance at international companies and has also worked outside of Sweden. Her most recent role was CFO at the First North-listed company KebNi AB.

Shareholding: 66,666 call options issued by Ponderus Invest AB.


Elias Obaid
Customer & Sales Manager

Employed: 2014 Education: Bachelor of Science with specialisation in medical technology, Royal Institute of Technology. Experience: Multi-year experience from project management, delivery and sales, most recently Maquet Critical Care AB.

Shareholding: No shares


Joanna Daffy
Marketing & Communications Manager

Employed: 2020 Education: MSc in Bioentrepreneurship, Karolinska Institute Experience: With a profound interest in healthcare innovations, Joanna has solid experience from the medtech and biotech industry working with marketing, communications, and investor relations. She has held positions at listed companies such as BerGenBio AS and Brighter AB. She also co-founded the welfare technology start-up AbleOn Medical.

Shareholding: No shares


Magnus Mårtensson
Chief Product Officer & Deputy CEO

Employed: 2019 Education: MSc Electrical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Experience: With more than 15 years of experience in medical technology, Magnus started his career with four years at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, experiencing healthcare first hand. After Karolinska Magnus joined GE Healthcare, focusing on research and development in collaboration with academia as well as clinicians. During 10 years at GE Healthcare Magnus had leading commercial roles in the Nordic region as well as global roles.

Shareholding: 66,666 call options issued by Ponderus Invest AB.


Jessica Nylander
Order to Remittance Manager

Employed: 2022 Education: MSc Industrial Engineering and Business Management, KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Experience: With solid experience, Jessica has previously been active in Fast Movable Consumer Goods (FMCG). Throughout her career, Jessica has held several senior positions and she most recently came from the role of Senior Supply Chain Manager at Procter & Gamble Nordics.

Shareholding: No Shares.


Jörgen Petersen
Support Manager

Employed: 2021 Education: Natural Sciences high school Experience: With over 30 years of experience from the IT-industry, Jörgen has held leading and customer-oriented positions such as Technical Relationship Engineer and Head of Server & Database Management at companies such as Akamai Technologies and Axians. Prior to joining Ortivus, he held the role as Head of Service Delivery at the company Datacenter. Jörgen has solid experience of customer service and leadership.

Shareholding: 10,000 Class B shares
Ortivus combines expert knowledge in medical technology and clinical expertise with know-how in wireless communicataion and IT to deliver solutions to customers across the globe. We recruit and hire top talent who are inspired by delivering the most advanced medical care to patients in need. We promote innovation and a patient-centric mindset in our product development. We  stay in close cooperation with leading medical practitioners to enable our products to mirror more progressive patient-care methodology.
ENCOURAGEMENT Ortivus believes in open, direct, honest communication where everyone encourages everyone else. The individual is highlighted and individual contributions are noticed.
COMMITMENT The work of Ortivus helps to save lives and to increase quality of life. Taking pride in this creates commitment, and in turn creates a positive workplace.
PARTICIPATION Cooperation and communication play a decisive role in making the company efficient and successful. Great emphasis is placed on creating team spirit and a culture of “we”.
Explore a career at Ortivus and join our team Ortivus offers you an opportunity to challenge yourself and learn new skills.You will work with talented people on amazing products that literally save life. Have a look to our open positions, or drop us an email with your resume to let us know why you are interested in joining Ortivus.

Our job offers
Our products are ISO Certified and CE marked Ortivus ensures that our processes and solutions are continuously improved. We proactively work to meet all changes in regulations and directives. Our focus is always on customer expectations for healthcare outcome and efficiency. We prioritise continuous improvement in order to deliver at the right quality of service to our customer and partners. Ortivus currently has the following certifications:
  • ISO 20000 IT Service Management
  • ISO 27001 Information Security Management Systems
  • ISO 13485 Quality Management System for the Design and Manufacture of Medical Devices
  • The MobiMed Smart product is CE marked according to MDD (Directive 93/42/EEC Medical Device Directive).
Ortivus cares about the environment Our environmental policy is to use as few hazardous substances as possible in the manufacture of our products and shipment to our customers. Our packaging, accessories and repairs are examined from an environmental perspective to have as little impact as possible. Subcontractors manufacture some of our proprietary hardware according to our specifications, and none of our hardware components are produced in-house. Environmental management is essential in the selection criteria of or subcontractors. We chose consumables, components and production methods in cooperation with our subcontractors. All of our products comply with the RoHS Directive on the restriction of use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products.
Ortivus is ISO 13485 certified by Intertek


Anders Paulsson
Chairman - elected 2019

Education: Master of Science in Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.Experience: Over 20 years experience as CEO/Managing Director/Area Manager at companies such as DIAB International and ABB. Board positions: Board member of LK Armatur since 2014.

Shareholding: 195,000 B-shares & 50,000 call options issued by Ponderus Invest AB.Independent in relation to the company and the main shareholders.


Peter Edwall
Elected 2008

Education: BA, Gothenburg University School of Business, Economics & Law. Experience: Managing Director of Ponderus Invest AB. More than 25 years experience of professional asset management. Board positions: Board member of Hälsopoolen, Wallstreet AB, Oryx AB and Technology Nexus AB.

Shareholding: (Through companies and private including related) 20,624 A- shares, 10,560,748 B-shares. Independent in relation to the company but not in relation to the major shareholders.


Anna Klevby Dalgaard
Elected 2017

Education: Master of Science in Accounting and Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics. Experience: Anna has previous experience from Scandinavian Health Partner AB, Colonix Medical Ltd (now Origin Sciences Ltd), McKinsey & Co and Medtronic Inc. Anna is an entrepreneur and advisor within the health care sector. Board positions: Chairman of Hemcheck Sweden AB (publ) and Curus AB, board member of ADDI Medical AB, Word Diagnostics AB and NRATIV AB

Shareholding: 108,800 B- shares and 50,000 call options issued by Ponderus Invest AB. Independent in relation to the company but not in relation to the major shareholders.


Ulf Järnberg
Elected 2021

Education: Master of Science in Economics from Gothenburg Univerity. Experience Ulf has over 30 years experience from leading international marketing and sales positions within the medtech and pharmaceutical industry. He is currently the CEO of Neoventa, an internation medtech company offering advanced fetal monitoring solutions. Board positions:Board member of Neoventa Medical AB and Denator AB

Shareholding: No shares. Independent in relation to the company and the main shareholders.