Jonas Hombert – CEO
All work: Jonas major interest is how business and technology play together, reflecting his previous studies of Industrial Engineering and Management at the Royal Institute of Technology. After running numerous projects concerning business and IT, JayCut was founded and the strive to fuel creativity using technology began.
Some play: When (occasionally:) not working hobbies include creating digital art and travelling. Jonas can also be found twittering on business and life
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What else: Jonas has been awarded one of Europe's 20 top young entrepreneurs by BusinessWeek, Sweden's 5th top internet entrepreneur by Internetworld and one of the 100 people changing Sweden the most by Shortcut. And he has the bad habit of climbing up on roofs during nighttime.
Andreas Harju – CTO
All work: Andreas is a serial technology entrepreneur with several successful companies behind him and over 15 years of experience from software development and R&D. As a co-founder of Jaycut his responsibilities are business development, software architect, visionary, and leading product development.
Some play: Strong addiction to extreme sports such as mountain climbing, surfing, skiing or hunting, and a true passion for sailing.
What else: At the age of seven Andreas was elected Swedish champion in building LEGO.
Patrick Andersen Bano – Head of Sales
All work: Patrick has years of experience from technology ventures and above all, helping clients in different business areas meet their goals and expectations. Background includes working for one of Sweden's largest newspapers and several start-ups before co-founding Jaycut
Some play: He has a bad addiction to old episodes of Seinfeld, Martial arts and hanging out with his son Ruben.
What else: Patrick has an Msc degree from the Royal Institute of Technology focusing on Media management and Technology.
Gustav Broberg – Head of development
All work: Gustav has been working with designing, and continuously redesigning, JayCut's software platform since the company's birth. Though he enjoys drawing scruffy component diagrams on coffee-stained pieces of paper, he thinks the most rewarding part of his job is to put ideas into code and see how others benefit from the result.
Some play: When away from the keyboard Gustav likes to read thick books on typography and 20th century philosophy. To stay in shape he practices long-distance running with the current goal of running 10 kilometers in under 45 minutes.
What else: To stay true to his beliefs, Gustav tries to give back to the open source ecosystem whenever possible. This includes anything from writing code for free software projects to producing illustrations for Wikipedia articles.
Oscar Sundbom – Backend Developer
All work: Oscar studied computer science at the Royal Institute of Technology and started working part-time at JayCut while writing on his master's thesis. He has since long moved onto working full time. Although he is mainly responsible for the new video editor, he is part of both frontend and backend development.
Some play: Oscar's main hobby has always been computers and programming, starting out on the Commodore 64 some time in the late eighties. His other great passion is discovering new music and making some of his own. There's also room for the occasional video game or night out with friends.
What else: His greatest achievement is having carried a garden gnome all through Half-Life 2: Episode Two, only to forget dropping it off in the rocket at the end.
Karl Palmskog – Backend Developer
All work: Karl is interested in the application of logic and mathematics in computer science, in particular pertaining to the design and analysis of distributed algorithms and data modeling. Having previously obtained a M Sc degree, he is currently pursuing a PhD in computer science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
Some play: On spare time, Karl enjoys reading history books, solving puzzles and playing computer games.
What else: Since 2004, Karl has been one of the lead organizers of Sweden's largest game development competition, Swedish Game Awards.
Jerker Karlsson – Frontend Developer
All work: Jerker's primary interest is to make good stuff happen by writing beautiful code. At JayCut this at the moment means keeping the Ruby on its Rails or else all fails.
Some play: Discovered his love for the sea late in life but is now the proud owner of a small sailing yacht named after the Moomin character Hemulen's Aunt.
What else: Keeps buying a lot of mechanical tools like wrenches, angle grinders and laser levels that never gets used but "might come in handy some day!"
