Tord Wingren

Tord Wingren is a Swedish inventor, entrepreneur, and scientist and holder of 28 patents relating to wireless communication, technology, and the implications of light on the human body.

Wingren wrote the first technical specifications in 1994 for the initial Bluetooth technology called Multi Communicator Link, with Sven Mattisson and Jaap Haartsen as main architects and designers.

[8][9][10][11] Wingren was initially hired by Ericsson in 1985 as an engineer for high frequency modeling and characterisation and became a Radio Silicon Designer in 1987, a position he held through 1991 when he was promoted to Vice President Research and Development for Mobile Phones.

[4] Wingren served as managing director at Samsung in London from March 2003 through June 2006 and headed mobile phone technology and business development.

Wingren co-founded Digital Imaging Systems with Roland Pudelko in 2006 and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer through June 2008.