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Mathias Johansson joins ForestX: ”I enjoy the spirit of the company”

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Gothenburg/Falun

 

The ForestX office in Dalarna is growing. Solutions architect Mathias Johansson recently joined. 

 

In spring 2021, ForestX established in Dalarna when Stefan Jönis joined the company. He immediately asked for colleagues, and now they are coming.

 

After a long career as a developer and architect at leading major international companies such as Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard and TietoEvry, Mathias Johansson is now joining ForestX. 

 

– A small company attracted me. At ForestX I get to be involved in a completely different way. I can talk directly to the CEO and owner. I enjoy the spirit of the company and to be able to contribute and build something new, says Mathias Johansson.

 

– I’ve been working for a long time with system development and I’ve built large systems that have been used by hundreds of thousands of users. These have been in many different types of industries. But the cornerstones are the same in all major industries, such as stocks and orders to be handled. In recent years, I have worked more towards forestry and realized that forest processes are extremely complex.

 

Mathias Johansson goes directly into the work at ForestX with OptiNex and the development work around pin files.

 

However, the forest does not just mean work behind the computer screen for Mathias Johansson.


– I thrive in the woods, I like to go mountain biking and run. I usually end the year with the Cykelvasan (a bike race along the same stretch as the traditional ski race Vasaloppet). Physically, I have always worked in the forest during my upbringing, we own some forest and I have sawed and taken care of firewood, he says in the distinct dialect of Dalarna.

 

From your professional perspective; what should you keep an eye on in the forest industry during 2021/2022?

 

– I’d say everything about AI and how to use cloud services. Work can be so much more efficient and it is possible to make cost savings.

 

– It’s also exciting how to scan forests with drones and satellite tools and to then take advantage of the information with AI and machine learning. Forestry is an exciting industry that is not as digitalized as it could be. But we are far ahead in the Nordics, says Mathias Johansson.

 

Name: Mathias Johansson

 

Title: Solutions architect

 

Favourite tree:The mammoth trees in Yosemite National Park.

 

Best nature experience: ”When I worked in the US, I made several trips there. At one point, I did a month-long drive in California and was in Yosemite National Park, among other places. It is by far the most fun nature experience I have had. There have been trees that could drive through. Everything is so terribly big, the trees are so big, it’s amazing. Death Valley, the California desert, was also an experience. It was around 50 degrees Celsius when you got out of the car.”

 

Most used app:  Strava, a training app. A social platform where you can compare your times and achievements with others who have exercised on the same stretch.

 

Three bookmarks in my browser:

Feber.se – Tech news on everything from games to cars.

Nordichardware.se – Tech news

Expressen.se – Swedish news site

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Sven Lundmark: “The customer has to keep a strong position”

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Stockholm/Gothenburg

 

Sven Lundmark joined ForestX with 40 years of experience from the Swedish and international IT industry. He is now part of the company’s new venture ForestXChange.

 

The combination of long IT experience and through several assignments for the large Swedish forest companies makes the career step to ForestX natural. To be able to work towards a specific industry and get to go deep into it attracted Sven Lundmark.

 

– The forest is important for Sweden. It is one of the country’s most important business sectors and an industry for the future. At ForestX, I get the opportunity to work on a small scale and work closely with those who make the decisions. And I knew Christer from before!

Creating Stockholm office

 

Sven Lundmark is based in Stockholm and will be responsible for ForestX’s new office there. There are already 6 people connected to Stockholm.

 

– The large forest companies have much of their operations in the north and several have their headquarters in Stockholm. We want to be closer to them.

 

With ForestX headquarters in Gothenburg, however, Sven expects to regularly turn west to work close to his colleagues there.

 

ForestXChange for change management

 

Sven Lundmark works with ForestX’s venture in strategy and change management; ForestXChange. The basis for ForestXChange is the need many – maybe all – companies have when it comes to implementing large IT projects and the enormous journey of change at various levels it entails. Add to that the forest industry’s specific requirements for real industry knowledge that ForestX possesses.

 

Sven Lundmark emphasizes in particular the customer’s task and position through extensive change work.

– The customer must be able to match up in terms of knowledge, and be strong in their role. We and my team make this journey of change all the time and can provide a lot of support.

 

Tips for successful IT projects

 

The challenges through an IT project can be many. Here are some of Sven Lundmark’s points of reference for a successful IT project and change work.

  1. Do not rush into the project. Spend time on the preparatory work!
  2. See the suppliers as an asset, have a dialogue with potential suppliers.
  3. The important key person in the projects are often also important in the daily work. Make sure they are available for change work.
  4. The vast majority of the project’s utility values ​​are in the continued management. Plan for it!
  5. We have developed a best practice, and this is what we at ForestXChange apply in our customer projects.

