Björn Wesén

Björn Wesén — the Axis R&D head who said yes. Needing a hardware co-founder for what would become Memoto, Martin asked a former Axis Communications contact, Johan Rissmyr, not for himself but for a referral — and got pointed to Björn Wesén, Axis's own R&D head. Martin drove to Lund, showed him the prototype, and days later Wesén called to say he was in; Martin hadn't expected to land someone of that caliber, and read it as proof that luck comes from having all your tentacles out. ▶ 47:55, ▶ 47:03 (press coverage variously spelled his name Wesén, Westin, and Wisén). Wesén brought over a decade as a lead camera developer at "a world-leading camera company" trueventures-com ↗, led hardware and electronics as CTO ▶ 43:56, and after the 2016 bankruptcy was the one who bought Narrative's assets out of the estate with a handful of colleagues to keep the service alive. engadget-com ↗

Part of People & Partners — the recurring cast of Martin Källström's story.