DILX - Key Persons
Alf Lande has the expertise within business model innovation and the convergence of media. He has worked as an executive in several media companies (film, radio and print) from 1988 to 1996, after 4 years in the public sector and also was a professor in Denmark. As a strategy consultant since 2000 (CEO of LAC AS), he has had more than 50 clients across the Nordics, focusing on the transformation of analog to digital media. He has both worked with leading analytical agencies and business associations.
For the past three years Alf Lande has increasingly focused on digital agencies in Norway and Sweden and has been hired as a CEO in Pingbull as part of the company's transformation to become the digital care of RedInk, one of the leading communication agencies in Norway. He has been working as a chairman and leading the transformation of Sticky Beat from being a classical digital agency to an innovational and transformational partner to its clients. The urgent need to create and develop players that deeply understand digital transformation is now an imperative strategic focus area for most businesses - the main motivation for Alf Lande to join Gateway Digital AS as a CEO.
Job Titles:
- Director Business Development & Alliances
With over 20 years of experience in the transport& logistics sector, Martijn has had a dynamic sales management career with expertise in Business Development, digital transformation, new business sales, and strategic alliances.
Martijn started his career in logistics at Transics. He was then associated with the PTV Group as sales manager, where he was responsible for the X-Server developer components. After having fulfilled roles in food&medical transportation market, the start of the digital consignment note, Martijn worked for many years at Astrata Europe as a European sales manager Supply Chain providing 3PL/4PL software solutions to the larger LSP's, manufacturers and shippers in Europe. In his last period with Astrata Group, Martijn was active landing strategic alliances with global players from the Truck, Trailer and Tire OEM industry.
With this set of experiences and his strong focus on digital transformation, Martijn is eager to help customers and prospects with their day-to-day challenges.
Job Titles:
- CEO, Finland
- Gateway Digital As a CEO
Mikael joined Gateway Digital as a CEO for both Finland and Sweden in June 2019. He has an extensive experience in coaching teams for better performance through employee engagement. He has also been working in the IT industry with consulting, sales and development. In these areas, his largest contribution has been in the area of change management.
He also has excellent level of understanding multicultural group dynamics from working and starting up both consulting and developing organizations in multiple countries.
In the past, Mikael was a part of the General Management team in Aditro for six years and he was directly involved in both divestment's and acquisitions. With Aditro his responsibilities also included key account management and business strategies with financial steering modelling.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board
- Founder
Niraj is the Founder & Chairman of Board, and Group CEO. As the Founder, he spells out the vision and strategic direction for Gateway Group, its portfolio ventures and brands. He successfully endorses Gateway Group as one of the best choices within the target markets. He is responsible for consolidated growth in markets across the globe.
He is at the helm of several initiatives in technology, applications, processes, customer deliveries and business development. In addition to driving revenue and profitability, a key part of his focus is to ensure that the appropriate structure is in place to deliver continued high levels of client and stakeholders' satisfaction. He Manages the consistent growth of the group over the years while retaining 100% financial stability and continuous sustenance of the company by having the best of the teams to work for the company to retain its cutting edge technological competence in the global markets has been his core competence.
People management, financial planning and process orientation at operational levels have been his forte. He has built a philosophy of growth around the key drivers of Client Intimacy, Sustainable Relationship model which delivers the highest value, Operational Excellence and End-to-end business solutions. His value based business approach and ethical growth focus differentiates Gateway Group, its portfolio ventures and brands. He ensures that the customers globally value our principles and are able to derive a throughput from the relationships.
He is an Engineer with a Master's Degree in Business Administration from one of the top 10 Management Institutes in India.
Job Titles:
- Group Chief Executive, EMEA
Rahul co-devises global sales strategies and identifies business opportunities across geographies and accounts. He drives the business growth of Gateway Group especially in the Europe, Middle East and East Africa regions. He is a partner in the customer's journeys, managing relationships to ensure mutual growth and success.
Rahul extends business development strategies into channels such as joint ventures, partnerships and affiliate programs. The approach he carries is to have a legal structure in each region which is directly responsible for the customer relationship. He makes corporate brands, various services as well as products in its relevant markets, partners and JV units. He makes sure that teams are identified, well-placed, motivated, trained, recruited and accountable for their tasks and deliveries. As the leader of his team, he guides and catalyzes each of his team-mates' progress as an individual as well as for the overall progress of the organization. He keeps himself updated with the global tech and business trends to funnel the market intelligence back into the system for product roadmaps.
He has an eye to identify resourceful candidates and opportunities for inorganic growth. He also implements Marketing, Sales and STC strategies. He excels in go-to-market plans for each region, reviews the activities, and loves to maintain P2P connect with the customers. This helps him gauge the impact his strategies have on them and improvise accordingly.
He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics engineering from S.P. University, V.V. Nagar and MBA in marketing from MS University, Baroda.
Job Titles:
- Chief Technology Officer
- Chief Technology Officer at Gateway 's Transport
Shaival is the Chief Technology Officer at Gateway's Transport and Logistics division - DiLX. He is responsible for Customer Delight, Technical Excellence, New Technology Innovation, Project Reviews, Process Implementation and Process Standardization for the DiLX team. He maintains customer relations, understands the target market and is extremely influential in the delivery of IT projects.
He has 20+ years of IT experience and great technical skills that helps him deliver customer excellence, ensuring smooth delivery with technology always functioning as the backbone. He is responsible for exploring new technological frameworks and upcoming architectures for possible utilization in client solutions. Exposure to key engagements, working with European and Asian customers directly helps his team and him to understand the culture and define the strategy accordingly. He is highly respected for his technical and team-leading skill.
Shaival is an advanced technology futurist who keeps himself updated with the latest tech inventions and is most of the times seen engrossed in tech news.
Job Titles:
- CEO of Gateway Digital
- CEO, UK
Stephen Covers, is the CEO of Gateway Digital, UK and Ireland. Steve, as he likes to be called, has extensive experience in Sales, Marketing, Operations & Finance and he has enjoyed a successful business career spanning more than 25 years in the Global ICT Industry.
His passion is to create significant business advantage for his clients using innovative services and solutions for his clients.
Job Titles:
- Founder
- Group CEO
- Member of the Board
- Founder & Board Member, Group Chief Strategy Officer
Vipin is the Founder & Board Member, Group Chief Strategy Officer. He is responsible for Strategy, Execution and Results at Gateway Group. Vipin is also responsible for global inorganic initiatives (‘Buy & Build') of Gateway Group. With a unique blend of Indian background, combined with Dutch/International exposure, he has evolved as an entrepreneur at ‘heart and soul'. Vipin believes fervently that "There is no substitute for hard work".
Vipin is an ‘Innovation Agent' with over twenty two years of managerial and consulting experience, he appears frequently in the media and regularly speaks at events. Vipin served in The Netherlands India Chamber of Commerce and Trade (NICCT) as an active Board Member and Chairman (2015-2017), and recently he has been awarded "The Most Inspiring Businessman of The Year Award" by IDEAH (Indo Dutch Entrepreneurs Association in Holland).
Vipin had worked in the USA and the UK with multinationals before deciding to undertake his own entrepreneurial adventure. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Sciences Engineering and he is a Master's in Business Administration.