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Executive Management

Daniel Alexus

President and Chief Executive Officer

Prior to joining Neonode in 2025, Mr. Alexus served as Executive, Global Head of Innovation and Founder of Ericsson ONE since 2018, an innovation accelerator within Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (“Ericsson”). Daniel Alexus also brings experience from several other senior roles at Ericsson, where he started in 2010.

Mr. Alexus has a Master of Science in Engineering & Management from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

Daniel Alexus

Daniel Alexus

President and Chief Executive Officer

Fredrik Nihlén

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Nihlén joined Neonode in August 2021 from IFS Sverige AB (“IFS”) where he held the position of Finance Director IFS Nordics since 2019. Prior to joining IFS, Mr. Nihlén held the position of Group Chief Financial Officer at Cinnober Financial Technology AB from 2018 to 2019. Before this Mr. Nihlén was with DIBS Payment Services, where he held the position of Head of Finance from 2016 to 2018 and Business Controller from 2013 to 2016.

Mr. Nihlén has a M.Sc. in Business Studies and Economics from Växjö University, Sweden.

Fredrik Nihlén

Fredrik Nihlén

Chief Financial Officer

Johanna Jansson

Vice President Marketing & Sales Automotive

Ms. Jansson joined Neonode in 2022, bringing vast experience in key account management, business development and strategic sales from numerous organizations. Before joining Neonode, Ms. Jansson served as Key Account Manager at Stoneridge after a successful stint as Business Area Manager at Calix.

Ms. Jansson has a M.Sc. degree in Business and Economics from the Luleå University of Technology in Luleå, Sweden.

Johanna Jansson

Johanna Jansson

Vice President Marketing & Sales Automotive

Johan Swartz

Vice President Marketing & Sales IT & Industrial

Prior to joining Neonode in 2020, Mr. Swartz served as Director and Head of Sales for Japan and South Asia at Fingerprint Cards AB between 2017 and 2020. Before this Johan held several sales management positions at Ericsson AB, most recently as Head of Sales and Business Management, North East Asia for Business Unit Support Solutions between 2011 and 2016.

Mr. Swartz has double B.Sc. degrees in Business Administration and East Asian Studies from the University of Stockholm, Sweden.

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Johan Swartz

Vice President Marketing & Sales IT & Industrial

Helena Börjesson

Vice President People & Culture

Mrs. Börjesson joined Neonode in August 2022, she has over 20 years’ experience working in various human resource roles for engineering and IT companies, such as Vattenfall, SNC Lavalin, Atkins and most recently Assa Abloy.



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Helena Börjesson

Vice President People & Culture

Kent Pålsson

Vice President Engineering

Mr Pålsson joined Neonode in 2023 as Engineering Manager for the zForce platform and since 2024 has been responsible for the complete Engineering team. Mr Pålsson has 20+ years experience in the automotive industry and has held many senior management positions within engineering, product management and business development. Most recently as VP OEM products at Stoneridge Electronics.

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Kent Pålsson

Vice President Engineering