Digitized forest industry in the future

 

With the pandemic, 2020 was a dizzying and shaky year for many industries. What does Sven Lundmark then predict for the forest industry 2021 and onwards from his standpoint?

– The forest industry has good profitability and has the ability to invest in technology. We are good in Sweden in forest management and we have a net production in the country. The combination of access to good raw materials, economics, investments and research makes the forest industry a long-term winner.

– Digitization will mean a lot. We can automate and have digital support for the work. It is also interesting to develop how to use AI and machine learning in existing processes. It is an exciting technology to use the data you have and find smart and better connections.

 

Areas where ForestXChange can support its customers

 

  1. Manage and motivate large and extensive investments.
  2. Create basic conditions for the customer to successfully complete their project.
  3. Ensure the customer’s impact goals and vision for the investment in a new IT solution.
  4. Reduce the risk of exeeded budget and staggered schedules.
  5. Ensure a functioning efficient management and further development of the solution.

ForestXChange offers qualified individuals and teams who work according to well-proven working methods. It can be for a shorter or longer period of time and is available before the project until launching and further management.

 

About Sven Lundmark

 

Work: Project manager / change manager at ForestX and ForestXChange.

 

Favorite tree: Apple trees! We have seven or eight apple trees at home in Nacka, Sweden. It is a fantastic tree that responds to care and love. I do some carpentry and use the wood for work such as knife handles, bathing stools and cutting boards. The wood is hard with great contrasts between light and red areas.

 

Best nature experience: Hike in the Dolomites! We have an apartment there, 1000 meters above sea level. There is something called Via Ferrata. It is a system with fixed joints. Hiking for eight hours and then climb some peaks is an experience!

 

Most used app: Omni, a news application. I read about economics, news development, environmental issues… I am a generally curious person.

 

Three bookmarks in the browser:

Telldus – Controls heat and humidity in homes in Stockholm, Dalarna, Sweden, and Italy.

Linkedin – Keep in touch with all my past and present colleagues.

Instagram – I like to share my life for family, relatives and childhood friends.

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Anna Adrup to ForestX: “You have to be proactive about VIOL 3”

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Karlskoga/ Gothenburg

 

In Anna Adrup, ForestX has connected with a person with solid forest experience in combination with IT knowledge. Anna Adrup chose the forest already in high school.

 

Timber buyer, logistics and business developer can be found on her forestry CV. The foundation was already laid at the high school of natural sciences and further during the education as a forest engineer. Many years at Sveaskog, and then a detour to both consulting companies and government agencies to now return to the forest. With experience from different industries, she sees both similarities and differences with the forest industry.

 

– I missed the forest and working with business-related issues. I like working with change management in production and logistics. These are the main areas which I have experience from. We work in the classic borderland between business and IT, but I lean more towards business. So it’s great fun to be back and to be on ForestX.

The first assignment for Anna Adrup is to work with the VIOL 3 project at Sveaskog as a business developer. This involves, among other things, formulating the business’s needs to Biometria, whom is developing VIOL 3.

 

From your professional perspective; what should you keep an eye on in the forest industry in 2021?

 

– You have to be proactive in the development issues around Biometria and VIOL 3. You have to step forward and be involved and monitor and influence. The question spans so many parts and it is important to network. There are several companies that sit in the same boat, it is important to take the plunge toghether in the issues where we have equal needs and use the networks you have.

 

Facts

 

Name: Anna Adrup

 

Title: Business consultant / project manager / business developer

 

Favorite tree: Sparbankseken which stands after Skultunavägen outside Västerås. It is said that it inspired the logo for the swedish bank Sparbanken. That’s what the story says anyway, and I’m from Västerås. It is an amazingly beautiful tree!

 

Nature experience: My father is from Skåne and a childhood memory is how we children sat in the cherry trees on Österlen and ate whild cherrys.

 

Most used app: Etsy, a trading place for unique and handmade products and accessories for crafts. I like everything that is beautiful and tastes good! I like to create and I find a lot there.

 

Three bookmarks in the browser: Biometria, Sveaskog and Hemnet.

 

More on VIOL 3.

 

ForestX has more collaborations with Sveaskog.

Read about the two AI projects led by ForestX.

 

The transition to VIOL 3 plays a crucial role when Trimble Forestry invests in the Nordic market.

Read the interview with the company’s CEO Kevin Toohill here.

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Stefan Jönis joins ForestX

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Leksand / Gothenburg

 

ForestX can add Leksand to the office map.

 

In Stefan Jönis, the company gets its northernmost located solution architect.

 

Right now, in these pandemic times, the office is confusingly similar to the family home, and no colleagues are visible either.

