Magnus Thibblin is Vice President Heavy Construction, at Hexagon's Geosystems division. In his role, he is responsible for developing and driving the strategy of the company’s machine control business, part of heavy construction. Thibblin joined the company in 2006 and has held various leadership positions within Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon. He successfully led business development and dealer development for machine control in several regions, as well as building up the heavy construction industry in North America. His professional roots are in the construction industry where he worked at one of the largest Scandinavian construction companies as a construction surveyor. Early in his career, Thibblin was schooled and trained as a construction surveyor during his apprenticeship at Nordic Construction Company (NCC) AB in Sweden.