Management Consultant

• Jan 2016 - Present

LATEST ASSIGNMENTS: PROJECT MANAGER – PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT NEW INSURANCE PRODUCT The project is creating a new insurance product for protection in the digital environment. The project drives the whole process from product design / content and scope, establishment of new business processes for handling and claims settlement, IT development to marketing campaign and launch. PROCESS DEVELOPMENT FOR AGILE BUSINESS ANALYSIS The mission consists in developing the process for business analysis and requirements documentation within the Private Insurance business area to adapt it to the IT organization's agile working methods and in strengthening the Business Requirements-team. REVIEW OF APPLICATION MANAGEMENT Assignment for review and analysis of the Application Management within the client’s IT organization. The mission was to to identify opportunities for quick, short-term, improvements in processes and methods and conditions surrounding the team and staffing constraints. Delivery of tangible suggestions and a detailed implementation plan for changes in the team's processes and methods, overall IT governance model and leadership to ensure support for current and future needs. INTERIM CIO - RAIL FREIGHT COMPANY Interim CIO for Sweden’s largest rail freight company and head of the IT-management team with overall responsibility for IT-Department and IT delivery capacity. I played an active role in the company’s management team and the role included responsibility for IT-strategy, vendor management, IT-budgets and staffing incl. IT-Infrastructure & Operations, Applications management, IT-support and IT Project management Office (PMO). PROGRAM LEAD - INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT COMPANY Assignment of restructuring and streamlining the IT landscape including governance, organisation, software and lifecycle management. Show less

Acting CIO

• Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

INTERIM CIO - RAIL FREIGHT COMPANY MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT - PLAYGROUND CONSULTING As an interim CIO for Sweden’s largest rail freight company Christian was responsible for the IT-management team with four section managers. The CIO-role included responsibility for IT-strategy, vendor and partner management, IT-budget and staff including Team-managers for IT-Infrastructure & Operations, Applications management, IT-support and IT Project management Office (PMO) (approximately 40 employees and contractors). As the acting CIO Christian played an active role in the company’s management team and the principal role in the IT management team with responsibility for IT-budget, short- and long-term strategy, processes and IT delivery capacity. Show less

Development Manager

• Jan 2011 - Jan 2016

- Active member of the IT management team, long and short term strategy responsibility- Active member of ATG’s Project Governance Committee - Responsible for ATG’s web sites and for betting platforms- Responsible for systems development and testing methods - Management responsibility for 29 employees and approx. 15 consultants - Annual budget of approx. 65 million SEK

Sektionschef/It

• 2011 - 2011

Head of Systems and Project Management

• Jan 2009 - Nov 2010

Responsible for a broad array of IT-related areas such as Project Management, Test and QA as well as the Software Maintenance function at Wasa Kredit IT.During my leadership we launched a new ITIL-based service support model with a new support and maintenance organisation. Wasa Kredit also adopted a more agile approach for it’s software development projects which lead to a revision of our methods. The team consisted of 12 professionals and had a total budget of approximately €2 Million. Show less

Head of Systems Management

• Nov 2008 - Feb 2010

Responsible for setting up a new Systems Management team at Wasa Kredit IT including team roles and responsibilities, budget and goals.The team was responsible for the System Maintenance function and Service Level Agreements for our internal systems as well as systems managed by external partners.The team was made up by 4 professionals and had a total budget of approximately €1.2 Million.

Officer in the Reserves

• 1994 - Nov 2010

Project Manager

• 2005 - 2008

The role as Project Manager meant managing different types of projects, from purely IT-related development through to projects focusing solely on business and organisational development. Project teams usually ranged from 3 to 10 professionals and budgets from €15,000 to €1.25 Million. During my time as Project manager I also helped develop Wasa Kredit’s Project process model and work methods. The role as Project Manager meant managing different types of projects, from purely IT-related development through to projects focusing solely on business and organisational development. Project teams usually ranged from 3 to 10 professionals and budgets from €15,000 to €1.25 Million. During my time as Project manager I also helped develop Wasa Kredit’s Project process model and work methods.