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Old enough to know better, still curious enough to try.

AI, observability, and cloud-native by trade. Fountain pens, space operas, and Neovim by choice.

Experience 25+ years of "it works on my machine"

Location Sweden, Europe

Languages SV / EN / DE

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Developer by trade, fountain pen hoarder by choice

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AI · Observability · Cloud-native · Neovim configs

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Curriculum Vitae

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25+ years in telecom, IT services, and cloud-native platforms. I've led teams, built production systems, and worked in environments where uptime actually matters.

I spend most of my time on observability, service assurance, and AI. That means OpenTelemetry pipelines, distributed tracing, and cloud-native monitoring. Right now I'm building with AWS Bedrock, AI agents, and applied ML.

I also contribute to 3GPP SA5 standardization, which gave me a solid grounding in network management models and OAM architectures.

Technical Expertise

AI & ML

AWS Bedrock
LLM agents
SLM agents
Prompt engineering
AI-assisted workflows
Applied ML

Cloud & Containers

Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
eBPF
Distributed tracing
Cloud-native architecture

Observability

Monitoring system design
Telemetry pipelines
Performance analysis
Incident management

Systems

Linux
FreeBSD
System architecture
High availability
Virtualization

Networking

TCP/IP
Network architecture
Security hardening
Enterprise security

Infrastructure & Operations

Data center operations
Service delivery
Server platform development
Capacity planning
Automation & tooling

Professional Experience

Ericsson

2001–Present

Senior Systems Developer, 3GPP SA5 Standardization

2025–Present

Delegate to 3GPP SA5, working on international standards for cloud-native management and orchestration of telecom networks. Focused on observability, service assurance, and network resource models for 5G-Advanced and 6G.

Systems Developer, Cloud RAN

2021–2025

Worked on Ericsson's Cloud RAN, handling cloud-native infrastructure, system integration, and operations for distributed radio access networks running on Kubernetes.

Lead Architect, Global Lab Operations

2018–2021

Led the technical architecture for Ericsson's global lab infrastructure. Set technical direction, standardized lab environments, and mentored engineers. Built the operational practices that kept test and development workflows running smoothly at scale.

Architect, Server Platform Development

2016–2018

Helped build Ericsson's x86 server platform, launched at Mobile World Congress. Built the Hyperscale demo used to present the platform at launch. After that, worked on architecture, performance tuning, and technical pre-sales.

ICT Architect, Data Center Monitoring

2013–2016

Built monitoring and observability systems for Ericsson's data center infrastructure. The goal was clear visibility into performance, availability, and capacity across distributed environments.

IT Security Specialist

2009–2013

Ran security architecture and operations, including Ericsson's Extended Enterprise solution for secure third-party access to corporate networks. Managed firewalls, security monitoring, and access control across test and production environments.