Martin Strålenhielm

Brought in to rescue a stalled AI initiative and give it direction across multiple parallel workstreams at Karlstad municipality. The previous pilot had been halted — I brought structure and clear ownership to a set of initiatives that had neither.

I sit between the business side, IT, architecture, and leadership — helping everyone understand what's actually possible and who should own what. The scope is broad: platform selection (Fabric, Copilot Studio, Foundry, ML environments), information security, legal/GDPR compliance, and managing AI projects from idea to production.

The team's way of working was vaguely "scrum-ish" — I moved them to proper Scrum/Kanban with clear metrics for prioritization. The goal was to leave a setup that makes the next AI project easier to start.

Led development and service management for the digital public transit platform — an agile transformation with a cross-functional team of up to 23 people and a ~25M SEK annual contract. The client gave us their highest possible quality rating.

Two major security incidents hit during my time — I led the response both times, and we came out with a better product and more trust from the client. I also mediated between the two regions when their priorities clashed, and ran two side projects that fell outside Sogeti's normal scope.

Co-founded Cenvigo, a medtech startup building privacy-first monitoring for elderly care. Our bed sensor system let care homes keep residents safe without cameras — cutting unnecessary night visits that typically eat up to 25% of staff working hours. I set the product and technical direction, created the roadmap, and reported to a board of scientists and domain experts.

In the early stages I was hands-on — designing the system architecture, database structure, and developing algorithms for 200 Hz pressure sensor data analysis using Fourier transforms and anomaly detection. Over time I shifted from writing code to owning architecture and business direction.

Led the team of 3–6 people, acting as the link between customers and developers. Left after strategic disagreements with the investor — the product was working and deployed.

As Grand Marshal and Deputy Grand Marshal, I held operational and administrative responsibility for the marshals' and standard-bearers' participation in Uppsala University's official ceremonies — including doctoral conferment ceremonies and professorial installations.

I coordinated events in close collaboration with university leadership, police, staff, and representatives from other institutions. The role demanded diplomacy and clear communication at the intersection of university leadership, the student union, and external authorities.

Built and led a support team spanning 1st line, 2nd line, a print shop, and QA. Served as technical expert supporting sales in client meetings and was co-responsible for trade show presence. Held special responsibility for Nordic partner and supplier relationships.

On the technical side, I did QA, troubleshooting, and built custom tools. Developed specialized materials to speed up sign production and worked as an in-house VBA programmer.

Assisted faculty with research at the Department of Business Studies.