Oct 2022 – Mar 2026 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Berlin, Germany · Remote

• Client Engagement & Growth: Focus on expanding Confluent’s key EMEA enterprise accounts, driving significant growth and fostering long-term client relationships. In addition, I actively assist the Account Executive’s with answering technical questions for incoming leads and create quotations.
• Solution Demonstrations: Creation and delivery of compelling product demonstrations, utilizing Azure infrastructure to illustrate scalable and secure solutions in real-time data streaming with Kafka.
• Sales Enablement: Crafting responses to RFPs and driving the acquisition of new logos, directly contributing to closing several large deals across various sectors.
• Technology trade fairs: My passion for the industry extends beyond my core responsibilities. I take great pride in participating in trade fairs, tech summits such as Google and AWS, partner events, and Confluent’s own Data in Motion tour. Whether it's planning or manning the booth, I thrive on engaging with the tech community and showcasing our solutions.

Jan 2022 – Oct 2022 · 9 mos

• - Team Leadership & Development: During my tenure, I stepped into the role of pre-sales manager for the DACH region, leading a small, dynamic team. My responsibilities encompassed personnel management, conducting follow-ups, leading meetings, allocating work, and organizing training sessions to ensure success.

Nov 2019 – Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Custom Solutions Development: I took on internal development projects. I spearheaded the creation of a demo creation tool in C# that significantly streamlined the process of deploying demo sites. This tool, equipped with ready-made content, commerce products, recommendations, and customizations, reduced preparation time from days to minutes, allowing us to focus more on understanding the customer rather than setting up a sandbox environment.
• On-demand sales: Furthermore, I developed an application for the Optimizely Education store, enabling the on-demand creation and sale of vouchers for courses and offerings.
• Technical Workshops & Presentations: Designed and delivered technical workshops and presentations tailored to client needs, showcasing the robust capabilities of the Optimizely DXP and driving forward the technical sales process. A significant portion of my time was dedicated to analyzing business requirements, enabling us to customize our solutions to meet customer needs effectively.

Aug 2018 – Nov 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

• System Architecture & Integration: Orchestrated the architecture and integration of a real-time GPS tracking system using Azure, ensuring seamless communication and data accuracy across Stockholm's bus network. Including ensured that all other existing systems, technologies, and solutions were fully compatible with the new requirements.
• Project Management: Collaborated closely with project managers and technical teams to meet stringent real-time data requirements, utilizing Azure Event Hubs to manage and disseminate live transport data effectively.
• Technical Challenges & Solutions: Addressed significant technical challenges, such as ensuring uninterrupted internet coverage and time synchronization across devices, leveraging other Azure technologies such as a Service Bus, Redis, Networking and more to enhance system reliability and performance.

Aug 2017 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr

• Data Integration Expertise: Led the integration of complex real-time train operation systems, enhancing system interoperability and operational efficiency through Azure API management. My work involved integrating real-time data with train, wagon, and planning systems, often utilizing the railML format.
• Development of Real-Time Solutions: Created a real-time map over parts of Sweden, integrating Redis and IBM MQ technologies to provide dispatchers with live updates on train traffic, significantly improving decision-making processes.
• Cross-Platform Integration: Ensured robust system integration across a variety of platforms, enhancing overall system architecture and ensuring high levels of data integrity and accessibility.

May 2016 – Aug 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos

• SPA Development: Played a key role in a team that developed the new SPA website for Filmstaden (www.sf.se), utilizing the Aurelia JavaScript framework for its fast and modern capabilities. Ensured seamless integration with backend systems written in C# on the EpiServer CMS platform.
• System Architecture: Engineered the website's architecture to split functionalities into multiple components such as customer interfaces, content management, purchasing systems, and caching, enhancing overall performance and user experience.
• Content Management: Utilized EpiServer CMS to enable editors to dynamically manage content including movies, news updates, and ticket sales, facilitating a unified system for content creation and management.
• Caching and Distribution: Implemented advanced caching mechanisms to optimize content delivery across various channels including email notifications, ticket kiosks, digital billboards, and the main website, ensuring efficient content distribution.
• Payment Integration: Integrated the website with Payex for handling credit card payments and connected with backend sales systems to manage transactions related to ticket and gift card purchases effectively.
• Market Adaptation: Configured the systems to cater to multiple markets, with current implementations in Sweden and Norway.

