Speakers
#WITswe2023
We are proud and happy to introduce the speakers of this year’s Women in Tech Sweden.
Adithi Gururaj Srivatsa
Merits - Technical Writer, Scania
Adithi is part of the Scania IT team that is working towards Scania’s digital transformation. She is an Aerospace Engineer with a ...
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Alexis Macleod
Merits - Design Director, Digital Product UX, Electrolux
Alex leads a talented team at Electrolux that design user experiences for connected appliances. She is inspired by the domestic spaces ...
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Alice Heiman
Merits - Student and Young Scientist
Alice Heiman is an award-winning young scientist with a passion for exploring the world through the lens of technology. In 2021, ...
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Ami Denborg
Merits - RnD Director, ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions Hospitality
Ami has a long background in the tech industry. She started her career as a test engineer with a passion for quality. Today she is ...
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Ankit Naryani
Merits - Automation Test Engineer, Scania
Ankit is working as IT professional for the last 11 years. He has a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering. He ...
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Anna König Jerlmyr
Merits - Styrelseledamot och Investerare, Pihr Equal Pay
Experienced leader with both national and international networks and contacts. Anna is the former Mayor of Stockholm and also former ...
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Anna Redz
Merits - Product Owner, Tobii AB
Anna studied engineering physics but fell in love with theoretical computer science. After 12 years in x-ray imaging, Anna joined ...
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Annika Albertsson
Merits - Group Product Lead, Volvo Cars
Annika has worked at Volvo Cars for 30+ years within various areas although primarily in a global commercial context. Throughout her ...
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Annika Bäckström
Merits - Art Director & AI Prompt Specialist
Annika Bäckström is a graphic designer, art director, award winning illustrator and most recently: AI prompt specialist. She has ...
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Annika Borgström
Merits - Product Owner, Tobii AB
In her 7 years at Tobii, Annika has worked in the Screen Based/PC team with eye tracker features and OEM integrations, and now in the ...
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Ariella Rotstein Gille
Merits - Co-lead ICAx
Ariella is Co-lead at ICAx, an innovation hub, where she is part of leading an innovation journey within ICA. Starting new services ...
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Åsa Johansen
Merits - PR & Communications Director WIT Sweden
Åsa has been part of the Women in Tech core team since 2019. She started her career at Ericsson in the early 90’s. She has worked as a ...
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Åsa Zetterberg
Merits - Managing Director, TechSverige
Since 2019, Åsa has been Managing Director at TechSverige. She has a long background from work in the area of digitization, ...
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Atefeh Sebdani
Merits - Author, Techy and Lecturer
Atefeh started her career as a Microsoft trainee and have since held various positions within Cloud Business, Digital Transformation, ...
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Azra Osmancevic
Merits - Head of Business Development, Viaplay Group
Azra Osmancevic is Head of Business Development at Viaplay Group & co-founder of legal tech start up, Justic. She’s an active ...
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Carina Wiman
Merits - Head of Business Development, d|lab, Tietoevry
Carina has been working in the crossing of business and tech for more than 20 years. Through her many different roles focus has always ...
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Cecilia Clinch
Merits - Chief Business Officer - Nordics, Roboyo
An experienced leader with a history of working with digital transformation and automation from both the strategic and the technical ...
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Cecilia Johansson
Merits - Product Manager, Volvo Cars
Cecilia identifies as a women in the early phases of her career, that has lived and worked in nine countries ranging from, Sweden, the ...
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Charlotta Kvarnström
Merits - Partner and Nordics TMT Market Segment Leader, EY
Charlotta is a client and market focused senior executive with 25 years of global and Nordic Consulting experience within the TMT ...
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Christian Edström
Merits - Chief Product Owner - Development Platforms, Swedbank
Background as a Software Engineer, started off as a Cobol developer, coded my way through the Java stack ending up as an architect. ...
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Christina Crafoord
Merits - Service Manager, Scania
Christina has worked within IT for the last 6 years. She has a bachelor’s degree in Computer and Systems Sciences specialised in ...
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Daniel Treviño Bergman
Merits - Frontend Lead – Online, Tre
Daniel is a Senior Web Developer with extensive experience in both Frontend and Backend. He has great expertise in ...
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Dr. Angel K. Durr
Merits - Researcher, Consultant, and Professor
Dr. Angel Durr obtained her Ph.D. in Information Systems from the University of North Texas in 2018 at the age of 31 years old. Angel ...
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Dr. Hema Prem
Merits - Vice President (Insurance Europe), Infosys
Dr. Hema Prem is Vice President leading Europe Insurance at Infosys and is based in London. She is a Sales Advisory Board Member for ...
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Elin Bäcklund
Merits - CTO, ArK Kapital
Elin is the CTO and responsible for the technical innovation and direction at ArK Kapital. Before joining ArK, Elin led the ...
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Elin Eriksson
Merits - Director, Women in Tech Sweden
Elin has been involved in the Women in Tech initiative since 2015, when serving as a Brand Manager at Bonnier Group. Director of Women ...
