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Erik Fjellborg

Quinyx AB

Member Profile:

Erik founded Quinyx during his last year of high school. The business plan was to create a timesaving web tool for McDonald’s. The system was first launched at a local McDonald’s and soon spread to all McDonald’s restaurants in Sweden and in 2007 the software was launched in Denmark and the UK covering more than 1,500 restaurants.

Erik studied at Stockholms School of Economics and has received several awards and scholarships including the Anders Wall scholarship, Student Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 (and ranked 3rd in the global finals with over 100 international contenders), Ernst&Youngs Best International Growth and SSE Rising Star 2009.

Company Profile:

Quinyx is a Swedish company developing and marketing Quinyx Workforce Management which is a web-based application that combines powerful planning and forecasting tools, along with employee communication and social networking features. The Quinyx WFM solution is specially developed for businesses with dynamic workforce schedules that require quick and frequent updates. By using the latest technology for web development, Quinyx WFM provides users with a responsive and interactive user interface that is as quick and powerful as any desktop based planning application.

Quinyx WFM is mainly used within the restaurant, retail and hospitality industries. Larger clients such as McDonald’s, Subway and ICA (Ahold) have helped to shape the product.

Today Quinyx has over 100 customers with more than 100,000 end-users of the application.

Quinyx is represented in Norway, Finland, Denmark, UK and Germany through direct sales representatives or re-sellers.

Member nationality:

Sweden

Company nationality:

Sweden

Company industry sector:

IT Software and Services