Stefan is a versatile technologist and leader with a long career in software development, architecture, and creative engineering. He combines technical depth with clarity of thought and an instinct for collaboration, making him equally effective in strategy and in hands-on development.
His background spans startups, enterprise environments, and research-oriented projects. Stefan is known for guiding teams with trust and curiosity, helping others grow while bringing order and creativity to complex technical challenges. He is comfortable moving between leadership and contribution, always focused on building systems and cultures that last.
Those who have worked with Stefan describe him as open, thoughtful, and genuinely interested in learning. He has a rare ability to connect detail with direction and to balance technical precision with a strong sense of purpose.
He is particularly well suited to emerging ventures that value adaptability and broad experience, where connecting people, ideas, and technology into cohesive outcomes is essential.
Sine Wave Entertainment creates premium virtual world experiences for business. I helped them create an environment-aware NPC powered by the ChatGPT realtime voice API that manipulates its surroundings via tools.
I was part of developing https://hiber3d.com/ Game Studio, SDK, tool chain, backend services and example apps; as a senior resource I coded, created full-stack 3D Web game demos in React and C++, tested, deployed and maintained the entire Hiber3D offer from a technical angle.
As their CTO I took a hands-on approach to make sure that IT systems were properly managed, managing onboarding/offboarding, billing, cost and securing their systems. When I stepped aside, I offered to continue the admin role to offload my successor. I also functioned as the main resource for security policy and training.
As lead for the Hiber AI Research initiative I led the effort to build and host various large and small multimodal generative AI toolchains. I got to work with a plethora of third-party APIs as well as training, deploying and managing models on GCP Compute and Vertex AI
As a member of the Platform team I worked as a full stack developer; IAC, DevOps, CI, CD, Databases, Backends, Frontend, Multiple Build Chains, Package Management, Automatic testing.
In this period Hiber did a push to formalize their security compliance and test automation policy. I was the lead for both these projects, making sure to always properly manage risk and cost.
Hiber is a venture-backed startup with headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, focused on building a social platform for anyone to communicate and express themselves through game-like experiences. As their CTO I organised technology and four agile teams to deliver success while growing.
Allevi AB is the premium provider of time management for LSS, HVB and LOV care providers in Sweden. The company is highly driven by humane values and implements an 'making a difference' ethos supporting independent living. As their CISO, I made sure they and their customers were kept safe and as a CloudOps engineer I made sure they could deliver highly available systems cost effectively.
I helped the Secure Transportation team develop the Track and Trace product suite that provide customers with a secure logistic solution for different kinds of transportation. With this solution a user can gain full control over their logistic services through a work-order based system that manages, monitors and measures all services provided for the end customer. The system also creates an operational audit trail from commitment start to final execution, which facilitates having full control throughout the entire transport logistics chain.
What attracted me with the young consultancy firm Acorn was that they are committed to nurture a culture in which capable individuals can grow. The decision to leave did not come easy, and I recommend them whole-heartedly both as employers and as suppliers of .NET, Java and embedded software development talent.
I was brought in to help Aros bootstrap development of the control system for testing and programming stations in their automated circuit board production facility. The assignment also consisted of coaching the inhouse developers on modern .NET development practices and Software Architecture.
KGH Customs services is a premiere provider of customs services. Central to these services is the software-as-a-service web based logistics center, integrating KGH, customers and international customs. My role was as Senior Developer and Team Lead for the feature team developing automation of customs declarations, an I also served as the Architect and principal developer for their schema-driven UI Framework.
TIBCO Spotfire is the premier studio for enterprise-scale Interactive Visual Analytics. Solutions and Software Architect, Senior Systems Developer and Lead Tech for https://spotfire.cloud.tibco.com/ 1.0.0, 3.0.0-3.3.0 https://silverspotfire.tibco.com/ 2.0-2.7 https://tryspotfire.tibco.com 2.0-2.7 Project manager for https://silverspotfire.tibco.com/ 2.0-2.1.1
The OpenSimulator Project is a BSD Licensed Virtual Worlds Server which can be used for creating and deploying 3D Virtual Environments. Fun fact: the platform is mentioned in David Chalmers Reality+
Tribal Media AB created high quality high technology interactive 3D mass media solutions.
Architected and Developed TribalOne, a first-generation distributed 3D Web Metaverse application platform.
Playahead was Swedens second largest youth web community.
Voice Workers produced speech recognition and natural dialogue management solutions for telephony.
I helped bring the 'Ullman Mouse' into existence by choosing their USB controller and coding assembler for it.
Framfab was the second largest web consultancy in Sweden.
Zero Audience is a pop-up DJ collective, bringing music to the public space by making bystanders participants.
Loving music, I also love to play music. Under the moniker St. Éphan I have played in several settings and taught 150+ people the basics of digital beatmixing. Most of my sets available at https://lbsa71.net
I started my IT studies in 1996, got swept up by the web and finally made it back to take my degree 20 years later.
I took one year of intermediate psychology studies which gave me valuable insights about myself, the work I do, and the world I live in.
Course in Communication and Leadership