 

– We have to make sure I’ll get some collegues, says Stefan Jönis. I’ll miss having an office with others in the long run …”

Throughout his career, Stefan Jönis has worked for the forest industry. Among other things, he has worked as a system developer, architect, project manager and manager throughout the chain in the paper industry. For a couple of years he was a part of Imano and later Tieto.

Industry with a good future

 

Now he has become one of the over 35 coworkers at ForestX. He will continue to work as a solution architect for the forest industry.

 

– It’s fun to join ForestX. I recognize many in the staff and know that they are good at what they do, I know what I’m getting into. It is also an industry with a good future.

 

From your professional perspective; what should you keep an eye on in the forest industry in 2021?

 

– AI optimization! We work on a project with Sveaskog on AI. I believe they are the first to do it, and it will strike when everyone can see how valuable it is. (Read more about the AI projects at Sveaskog here)

 

–  It is also exciting with harvester data and everything you can do with it. One thing is to do yield calculations, it means that you collect all the data from the harvester and break it down into smaller areas. When you then have to harvest an object, you want to be able to predict how much of different logs and assortments will fall out in the felling and this is done by comparing with all other similar surfaces, based on previous felling. It is constantly being filled with data, it will be a statistical AI.

 

– Harvester data is a fairly unexplored area. You just have to collect data and have a little imagination, then there are as many applications as you like! says Stefan Jönis.

 

More on

Name: Stefan Jönis

 

Title:Solution architect

 

Favorite tree: Alder

 

Best nature experience:The high coast of Sweden

 

Most used app: Runkeeper

 

Three favorite bookmarks in my browser: Leksands IF, ForestX, DT.se

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We’re expanding to Stockholm, and welcoming new talent

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ForestX’s success continues. Shortly after opening our first overseas office in India, we’re now happy to announce further expansion and welcome our Stockholm team. The new team.

Sven Lundmark
Project Manager
STOCKHOLM

 

“Expanding to Stockholm was a natural choice for us. It was important to create a presence in such an important part of Sweden, with increased proximity to customers’ head offices, partners, and the opportunity to attract new expertise and talent.

We predict that the forest industry will continue to develop – and with that comes a great need for digitization. This is thus just one step in ForestX’s further expansion. ”

Carl Barck
CEO

Join our Stockholm team

 

We are currently welcoming applications from all candidates with solid forestry or IT skills, who likes to work with change, both to Stockholm and the head office in Gothenburg. Become part of the most innovative company that works to digitize the forest industry.

 

Send your application to: carl.barck@forestx.se

Four benefits from our new Stockholm expansion:

 

  • Increased proximity to forest actors in Central and North Sweden

  • Closer to our customers HQs

  • Closer to new IT partners

  • The possibility to recruit new talent from the Metropolitan Stockholm and Central Sweden

Find us here:

 

Gothenburg, Sweden (HQ): carl.barck@forestx.se

Stockholm, Sweden: sven.lundmark@forestx.se

Pune, India: nikhil.vaidya@forestx.se

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Digitalization for the forestry industry blossoms, despite pandemic. ForestX expands with new office in India.

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ForestX opens up for even more Swedish and Nordic forestry clients by setting up new office and hiring seven skilled developers in India.

 

Our new team, with long experience from both system development and Swedish forest industry, will be based in Pune, India.

This is ForestX’s first office outside Sweden, but the experience from working in international teams is already established through our partners in Bulgaria and Poland.

 

WHAT’S NEW?

 

“We’re strengthening our delivery model, working with “blended teams” even more by adding our new team in Pune, India. Our clients will continue to work closely with us and communication will be just as usual (meaning in Swedish for most of our clients). The difference is the added competence and a new unique mix in our delivery capacity. This will enable us to broaden our offerings and create more cost efficient deliveries for our clients.”

Christer Lindqvist
Marketing & Sales, ForestX

 

SUCCESS DESPITE PANDEMIC

“In times of Covid-19 and social distancing, digitalization is on the agenda more than ever before. Being able to strengthen our offer and competence, despite the prevailing pandemic, is a positive and important step for us. This investment is a win both for ForestX and our customers in the forest industry.”

Carl Barck
CEO, ForestX

 

WHY ForestX?

 

Nikhil Vaidya reports from India…

“We are proud to be part of the new journey that ForestX has chosen to take in India. Our employees look forward to working and collaborating on joint projects with our new colleagues in Sweden, and strengthening our customers’ operations through innovative and new digital solutions.”

Indien

Nikhil Vaidya
CEO ForestX India Private Ltd.

 

 

Get to know our new team, their skills and background here: Our team in India

 

 

This is ForestX: Digitization partner focusing on the forest industry. With an understanding of both people and working methods, we create digital and innovative services that improve operations.

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