Matís (Matvælarannsóknir Íslands) has increased the number of employees at its office in Ísafjörður. Jón Atli Magnússon has started working at the establishment, but he will handle projects in the field of processing and aquaculture technology.
He is the third employee at Matís in Ísafjörður, preceded by Þorleifur Ágústsson and Jón. G. Schram.
Jón Atli will graduate as a mechanical engineer (B.Sc.) from the University of Iceland later this month. He has a variety of other education and work experience from the business world. He has a mechanical engineering license from VMA (3rd level) and worked for several years as an engineer at Hraðfrystihúsið-Gunnvör in Hnífsdalur, but recently. For two years, Jón worked as the development manager of 3X Technology (formerly 3X Stál). Last but not least, Jón founded 5 sheep sheep farms when he was 15 years old, which he ran during his studies.
Jón's wife is Ilmur Dögg Níelsdóttir, a nurse, and they have a son, Jóhann Ása.