Johan Berg New CEO for op5
[Stockholm, Sweden, June 4, 2007.] Mr. Johan Berg, until recently CEO for the listed gaming company Boss Media, has been appointed new CEO for the Swedish software company op5. op5 supplies open source based software for control and monitoring of IT infrastructure. Open source software that has been developed further and sold as complete systems is a niche that is growing rapidly globally.
Johan Berg takes up his duties as CEO for op5 in August. As CEO he will get the overall responsability for all op5’s operations. op5 has 200 customers and 20 employees at its offices in Stockholm and Gothenburg. op5’s products assist organizations to better control and measure their IT systems, and increase the systems’ quality and operational safety.
”We deliver the same value as our biggest competitors but for a tenth of the cost. The 200 companies and organizations that have already chosen op5 have realised that solutions that are dependent on suppliers tend to become very expensive over time. Our objective is to be leading in Sweden within one year, and also to establish a presence in our neighbouring countries in Scandinavia and northern Europe”, said Johan Berg.
"Solutions based on open source can be delivered with a superior quality and at a very low cost thanks to the unique development model." Johan Berg has more than 20 years of experience from the international software industry. Between 1992 and 2005 he held leading positions at Intentia, e.g. as CEO for Intentia Benelux and as CEO for Intentia Reserach & Devlopment. 2004 - 2005 he was Vice President of Intentia. Johan Berg most recent assignment was as CEO for the gaming company Boss Media, a position he took up in 2005 and left in May this year. Boss Media is listed on the Stockholm Stoch Exchange with a market capitalisation of approx. 1bn SEK (145 mUSD; 107 mEUR).
Photographs for publication of Johan Berg can be found at www.op5.se/pressarkiv About op5: op5 is a Sweden-based company that supplies software for control of IT systems. The main products are op5 Monitor, op5 Statistics and op5 LogServer. The products are based on open source that op5 adds to and develops further, sells as complete systems, and supports. Target groups are companies and other organizations, including governments, parastatals and municipalities, with larger data networks and needs for operations monitoring. op5 has approximately 200 clients, e.g. Aftonbladet, Volvo, Intrum Justitia, Bonnier, Max Matthiessen, SMHI, Claes Ohlsson, Tullverket and other parastatals, and several county councils, municipalities and municipal companies.
op5 was founded in 2003. The company has 20 employees at its offices in Stockholm and Gothenburg. op5 is owned by the founders and the employees, and investors KTH Seed Capital and Pod Venture Partners. Johan Berg is op5’s CEO (from August). For additional information contact: Johan Berg CEO, op5 AB (from August) Phone: +46 8 23 02 28 Mobile: +46 707 25 09 00 Email: johan.berg@op5.se See www.op5.com.