Get to know the team at Evira
The team at Evira consists of people with different backgrounds and experience who work together towards a clear goal,
that every child or young person living with obesity should receive help and support.
Below you can get to know us a little better.
Andreas Drangel
Title
Co-founder, CEO
Professional background
Product-focused engineer with M.Sc. in Computer Science.
Experience in product design, machine learning, business strategy, software engineering and software architecture. Previous start-up experience and engineering roles at Dewire, Education First and Sellpy.
Role in the Company
Ensure that patients, employees, clinics, healthcare providers and everyone affected by Evira have the best possible experience.
A few words from Andreas
At Evira, we have the opportunity to create tools that really work and help people in everyday life. It is motivating to understand the needs of our patients and users and thereby improve our tools. In this way, we can continue to be pioneers in our field and help people all over the world.
If you were to create a new day to celebrate, what would it celebrate?
The best I know are spontaneous adventures that arise in the moment. Why not celebrate today?
Love Marcus
Title
Co-founder
Professional background
Master of Science in Technical Physics with M.Sc. in machine learning
B.Sc. Business and Economics from Stockholm School of Economics
Management consultant at McKinsey & Co and Global Markets at Spotify
Role in the Company
Business development, company strategy and governance and product vision
A few words from Love
It is exciting to be part of Evira's development together with fantastic colleagues and it feels meaningful to develop solutions that really help people. I find great joy and motivation in seeing the positive effects that Evira creates for our users.
If you were to create a new day to celebrate, what would it celebrate?
If I were to create a new day to celebrate, I would choose to celebrate Creativity Day. This day would be dedicated to encouraging and celebrating creativity in all its forms – art, music, writing, craft, innovation and problem solving.
Claude Marcus
Title
Co-founder, CSO
Professional background
Professor at Karolinska Institutet.
Pediatrician and pediatric endocrinologist
As a pediatric endocrinologist, I have worked with various types of disorders in children's hormonal systems, but for the past 25 years I have worked mostly with childhood obesity. It is a complex disease and I have worked with everything from prevention to treatment of young people with very difficult problems and sequelae.
Role in the Company
Chairman of the board in Evira AB and works practically with partly developing our product and introducing it to new markets.
A few words from Claude
That after so many years of working without tools to try to help children with obesity now get to be involved in developing treatments that really work is enormously fun.
If you were to create a new day to celebrate, what would it celebrate?
Of course we will have an Evira day when we meet and listen to how users, both patients and healthcare, describe how they use Evira to improve their health.
Karen Ingelbo
Title
Medical expert
Professional background
Child and Adolescent Specialist, MD
I am an experienced pediatrician with a broad background from different countries and healthcare systems in both primary, secondary and tertiary care, combined with a solid postgraduate education
Role in the Company
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Responsible for medical training and the role of doctors in the use of Evira
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Transition between different countries and healthcare systems
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Link between clinic and medical science within Evira
A few words from Karen
Demands on healthcare systems are increasing, our population continues to grow while resources are becoming scarce. We must develop, find new opportunities and solutions to meet future demands in health care. Childhood obesity has become the new global threat and must therefore be prioritized. We need to think outside the box, connect our knowledge and skills to form symbiotic relationships and solutions that we could not imagine before to solve the problems of the future.
If you were to create a new day to celebrate, what would it celebrate?
I think we should pay much more attention to November 11 than we do today. We celebrate cinnamon bun day, semlan day, but how come we don't celebrate chocolate day on November 11?
Title
Head of Research
Professional background
Public health scientist, PhD
Worked with childhood obesity in various research projects for +10 years and with the Swedish Childhood Obesity Treatment Register (BORIS).
Her doctoral thesis focused on childhood obesity, with an emphasis on psychosocial consequences during childhood and early mortality in young adulthood.
Role in the Company
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Responsible for Evira's research project
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Clinic recruitment in Sweden
A few words from Louise
Through our research projects, we anchor Evira in a scientific basis, which ensures the treatment method and reliable data. The research also helps Evira to develop and grow, but above all to spread knowledge to a wider audience, which feels incredibly important, not least so that this patient group will receive the care they need.
If you were to create a new day to celebrate, what would it celebrate?