Sep 2015 – Jan 2016 · 4 mos · Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

• A Self-service portal to make it easier for employees and customers to login, read and update existing contracts and invoices. The system was setup to use a FIM in the background to synchronize users and the respective application / services.

Sep 2015 – Oct 2015 · 1 mo · Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

• Website Analytics for SAS FAQ pages to evaluate and improve the user experience, reduce the customer service calls and analyze/predict content to be displayed based on the persons history and engagement.

Aug 2015 – Apr 2016 · 8 mos · Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

• Maintaining the website (www.regeringen.se) which is built using Episerver CMS and contain information about the Swedish government, news and important announcements in case of national incidents/emergencies. A requirement was that the site cannot go down so multiple computer centres was used to make sure it was always up and running.

Jun 2015 – May 2016 · 11 mos · Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

• A new social intranet was built using Sitecore and the platform extension Oxygen. The new intranet featured groups, work spaces, SharePoint connection and news flows to facilitate more user interactions with the intranet.

May 2015 – Dec 2015 · 7 mos · Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

• Further development and enhanced the functionality in their existing web site that was built using EpiServer 5 and Solr along with support, bug fixes and maintenance.

May 2015 – Sep 2015 · 4 mos · Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

• New Polestar sales module for www.volvocars.com Sitecore website. The module allows a customer to configure a new Polestar V60/S60 and order it directly from the website. The project also included a pre-study, SharePoint integration and a workflow to be created that let customers enter information and make a down payment of their newly built car.

Jan 2015 – Apr 2015 · 3 mos · Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

• Test and automation manager of unit and web testing. As a bank, it is critical that everything works and is tested before it is released. The automated tests were built to check all aspects, from website calculations, to loan applications and new accounts.

Jun 2013 – Dec 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos · Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

• Developer and consultant for the following projects:
• Renault (website) – PHP developer
• Strömma Sjöfart & Turism (website / booking) – C# developer
• Silex Microsystems (website) – PHP developer
• LEB real estate (website) – C# developer
• Hotelreservation (website) – PHP developer
• Laios Webb & Analys (website) – C# developer
• Mobile applications – Android, Swift and Objective-C developer

Jul 2012 – Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Sweden

• I am the founder and CEO of an annual 5-day hobby cosplay convention called NordicFuzzCon that has rapidly grown to host over 3,700 participants across 9 hotels. Since its inception, this event has successfully raised over 1 million Swedish Krona for animal welfare. Leading a dedicated team of over 400 volunteers, I oversee all aspects of the event from planning to execution. My role involves strategic leadership, resource management, and extensive event coordination. This convention not only serves as a significant community gathering but also emphasizes social responsibility and community service, reflecting my commitment to leveraging personal interests to make a meaningful societal impact.
• Scalability & Development: I have created a registration system for the event which has a multitude of integrations from payment providers, 3rd party bookkeeping software, invoicing, badge printing and social media integrations. It scales by using Azure Infrastructure combined with the power of Cloudflare and can handle several thousands of concurrent users, registrations and payments.

Oct 2011 – Jun 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos · Stockholm, Sweden

• Driving ICE, IC and Regio trains starting from Stockholm.

Jun 2006 – Apr 2011 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Stockholm, Sweden

• Driving ICE, IC and Regio trains starting from Stockholm.

Apr 2011 – Oct 2011 · 6 mos · München, Germany

• Worked as a developer for company M-Events. The company specializes on medical congresses where they take full control of all technical aspects before and during the congress. The company has a portal for doctors and congress personal to manage different parts of the pre-planning of the conference. The system also contained the ability to upload and validate abstracts, hotel booking, ticket management (with barcode scanning), integrated PowerPoint presentations during seminars and more.

Jan 2011 – Feb 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Developed the score board for roller derby games. Key features include live data transfer to the registry after a game, live streaming to the website, membership management, advertisement and detailed player statistics. The system is built in C# using WPF and MS SQL-Server.

Nov 2007 – Jan 2011 · 3 yrs 2 mos

• My own company aimed at providing support, simpler IT-courses and general programming for small companies. This was done on the side from my normal train driver work.

Jan 2002 – Jan 2005 · 3 yrs · Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

• Metro train driver in Stockholm.