Per Ottosson appointed new CEO of Artificial Solutions
The Board of Artificial Solutions has appointed Per Ottosson as new CEO. He succeeds Lawrence Flynn who, over the past ten years as CEO of Artificial Solutions, has transformed the company from a technology focused service company to a leading platform vendor with world leading technology. With Per Ottosson as new CEO, the company is ready to leverage its growth strategy of its highly competitive conversational AI solutions.
Ottosson has thirty years of senior management experience, including a decade within conversational AI-solutions, most recently at IPsoft as Chief Revenue Officer. Ottosson will take office on 2 November 2020.
“We are delighted to welcome Per Ottosson as Artificial Solutions’ new CEO. The unique combination of Per’s experience and Artificial Solutions’ global market position creates a promise of an exciting new chapter of the company’s future as we accelerate our growth”, said Åsa Hedin, Chairman of the Board of Artificial Solutions.
“Ottosson has successfully driven innovation, commercialization and international enterprise sales within conversational AI and hyper-automation. His extensive background within AI and software sales will be a strategic asset for Artificial Solutions as we strengthen channel partnerships, develop strategic alliances and expand the international sales presence to accelerate our global growth and capture a market projected to exceed USD 70 billion* by 2027”, said Åsa Hedin.
“I’m thrilled by the opportunity to take on the role as CEO of Artificial Solutions. I have known Artificial Solutions for a long time as a respected competitor, and I’m impressed by the company’s technology, its highly scalable offering and the level of innovation. I see great opportunities to leverage the company’s platform into commercial success”, commented Per Ottosson.
Åsa Hedin added, “We would like to extend our gratitude to Lawrence Flynn and his steadfast leadership and commitment to Artificial Solutions over the past decade, bringing the company to where it is today”. Lawrence Flynn will remain in the company for a transitional period.
Per Ottosson will be based at the company’s headquarter in Stockholm together with the newly appointed CFO, Fredrik Törgren.
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(*source: Fortune Business Insights)
For further information:
Åsa Hedin, Chairman of the Board
Tel: +46 73 366 65 53
E-mail: asa.hedin@ashpartners.com
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Artificial Solutions International (SSME:ASAI) is listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market in Stockholm with short name ASAI. Erik Penser Bank is the Company’s Certified Adviser (www.penser.se, tfn +46 (0) 8-463 83 00, e mail certifiedadviser@penser.se).
About Artificial Solutions
Artificial Solutions® (SSME:ASAI) is the leading specialist in enterprise-strength conversational AI, a form of Artificial Intelligence that allows people to communicate with applications, websites and devices in everyday, humanlike natural language via voice, text, touch or gesture input.
Designed for the global enterprise, Artificial Solutions' advanced conversational AI platform, Teneo®, allows business users and developers to collaborate on creating sophisticated, highly intelligent applications that run across over 35 languages, multiple platforms and channels in record time. The ability to analyze and make use of the enormous quantities of conversational data is fully integrated within Teneo, delivering unprecedented levels of insight that reveal what customers are truly thinking.Artificial Solutions' conversational AI technology makes it easy to implement a wide range of natural language applications such as virtual assistants, chatbots, speech-based conversational UIs for smart devices and more. It is already used daily by millions of people across hundreds of private and public sector deployments worldwide.
For more information, please visit www.artificial-solutions.com.
