Laila Danielsen is a serial entrepreneur and an experienced tech executive with expertise in enterprise software and technology at both Fortune 500 companies and Silicon Valley start-ups. Due to her exceptional leadership skills and strong customer-orientation, Ms. Danielsen has a long history of success in bringing technology to market and building focused teams, including FastScale Technology Inc. (acquired by EMC/VMware), Scali (acquired by Platform Computing), and HotLink Corporation. She has also held management roles at IBM, Penguin Computing and other companies. Danielsen shares her expertise as an advisor to ascending companies. She is a speaker at top MBA programs and an advisor for Innovation Norway. She was awarded an MS at the Norwegian School of Economics and a BA at University of San Francisco.

Guenael Strutt is an experienced tech leader, having spent over 16 years in product development, system integration and user experience design for both Fortune 500 companies and tech start-ups. With over 40 wireless communication and handheld device interaction patents, his robust vision for technology products has resulted in the delivery of compelling mobile solutions. Before joining Elliptic Labs, Strutt served as Software Development Manager at Lab126/Amazon, leading a team in designing and prototyping new user experiences for portable devices. Strutt graduated with a diplôme d’ingénieur from the University of Technology of Compiègne, France, an MS from Florida Atlantic University, and an MBA from Rollins College.

Espen Klovning brings more than 16 years of engineering proficiency to his position of VP of Engineering at Elliptic Labs. His management experience includes executive positions in technology companies and repeatedly building successful and highly performing engineering teams. Previously, he was director of engineering at Cisco Systems, worked for Tandberg and was VP, R&D at Birdstep Technology. In 1998, he founded Advanced Communications Technology, drawing on his extensive engineering knowledge. Earlier in his career he was a research scientist for Telenor. He is author of several Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) RFCs and has written over ten scientific papers on communications protocols. Klovning holds several patents in wireless communication and mobility.

Brian Daly oversees sales, partnership development, and business strategy at Elliptic Labs. He has over 25 years of VP experience in the wireless communications industry, having served in companies such as Skyworks Solutions, Synaptics,  Atmel (acquired by Microchip), and Goodix.  Brian has a BSEE from University of California, San Diego and a MSEE from California State University, Northridge.

Britt Narmo has been HR Manager at Elliptic Laboratories AS since 2013. Narmo leads all aspects of Elliptic Labs’ people strategies and functions while shaping its culture and employee experience. She also leads the hiring, development, and engagement of the best and brightest people. Under her tenure, Elliptic Labs has grown from 10 employees to more than 50 globally.

Before joining Elliptic Labs, she served as Project Coordinator for one of Norway’s largest studies to date — the “High-Speed Rail Report 2010” — and as adviser and managerial support for the Norwegian National Rail Administration. Her past experiences also include consultancy work at Squarehead Technology AS, and eighteen years as HR Manager at Vmetro ASA and Curtiss Wright (market defense and aviation industries, respectively).