Evidi establishes itself in Grenland and hires Jan Erik Laagasken
Ranja Ovedal
Evidi continues its growth journey and invests in the Grenland area with the hiring of Jan Erik Laagasken. From October 1, Laagasken will join as the leader of Evidi Grenland and strengthen Evidi's local presence in the region. With nearly 30 years of experience from the IT industry, Jan Erik is a well-known profile in the local business community. He has been involved in the development of several local IT companies with significant revenue growth.
Facts
- 50% of the employees are co-owners of Evidi AS in cooperation with Credo Partners as active owner and shareholder.
- Evidi AS consists of over 500 employees, in offices in Oslo, Asker, Bergen, Halden, Sandnes, Sarpsborg, Stavanger, Tønsberg, Ballerup, Odense, Aarhus, Vejle, Thisted, Borås, Gothenburg, Stockholm and Ahmedabad.
- Evidi is inspired by the Latin word 'evidens,' supporting what we stand for; a solid foundation of facts and data that provides us with answers and contributes to sound decisions. It also allows us to approach all tasks with complete clarity and honesty. Data provides the answer.
A region in exciting development
Grenland is an area with great industrial significance and impressive innovation. Google is establishing itself and building what could become one of the world's largest data centers. The area is known for process industry, carbon capture and leads the way in the green transition with green hydrogen and industrial production.
Laagasken's experience will be a valuable contribution to creating growth, collaboration and partnerships in a region with an exciting development. Both local and international businesses have their origins from Grenland. At Evidi, local presence is important and the establishment in the Grenland area is part of Evidi's local commitment in larger parts of the country. CEO of Evidi, Jørn Seglem believes that the addition of Laagasken and his technical expertise, drive and commitment coincide well with Evidi's values and goal of equipping customers to seize their opportunities.
It will be very exciting to have such an engaged team player as Jan Erik on board. He creates trust, has a unique ability to quickly understand the customer's needs and combine new and existing solutions, to create value. We look forward to a customer-driven growth journey, for Evidi in Grenland, where we reuse the innovation power we already succeed with at other customers, to the benefit of local businesses and industry in Grenland. It will undoubtedly accelerate the growth in Evidi, says Seglem.
I am really looking forward to becoming part of a completely raw competence environment! And driven by solving customer needs for both large and small businesses. Evidi's values; trust, curiosity and teamwork tap right into my own value set and will naturally follow the professional environment we will build here in Grenland. It will be incredibly fun and I have high expectations for the collaboration ahead, says Laagasken.
Equips ambitious businesses to seize opportunities
Evidi already has several customers in the region and is committed to enabling businesses to innovate and quickly extract value from investments.
The ambition is to build a strong professional environment, which can contribute in both local and national projects. Evidi delivers services to large players both nationally and Nordic that coincide with the needs of businesses in Grenland. We are happy to partner with other IT companies, as well as industrial actors in the region, says Jan Erik. Evidi also has an impressive breadth of competence on the Microsoft platform, which we look forward to delivering in the region, concludes Laagasken.
With Laagasken on the team, we intensify our efforts to become a leading digitalization partner for a wider customer group in Grenland. In addition, existing customer relationships will be strengthened with local anchoring. We look very much forward to working together with Jan Erik, concludes Jørn enthusiastically.
About Evidi
Evidi is the Nordic region's premier competence hub in Microsoft technology. We empower ambitious businesses to seize their opportunities through a holistic approach to people, processes and technology.
Evidi deliver extensive expertise within our proprietary framework called Business Driven Architecture. This framework enables us to deliver extensive expertise in process and development and forms the basis for our leading position in the full range of Microsoft technologies. From CRM and ERP to low-code/no-code development, the Azure cloud platform, security, implementation and maintenance of critical IT solutions, we are the foremost specialists in Microsoft technology.
The company had revenue of MNOK 620 in 2023 – indicating a growth of 21.2% vs. 2022. Evidi currently has over 500 employees in offices in Oslo, Asker, Bergen, Halden, Sandnes, Sarpsborg, Stavanger, Tønsberg, Ballerup, Odense, Aarhus, Vejle, Thisted, Borås, Gothenburg, Stockholm and Ahmedabad.
Contact:
Jørn Seglem, CEO Evidi, jorn.seglem@evidi.com
Jan Erik Laagasken, Leader of Evidi Grenland, jan.erik.laagasken@evidi.com
Ranja Ovedal, CMCO Evidi, ranja.ovedal@evidi.com