How lovely isn't it to laugh!!? It boosts your mood, strengthens your immune system, and reduces stress, to name just a few positive effects. That's why I think we should celebrate Laughter Day on the first Sunday in May
Louise Lindberg
Josefin Söderberg
Title
Clinic success manager
Professional background
Reg. dietitian
Worked several years in primary care rehabilitation services. Specifically with paediatric obesity, both individual and group treatment
Role in the Company
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Trains and supports staff at new and existing clinics that use Evira
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Clinical support for the clinics
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Also works with clinic recruitment, further development and marketing
A few words from Josefin
The group of patients treated for childhood obesity is the group closest to my heart. It has been fantastic to work with children and families to treat this disease together. Now having the opportunity to meet caregivers who use Evira makes the work even more inspiring and fun. Together we can make a difference!
If you were to create a new day to celebrate, what would it celebrate?
September 13: Artichoke Day! This delicious vegetable is aesthetically very beautiful and appealing. During Artichoke Day, artichokes are sold on every street corner. Before the day, people decorate their home by filling their flower vases with artichokes. Just in time for September 13, the vegetable's gloriously brilliant purple flower will emerge. The day ends with my personal favorite: Boiled artichoke with butter, lemon and sea salt.
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Maja Selin
Title
Clinic success manager
Professional background
Leg. Physiotherapist
Several years of experience in clinical work with childhood obesity in various healthcare institutions. For three years, I have worked with Evira clinically as part of the treatment for childhood obesity at Martina Sophiahemmet Children's Hospital.
Role in the Company
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Trains and supports staff at new and existing clinics that use Evira
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Clinical support for the clinics
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Also works with clinic recruitment, further development and marketing
A few words from Maja
It is valuable for me to be able to visit healthcare providers around Sweden and exchange experiences. It feels important and significant to be able to spread the message about the need for child obesity treatment to be given enough attention in healthcare. This due to the fact that it is a growing global challenge.
If you were to create a new day to celebrate, what would it celebrate?
I think June 1 should be a red day where we celebrate music. I think there will be street musicians and spontaneous dancing, everywhere. Free concerts with one or more secret artists are also arranged at certain designated locations around Sweden.
Malin Ramkloo
Title
Clinic success manager
Professional background
Reg. dietician
Long experience in the treatment of childhood obesity within different levels of care in Stockholm (among other things at the Rikscentrum Barnobesitas)
Worked clinically with Evira for over 4 years at Center for Weight Health, Children's Hospital Martina.
Role in the Company
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Trains and supports staff at new and existing clinics that use Evira
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Clinical support for the clinics
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Also works with clinic recruitment, further development and marketing
A few words from Malin
During my time as a dietitian, I have had the privilege of working with the treatment of childhood obesity and this patient group is close to my heart. Being able to support the staff who use Evira feels very fun. By giving them the right tools and support, we give more children and young people access to effective treatment, and that feels rewarding.
If you were to create a new day to celebrate, what would it celebrate?
As a big fan of the stories about Harry Potter, I of course wish that we would all celebrate a little extra on May 2 when Harry Potter Day falls. On that day, you can take the opportunity to eat chocolate frogs & drink Butterbeer. Those who are a little more daring also try Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. Do you dare to taste?!
Timmy Nielsen
Title
Product owner
Professional background
Master of Science in computer technology
Worked for a number of years as a full-stack developer with a focus on web design
Role in the Company
Responsible for development and maintenance of the website and app
A few words from Timmy
Being able to use my technical knowledge to help people in healthcare is incredibly rewarding. The feedback we receive about how we facilitate our users' everyday life fills me with energy and motivation to continue working with what I do.
If you were to create a new day to celebrate, what would it celebrate?
I think June 23rd should be a red day where we all celebrate Alan Turing's birth. As the creator of the modern computer, it is probably thanks to him that we have such fantastic technological aids today, including Evira. And also cool series such as Blue Eye Samurai.
Yue Jiao
Title
Software Developer
Professional background
Master's degree in technical physics
Role in the Company
Responsible for troubleshooting and functional development of the website and app
A few words from Yue
We constantly strive to improve our software and platform so that our users' work will be easier. The close relationship between the code and the users is very exciting for me
If you were to create a new day to celebrate, what would it celebrate?
I think the 8th of August should be celebrated. It's International Cat Day, and cats are the cutest animals that have existed since the Ordovician era.
Jens Arvidsson
Title
Lead Engineer
Professional background
Master of Science in computer technology
Developer and manager at Kry, CTO Leia Health
Role in the Company
Technical lead and developer
A few words from Jens
Evira has enormous potential to solve one of today's really big health problems, and to be able to develop a tool with scientific evidence that actually practically solves it is incredible!
If you were to create a new day to celebrate, what would it celebrate?
It would come packed with activity - we already have too many holidays that you don't really know how to celebrate. How about board game day?
