Penneo announced that Hans J. Skovgaard will join the company in a newly established role as Chief Technology and Product Officer. Reporting to Penneo's CEO, Christian Stendevad, Hans will be responsible for leading the company's product development teams using his extensive experience to advance Penneo's technology innovation, as well as the strategic direction of the company's product roadmap. Hans J. Skovgaard is a Danish national and a master's graduate of artificial intelligence, computer science and holds an MBA from IMD. With over 20 years of technology and software engineering leadership experience, he has a successful history of driving strategic planning, running operations, and advancing development initiatives in software companies.

Most recently, he has served as CTO and Vice President of R&D in Capture One. Prior to this, he worked as VP for Engineering in Milestone Systems. He has also held senior leadership positions in Microsoft and Mondosoft.