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Ex-Ericsson founders who just went stealth

13 founders who worked at Ericsson started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Courtney Apelqvist

CEO & Founder
Left
Ericsson
Senior Business Lead (CIO)- Industry Connect Internal Startup
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior Business Lead (CIO)- Industry Connect Internal Startup at Ericsson2011-2020 · left Feb 2020
  • Vice President of Technology Services EMEA & Oceania (Regional CIO/CTO) at Wallenius Wilhelmsen2020-2026
Education
  • MIT
  • The University of Texas at ArlingtonMBA
  • The University of Texas at ArlingtonBS

Armin Najafi

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
Ericsson
Research Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Research Software Engineer at Ericsson2017-2019 · left Jan 2019
  • Senior AI Engineer, Forward-Deployed at AIVC2026-2026
  • AI Infrastructure Engineer, Amazon AGI at Amazon2020-2025
  • Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure at Hothead Games2019-2020
  • Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure at Haro.ai (acquired by Hothead Games)2019-2019
Education
  • Concordia UniversityMaster's
  • Tehran PolytechnicBachelor's

Andrew Arochukwu

Founder
Left
Ericsson
Software Developer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Developer at Ericsson2023-2023 · left Dec 2023
  • Software Engineer at EIGN2025-2026
  • Embedded Software Engineer at Ciena2024-2024
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of Waterloo2022-2022
Education
  • University of WaterlooBachelor's

Adib A.

Co-Founder
Left
Ericsson
Software Engineer in Test
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer in Test at Ericsson2026-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Back End Developer at Novatek International2024-2025
Education
  • Concordia UniversityBE

Toni A.

Founder
Left
Ericsson
Software Developer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Software Developer at Ericsson2015-2015 · left Oct 2015
  • Senior Software Engineer / Architect at ELCA Group2020-2021
  • Senior Software Engineer at Insel Gruppe2016-2020
  • Software Engineer at Intel2015-2016
  • Software Engineering Intern at HR Cloud2014-2014
Education
  • FERMaster's
  • Cisco Networking AcademyCCNA
  • Faculty of electrical engineering in SarajevoBachelor's

Henrik Liimatainen

Co-Founder
Left
Ericsson
Strategic Marketing
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Strategic Marketing at Ericsson2019-2019 · left Aug 2019
  • Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)2021-2026
  • Consultant at Demos Helsinki2020-2020
  • Go-to-Market at Vipu2020-2020
  • Head of Digital Marketing at Ravintola Muru2018-2018
  • Volunteer at Slush2017-2017
Education
  • Patrick Henry Community College
  • University of HelsinkiBachelor's
  • Aalto UniversityMaster's

Jonatan Tegen

CTO & Co-founder
Left
Ericsson
Software Developer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Software Developer at Ericsson2008-2008 · left Aug 2008
  • Lead Software Engineer at GetAccept2018-2026
  • Consultant Group Manager at Lime Technologies Denmark A/S2017-2018
  • Application Consultant at Lime Technologies2012-2018
Education
  • The Faculty of Engineering at Lund University

Michael Davis

Founder, CEO
Left
Ericsson
Principal Software Engineer: Frontend and Application layers, Architect, Lead (Remote)
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Principal Software Engineer: Frontend and Application layers, Architect, Lead (Remote) at Ericsson1994-1995 · left Oct 1995
  • Senior Staff Software Engineer (Remote) at ServiceNow2021-2026
  • Frontend, Full-stack, Architect (Technical Director) at Automatic.ai2020-2021
  • Acting Head of Research (Remote) at Foundry College2018-2019
  • Frontend, Full-stack, Architect, Manager at Cheers Social Entertainment Network2016-2018
  • Frontend, Full-stack, Architect at Lifenik2013-2016
  • Consulting Principal Software Engineer: Frontend and Application layers, Architect (Remote) at Sandia National Laboratories2001-2007
Education
  • University of Colorado Boulder

Isak Hassbring

Co-Founder
Left
Ericsson
M.Sc. Thesis
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • M.Sc. Thesis at Ericsson2022-2022 · left Jan 2022
  • Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company2022-2026
  • AI Engineering Analyst at PELTARION (acquired by King)2021-2022
  • Founding GTM at SKILINK2021-2022
  • Engineering Analyst at Peltarion2021-2021
  • AI internship at PELTARION (acquired by King)2021-2021
  • Applied Intelligence internship at Accenture2021-2021
Education
  • KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyMS
  • KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyMS

Yves Tkaczyk

Founder
Left
Ericsson
Senior Software Engineer / Team Leader
Before that
Went stealthJan 2026
Work
  • Senior Software Engineer / Team Leader at Ericsson1998-1999 · left Apr 1999
  • Chief Technology Officer at Upswing2021-2024
  • Owner / Technology Consultant at ClearSquare Associates2009-2021
  • SVP of Software Engineering / Board Member at Viwa2006-2021
  • Product Director at Zephyr Associates, Inc.1999-2006
  • QA meetings chair / Software engineer at Nokia1997-1998
Education
  • Quantic School of Business and TechnologyMBA
  • Arts et Métiers ParisTechM. Eng.

Kris M.

Founder & Talent Leader
Left
Ericsson
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Before that
Went stealthNov 2025
Work
  • Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Ericsson2022-2023 · left Apr 2023
  • GTM Talent Lead at ServiceNow2025-2026
  • GTM & Tech Talent Lead at Synopsys Inc2025-2025
  • Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at Hilti Great Britain2024-2024
  • Talent Acquisition Team Leader at Honeywell Technologies2023-2024
  • Strategic Resourcing Manager at Network Rail2022-2022
  • Recruitment Lead at VIVO Defence Services2021-2022

Rajesh Chaganti

CEO and Co-founder
Left
Ericsson
Director Of Engineering
Before that
Went stealthOct 2025
Work
  • Director Of Engineering at Ericsson2014-2019 · left Feb 2019
  • Chief Technology Officer at Aviso AI2021-2025
  • Vice President Of Engineering at Smiota2020-2021
  • Director Of Engineering at MediaKind2019-2020
  • Senior Software Engineer at Ericsson (Microsoft Acquisition)2013-2014
  • Senior Software Development Engineer at Microsoft2006-2013
  • Software Engineer at SupportSoft2004-2006
Education
  • University of Southern California
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Cristian Gamentz

Founder
Left
Ericsson
Service Delivery Manager
Before that
Went stealthAug 2025
Work
  • Service Delivery Manager at Ericsson2010-2012 · left Nov 2012
  • Senior Director, Global Sales & Strategic Accounts at Deveo2015-2026
  • Head of International Business Development at ICE VISION SHOW2015-2016
  • Sales & Product Management at Porsche Inter Auto Romania2014-2015
  • Real Estate Broker at Adresz Solutions2009-2013
Education
  • International University of MonacoMS
  • Collège de l'immobilier du Québec
  • Universitatea Româno-Americană din BucureștiBachelor's

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# the one request behind this page
curl https://api.crustdata.com/watch/person/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_KEY" \
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  -d '{
    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
    ]},
    "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"],
    "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } }
  }'
# [.] = exact phrase, (.) = all words. Each week it returns only the new matches.

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About this list

What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.

Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.

The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.