RESON’s executive management

 

Kim Lehmann

President and CEO

Kim Lehmann joined RESON on 1 June 2009, bringing a 20-year track record of developing customer focus, expanding business markets and growing sales.

Before joining RESON, he was President & CEO of Spectronic Denmark, and before that, he was Director of Product Marketing & Communication at Brüel & Kjær Sound & Vibration Measurement A/S.

Kim holds an MBA from Copenhagen Business School, a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Danish Technical University, and is a major in the Royal Danish Air Force Reserves.

 

Elisabeth B. Jensen

Executive Secretary and Personal Assistant to the CEO

Elisabeth joined RESON March 2006. Before joining RESON she worked almost 20 years as Executive and Legal Secretary with HEMPEL A/S.

Besides from her tasks as Executive secretary and PA, Elisabeth also handles various tasks within Human Resource.

 

Rich Lear

Executive Vice President, Strategic Product Management

Rich joined Reson in 1991 after 9 years in the Royal Air Force. Employed initially as a field engineer, Rich eventually took over the UK office general management in 1995.

In 1996 Rich & his family moved to Santa Barbara, California where he became responsible for global applications & installations. In 2005 Rich took an interim position as head of R&D group before being appointed Product Lifecycle Manager for sonar systems in 2006.

In 2010 Rich took over the head of Strategic Product Management, a new group formed from product management and product marketing.

 

Ole Søe-Pedersen

Executive Vice President and CFO

Ole Søe-Pedersen joined RESON on 1 September 2011, bringing a 16 year track record of business transformation and getting financial information into a decision level.

Before joining RESON, he was CFO for Arvid Nilsson Group, and before that , he was Finance Director for the German activities of GN Resound and Interton, specialized in developing hearing instruments.

He holds a Msc in Business Administration – Financial Accounting, and has worked with general and financial management of large and mid-sized companies in Denmark and abroad, both as financial officer as well as management consultant.

 

Jesper Nissen

Executive Vice President, Global Operations

Jesper Nissen joined RESON on 1′st July 2010, bringing a 20-year track record of developing and producing high technology products.

Before joining RESON, he was COO at Kaleido Technology, and before that Vice President for Supply Chain and Research and Development at Phase One A/S.

Jesper holds an MBA from Copenhagen Business School, a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Danish Technical University.

 

Carsten Park Andreasen

Executive Vice President, Strategic and Special Programs

Carsten joined RESON 1’st of February 2010, bringing a 12-year track record from different management positions within Operations, Sales and Turnarounds.

He holds an e-MBA, CPIM and a Bachelor (HD) in logistics.

Before joining RESON, Carsten worked as Sales Director, Program Director and EVP of Operations for high tech companies.

John Hytting 

John Hytting

Executive Vice President, R&D

John joined RESON January 2011.
John comes with experience from a position as VP R&D from Glunz and Jensen.

John has more than 15 years of experience from leading R&D positions in technology driven companies.
Among those 10 years in medical device industry, where he was working as R&D manager at TriVirix, and Medtronic

Niels Jørgen Øhrgaard 

Niels Jørgen Øhrgaard

Executive Vice President, Global Sales

Niels Jørgen Øhrgaard joined Reson on March 1st 2011 bringing more than 20 years experience in developing and growing sales globally for a range of high tech companies.

Prior to joining RESON A/S he was VP Sales and marketing for Hasselblad A/S and before that Sales Director for ScanView A/S (acquire by Purup Eskofot A/S).

Niels is very experienced in strategic sales to multinational accounts as well as through a global network of partners.