Extraordinary Insight

"Passionate about helping businesses globally better serve their customers."

John M. Lervik is the CEO of cXense and is in charge of the strategic direction of the company. His vision is to redefine how companies serve their customers, by providing an online services platform which empowers businesses globally to better understand, target, and interact with their users.

Before Cxense, John was a co-founder of Fast Search & Transfer (FAST). He served as CTO from 1997 to 2001, and then as CEO until Microsoft acquired the company in 2008. Following the acquisition, he served as CEO and  corporate vice president of enterprise search in Microsoft until 2009.

In 2005, John was one of technology innovators named as part of the prestigious Forbes E-Gang. He holds a PhD from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), where he was awarded the Esso prize for the best overall PhD in 1996/97.

"Enabling publishers to get maximum usage out of their content and optimize their main asset drives me!"

Rohde's move to Cxense followed a 20-year career in finance, marketing, and business development.

He was most recently a Director and Vice President of Strategy and Business in the Norwegian media company Schibsted. and before this as the CEO of a Schibsted local search and directory subsidiary department. Before this, he served as Executive Vice President for marketing at NetCom GSM, and also served as an Executive Vice President for marketing and business development at the directory publishing firm Findexa (Eniro).

Mikal holds a bachelor's degree in Marketing and Management from the Norwegian School of Management (BI).

"I'm committed to helping our customers gain actionable extraordinary insight into their users' preferences."

Pål Petersen serves as our Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and is responsible for the integrated commercial success of Cxense, with emphasis on scaling its global marketing activities to drive business growth and market share.

Pål brings with him 16 years of experience in the insurance and finance industry. He most recently held the position as Group Head of Strategy and CSR in Storebrand ASA, a leading Scandinavian insurance and financial service company. Before this Pål held various executive management positions in sales and support, business development, M&A, consulting and project management.

Pål holds a Master of Law from the University of Oslo.

"I love seeing smart algorithms operate at scale. It's the closest thing to magic there is."

As Chief Technology Officer, Aleksander Øhrn is in charge of the overall technological strategy for Cxense. His particular focus is on ensuring that the Extraordinary Insight Engine both enables unique user experiences and serves as a foundation for the ecosystems of our customers and partners.

Before joining Cxense, Aleksander worked for Microsoft's Bing web search engine, particularly in the area of analytics, and was Chief Scientist for FAST, where he worked on search technology and computational linguistics.

Aleksander has a Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and holds a position as Adjunct Professor at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway.

"Creating beautiful and usable products that drive critical business value."

Jan Helge Sageflaat has a dual role at Cxense and serves as VP of both Product Management and Product Marketing across the Cxense software portfolio.

Jan Helge is responsible for the strategic development of Cxense’s products and works closely with both the engineering and commercially-oriented teams at Cxense.

Prior to joining Cxense, Jan Helge was a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, Director of Product Management at FAST, and a Management Consultant at Ernst & Young.

Jan Helge holds a MSc degree from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

“Ultimately - our success - is your success with increasing advertising revenues, page views, readership and conversion - let’s change the world-wide-web experience together.”

As the CFO, Jørgen is responsible for accounting, financial projections, performance measurement and improvements, as well as investor communication. Prior to Cxense, Jørgen was a partner at the management consulting and investment firm, Cardo Partners, where he lead a number of profit improvement programs, as well as strategy advisory and commercial due-diligence projects. He has also worked as a Corporate Finance associate in the Danske Bank Group where he worked with financial modeling, valuation , M&A and public listings.

Jørgen holds a M.Sc. in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

"Personally driven by our customers' success."

As Executive Vice President, Business Development, John T. Sviland leads the global sales organization. He is responsible for growing the company's global customer base and driving adoption and retention to create life-time customers.

Before Cxense, John was Senior Vice President at FAST, driving the media, entertainment, retail and communications sector, and subsequently Director Communication Sector at Microsoft. He has two decades of experience in technology sales and business development working in the media, search, VOIP/telecom, networking and broadcasting fields.

John holds a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah.

"I am focused on delivering customer value through excellent engineering and the world's best SaaS platform."

Mark Pritchard is our Senior Vice President, Engineering, and oversees the development of the overall software platform. His particular focus is on ensuring that the Cxense software platform is a leading-edge product in content monetization and the leveraging of networks.

Pritchard has an 18-year history across some of the world's leading internet directory and search companies, including Sensis. He also has extensive experience in the areas of telecommunications, mapping, e-commerce and online advertising. Most recently, he served as a Principal Development Manager at Microsoft.