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Fredrika Ling
Merits - Head of Design, d|lab Tietoevry
With 20 years of experience investigating the intersection between the digital and the human, Fredrika is intensely focused on using ...
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Hanna Carmvall
Merits - Campaign Manager Visma Spcs
Hanna is one of Visma's marketing wizards working with Visma Spcs branding events and graphic layout. Before joining Visma, Hanna has ...
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Hanne Hed
Merits - Practice Lead Sustainability & ESG, CGI
Hanne is an experienced Business Consultant within the retail and utilities sector with a deep interest in how we can use ...
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Helén Rapp
Merits - Senior projektledare inom informationssäkerhet, Bonnier News
Helén har arbetat i mer än 10 år med att leda IT-projekt i komplexa miljöer och på Bonnier News leder hon ett säkerhetsprogram för att ...
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Inanna Lallerstedt
Merits - Senior Product Manager, Svenska Dagbladet
Inanna is the senior product manager at Svenska Dagbladet, one of Sweden's largest newspapers. She discovered a strong passion for ...
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Johanna Lakso
Merits - CEO, Power Circle
Johanna Lakso is the head of Power Circle leading the way for new technologies in the energy sector. Her focus is to create a ...
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Johanna Thorell
Merits - Strategic Transformation Manager, Swedbank
Currently working with Swedbank's Tech strategy and evangelist for supporting the bank in adapting to modern ways of working with ...
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Johanna von Geyr
Merits - Co-CEO & Founder, Alaika Advisory
Johanna’s technology and operational skills in the industry make Johanna a go-to executive for multiple Forbes Global 2000 companies. ...
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Karin Engman
Merits - Head of Digital Trust, Tele2
An experienced Information and Cyber Security leader, Karin Engman has held security leadership positions for multinational ...
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Karin Zingmark
Merits - Author, Advisor and Keynote Speaker
Karin has extensive experience in change management and communication from leading positions in various industries, most recently as ...
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Linda Haraké
Merits - Responsible for Sustainability in Savings & Pension, Handelsbanken
Linda is responsible for Sustainability in the Product and Business Development within Handelsbanken Savings & Pension. A position ...
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Linda Rothan Cederberg
Merits - Head of Operations Data & Analytics, Electrolux
Linda leads the work around Data and Analytics for Electrolux Global Operations, creating visibility across a complex supply chain. ...
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Linda Wijkström
Merits - Project leader ECPAT Swedens tech coalition
For the past three years, Linda has worked with ECPAT Sweden's tech and financial coalition, where actors in the tech and financial ...
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Liselott Ahlberg
Merits - IT Chef, Bonnier News
Passionerad ledare för digital transformation och beteendenden från insidan av bolaget. Ansvarar inom infrastruktur, drift, arbetssätt ...
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Lotta Lovén
Merits - CIO and Head of Group Channels & Technologies, Swedbank
A sneaker-wearing intrapreneur regarded as “the brain behind Swedbank’s digital agenda,” Lotta is truly customer obsessed and has been ...
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Louise Lindberg
Merits - Chief Technology Officer, Visma
Louise started her career in Visma as a trainee, following a master’s degree in Industrial engineering and management. In Visma, she ...
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Lovisa Bergstedt
Merits - Chefsassistent till CTO och projektledare, Bonnier News
Skapar möten och event som bygger inkludering, gemenskap och kultur. Hon driver mångfaldsfrågor och arbetar med kompetensutveckling ...
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Madeleine Majenburg
Merits - Business & Innovation Designer, Deloitte Digital
Madeleine Majenburg is a Business Innovation Leader at Deloitte Digital in Stockholm and the proposition lead of some of Europe's ...
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Maha Bouzeid
Merits - Investor, Board Member & Impact Maker
Executive with strong leadership track record in Sales, Business development and Procurement in high-tech industries. Maha started her ...
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Mahan Moin
Merits - Artist
Mahan is a Persian/ Swedish artist that hit famous because of her contribution in the Persian version of Idol and came 3rd. Around 55 ...
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Malabika Ray
Merits - Senior Engineering Managert, Volvo Cars
Twenty years of experience as software engineer and engineering manager. Lived and worked in four different countries. Presently based ...
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Mar Hicks
Merits - Author, Historian and Professor
Mar Hicks is an author, historian, and professor doing research on the history of computing, labor, technology, and queer science and ...
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Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen
Merits - Chairman & Global Board Member, AON
Dr. h.c. Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen LLM ACII is Chairman of the Executive Board of Aon Holdings B.V. and Aon Group International B.V. ...
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Maria Gripseröd Norrman
Merits - Global head of Brand Management and Activation, Tietoevry
Maria Gripserod Norrman is heading up the global Brand and Activation team at Tietoevry. Maria has extensive experience in brand work ...
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Mats Persson
Merits - Utbildningsminister
Mats Persson har disputerat i ekonomisk historia vid Lunds universitet. Mats har varit Liberalernas ekonomisk-politisk talesperson och ...
