Cecilia Qvist is the CEO of Leia Inc., a nanotechnology company that provides a screen-based 3D experience without the need for AR/VR eyewear. She has extensive leadership experience in fast-paced, technology-driven companies undergoing transformational growth, including Spotify, Lego Ventures, and NASDAQ.

Before joining Leia, Qvist was President of Lego Ventures, where she led strategic investments focused on digital play and education.

Prior to LEGO, Qvist was Global Head of Markets at Spotify and a member of the executive team, with responsibility for the company’s global growth strategy. Her impact on Spotify’s international expansion, product localization, and user growth led to her being named an “International Power Player” by Billboard Magazine in 2019. In 2018, the leading Swedish business magazine Veckans Affärer recognized her as the “Most Powerful Director in Swedish Business” and again in 2019 as the “Most Powerful International Businesswoman.” She has also held senior executive positions at Ericsson, Swedbank, and NASDAQ OMX.

Qvist currently serves as a board member for Kinnevik, Europe’s leading listed growth investor; Polarium, a lithium-ion based sustainable energy storage provider; and Trustly, a digital account-to-account payments provider.

A native of Sweden, she earned her Master of Business Administration from The University of Edinburgh.

David Fattal is co-founder and CTO at Leia Inc., the leading provider of Lightfield hardware and content services for mobile devices and automotive.

He previously spent 9 years at HP Labs working on various aspects of quantum computing and photonics, and specializing in the manipulation of light at the nanoscale. He holds a PhD in Physics from Stanford University and a BS in theoretical physics from Ecole Polytechnique, France.

Fattal holds over 100 granted patents and was featured on the 2013 list of 35 Innovator under 35 by the MIT technology Review. He co-authored the text-book “Single Photon Devices and Applications” and was awarded the French National Order of Merit in 2014 for developing the “Diffractive Lightfield Backlighting” concept.