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June 22 2022<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Meet the team: Thor Sundsvik <\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>

Product Manager Thor Sundsvik is a key member of the team bringing Actiste\u00ae to market. He spoke to us about some of Brighter\u2019s learnings and why he\u2019s excited about the company\u2019s current momentum.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Please give us a brief idea of the work your team does.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We span a lot of different disciplines in the product-management team, as Brighter works in hardware, software, telecommunications and the medical industry. All these disciplines are evolving all the time, so there\u2019s always a lot to learn.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

What learnings stand out as significant?<\/strong><\/p>\n

For example, we\u2019ve gained a lot of knowledge over the years figuring out exactly how the global roaming for Actiste\u00ae is going to work. It sounds like it should be straightforward, but there are a lot of pieces you need to put together for it to become reality.<\/p>\n

Data privacy is another area we\u2019ve put a lot of work into. A few years ago the perception was that cloud services would remove limitations anywhere in the world. But the fact is that there are countries where some of the big cloud providers are not yet active, and it will take a few years for them to develop there.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

You\u2019ll mark four years at Brighter this coming November. The company has been through a lot of changes in that time \u2013 what can you say about those?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019re now much more focused. Instead of trying to enter 20 different markets at the same time, right now we\u2019re concentrating on getting the product out to our customer in Qatar. There are other markets too where we\u2019re putting our efforts, but all in all it’s a lot more focused than it was a few years ago.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a lot of work required to enter new countries. Sometimes it\u2019s good not to understand things completely, because then you push ahead and learn a lot along the way. We\u2019re now using a lot of this knowledge while staying focused on our key markets.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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The team we have now is the best we\u2019ve ever had. We have the maturity from what we\u2019ve learned over the years, with people who have the character to solve challenges.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>
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How have you been involved in the Qatar commercialization?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My role is to harvest the input from the sales team and the market team, and transfer that knowledge into the product in an applicable manner. Sometimes this means trying to find solutions to the hurdles that come up along the way. You may have an idea of how something should be, but when it doesn\u2019t work out like that in reality then you need to find other ways.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

What gives you confidence in where Brighter is right now?<\/b><\/p>\n

Our employees. The team we have now is the best we\u2019ve ever had. We have the maturity from what we\u2019ve learned over the years, with people who have the character to solve challenges. They also have the confidence to say when they think something should be done differently.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s really good to have the focus on Qatar right now, as this pushes us to go all the way. We\u2019re landing a lot of our different ideas in the country, and this really means a lot to the team.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Finally, please tell us how you personally got into product management?<\/b><\/p>\n

At the start of my career I was a product manager for medical oxygen in the home. I was part of the engineering team and worked in the company\u2019s testing facility.<\/span><\/p>\n

I then worked as part of a medical-aid center that handled about 20% of Sweden\u2019s medical aid. It was the first time the Swedish state had outsourced this kind of service to a private company. There I came into contact with managing about 20 different product groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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