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Founder at Metal Sweden Productions

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Entrepreneur, with background in computer software and environmental management. Working with new developments in digitalisation.

Specialties: Cloud data implementations. Data systems for sustainable food, energy and water.

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Career: 16

Founder

Metal Sweden Productions

Feb 2025 - Present

Project Manager

Swedish Armed Forces

Aug 2025 - Present

Bassist & song writer

Orbital Decay

2016 - Present

Bassist, song writer and co-founder of the metal band Orbital Decay.

Council Member (Board member)

Nexus Aurora

Aug 2024 - Jan 2026

Council member at space technology incubator, with focus on business development.

Co-founder and Managing Director

Johannas Stadsodlingar AB / Stremtech AB

On-site

Feb 2018 - Jan 2025

We build and operate circular, sustainable food production systems, that scale and are replicable. Our indoor circular growing systems based on aquaponics allow us to produce local food 365 days a year, minimising transport, water use and other environmental impact. The operations have high levels of digitalisation and automation. With significant investments from among others Kull & Partners, Katapult VC and grants from Vinnova (Stremtech AB was earlier called Johannas Stadsodlingar AB).

Senior Advisor

Foundation for Environmental Monitoring

Sep 2019 - Sep 2021

I have worked on strategy with the FFEM team in India as part of Akvo since 2014.

Co-founder & Senior advisor

Akvo Foundation

May 2019 - Aug 2021

Co-founder, co-director & CTO

Akvo Foundation

Aug 2006 - Apr 2019

Co-director, CTO & co-founder at Akvo. We provide data solutions, built on an open source online data platform, for international development cooperation, governance and environmental monitoring. The platform is used by thousands of organisations including: UN-Habitat, World Bank, Governments of Liberia, Mali, Benin, Nepal, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Fiji and more, UNDP, UNICEF, SNV, Plan, Cardno, Mars, UTZ and many others. We collected drinking water data for 100+ million people.

Volunteer - Business development

Seawater Greenhouse Ltd

2002 - 2008

Worked with Charlie Paton at Seawater Greenhouse and independently to research and build business cases for Seawater Greenhouse implementations in different locations, including the Maldives and Curacao.

Founder/Director

ISSEL - Intranet Software Solutions (Europe) Ltd.

1997 - 2003

Founder of this UK reseller and software developer. Specialized in operational performance managment, web traffic analysis and work group collaboration. Customers included: Dell UK, Worldcom, BAE Systems, BT, Nomura, ST Microelectronics.

CEO

Zezame, Inc.

1999 - 2002

Co-founder of Zezame. Web site annotation and collaboration software. Shut down when the internet bubble burst.

Director

Trellis (UK) Ltd.

1995 - 1997

Co-founder of this team of document managment consultants. Selected projects: British Biotech, Welcome Foundation, Abbey National.

Senior Consultant

Coyote Group

Apr 1994 - Sep 1995

First employee at the Coyote Group, where we built the initial product that eventually became Stellent CMS. Customers included Baxter Healthcare, Silicon Systems and Western Digital. Stellent was sold to Oracle for $440 million in cash, in 2006.

Project Manager

Interleaf, Inc.

1988 - 1994

Project management and technical project lead positions in both the UK subsidiary and the US mothership. Selected projects: British Aerospace, UPS Airline, Canadair and F.Hoffman-La Roche

System administrator

Ericsson Radio Systems AB

1987 - 1988

Instructor, Lieutenant

Swedish Armed Forces

1984 - 1986

Teacher and instructor at various positions at Uppland Regiment and the Signal Corps Officers College (SignOHS).

Education: 4

Stockholm University

BSc, Environmental Science

Aug 2005 - Jul 2025

Took a 20 year break before the graduation thesis got done.

Lysekil Higher Vocational Education

Higher Vocational Education Diploma

2019 - 2020

One year education covering all aspects of aquaculture.

Royal Institute of Technology

Didn't graduate

1985 - 1986

Signal Corps Officers College

Lieutenant

1983 - 1984

After 12 months of military service, I completed a further 12 months of training at the Signal Corps Officers college (SignOHS). Graduating as a Lieutenant.

Projects: 2

Akvo Flow

akvo.org/safe-water-for-all/

Mar 2012 - Apr 2019

In 2012 we took over Akvo Flow from Water for People. Akvo Flow is field data collection for smartphones. We scaled it up to be able to handle country-sized operations for drinking water quality monitoring, among other things. We added easy-to-use sensors for water quality directly in the phone app. In 2018, together with country partners and UNICEF, we held water quality data for rural areas covering more than 100 million people, primarily in West Africa, but also in many other regions, including Indonesia and the Pacific.

Akvo RSR

akvo.org/improve-and-showcase-your-results/

Sep 2006 - Mar 2019

Akvo RSR is a project visualisation and update system for development aid projects, used by hundreds of organisations internationally. Partners and users include UNDP, Dutch government, UN-HABITAT and Cisco.

Languages: 2

Swedish(Native or bilingual)
English(Full professional)

Skills: 28

Technical

Software DevelopmentSystem Architecture

Business

EntrepreneurshipFundraisingGovernanceKnowledge ManagementManagement ConsultingProject ManagementStrategy

Interpersonal

Research

Other

AquacultureCapacity BuildingClimate ChangeCorporate Social ResponsibilityInternational DevelopmentInternational RelationsMarketing CommunicationsNGOs
Non-profitsOpen InnovationPeople SkillsProgram ManagementSocial EntrepreneurshipStart-up VenturesSustainabilitySustainable BusinessSustainable DevelopmentWater

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