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Milla Sjöstrand
Merits - Racing driver
As a, not yet 15-year-old, racing driver, Milla has already been driving go-karts and racing cars for half her life. She was a 2021 ...
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Miriam Franzén
Merits - Communications Advisor, EY
Miriam is a Communications Advisor at EY, a global leader in assurance, consulting, strategy and transactions, and tax services. She ...
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Nataliya Stoyanovych
Merits - Head of Business Design, P.F.C
Nataliya is a Head of Business Design at fintech company P.F.C. With 15 years of experience in tech, her journey began in Ukraine and ...
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Ödgärd Andersson
Merits - CEO, Zenseact
Ödgärd has been the CEO of Zenseact since November 2020. Prior to that was the Chief Digital Officer at Volvo Cars. Before moving into ...
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Olesja Hännikäinen
Merits - Tech Innovation Strategy Manager, Accenture
Olesja is an Innovation and Experience Designer in Metaverse Continuum Business Group at Accenture working at the intersection of ...
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Petra Ålund
Merits - Head of Technology, Member of Group Executive Committee, SEB
Petra is an experienced IT leader with 20+ years of experience from large companies in the engineering industry like Scania & ...
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Pia Rynnert
Merits - ITPO – Online, Tre
Pia has worked in the IT industry for +30 years. Initially as a developer and in recent years as a project manager and product owner. ...
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Rebecca Cander Dangovanos
Merits - Group Manager Analytic Platforms, Ica Gruppen AB
After almost a decade working as an IT project manager, I found my passion in analytics. The best thing about my job is being an ...
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Regina Nkemchor
Merits - Software Engineer, IKEA IT AB
Regina is a software engineer at IKEA IT AB. She is the founder of OpenKids Africa, a non-profit organization using open educational ...
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Réka Gazda
Merits - Engineering Manager, Schibsted
With 15 years experience in leading scaling remote teams that need to deliver, Réka Gazda is an engineering manager who cares deeply ...
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Robyn Nel
Merits - Content Creator, Moderator and Operations & Production Manager, Volvo Cars
Robyn Nel is a content creator, moderator and Operations & Production manager at Volvo Cars. She is endlessly curious, and so ...
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Rut Meyersson
Merits - Business Designer, CGI
Rut Meyersson is a business and service designer with expertise in innovation, circular economy and regenerative business design. Rut ...
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Sandra Siljestedt
Merits - PR & Communications, Women in Tech Sweden
Sandra has been working with Women in Tech Sweden since 2022. She has several years of experience working with PR and Communications ...
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Sanne Femling
Merits - IT Security Officer, Resurs
Sanne studied IT forensics and information security in Halmstad University for three years. During 2018 she started working as a ...
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Sara Cederberg
Merits - Chief Technology Officer, Women in Tech Sweden
Sara joined the Women in Tech core team in September 2022. After more than 20 years working in tech within product management and ...
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Sara Nordbrand
Merits - Head of Group Sustainability, Telia Company
Sara Nordbrand works as Head of Sustainability at Telia Company, responsible for integrating sustainability into Telia’s business ...
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Sarah Ouakim
Merits - Nordics Ventures & Open Innovation Lead & XR/Metaverse SME, Accenture
Sarah is the Nordic Lead for Ventures and Open Innovation at Accenture with a decade of experience as a founder/co-founder, strategic ...
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Sofia Andersson
Merits - Business Translator, Ica Gruppen AB
With a background as bioengineer, Sofia never intended to work with data science or even with IT. But during her time as a consultant ...
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Sofia Lindståhl
Merits - Scrum Master, Scania
Sofia has been working within IT at Scania for 5+ years. She has been involved in different areas, such as business automation & ...
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Stefan Alariksson
Merits - General Manager, Dell
Stefan Alariksson has served as the General Manager for Dell in Sweden since September 2013, a role that he has carried through the ...
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Stephanie Darvill
Merits - Cofounder & COO of Aline, Business Strategist and Market Researcher
Cofounder & COO of Aline, Business Strategist and Market Researcher turned entrepreneur with a huge passion for lifelong learning. ...
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Stephanie Ternert
Merits - Information Security Specialist & IT Risk Manager, Ica Gruppen AB
Security and risk management – enablers for innovation and digitalization? Yes, if you ask Stephanie. Stephanie holds a Ms. Sc. In ...
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Susanna Hellström Gefwert
Merits - Director Intelligent Automation Engineering, Roboyo
The powerful combination of technology and humans that together challenge how things are done, has been the focus for Susanna ...
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Thea Walther
Merits - Developer / Accessibility Champion, IF
Thea Walther is officially a developer, but due to her inability to keep quiet about things she’s passionate about she’s also a ...
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Tove Blomgren
Merits - Creative Director, SALLY by EY Doberman
Tove Blomgren is the Creative Director of SALLY within EY Doberman, an innovation studio for building preferable futures. SALLY is on ...
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Tove Noorjahaan Dalenius
Merits - Artist, Researcher and Lecturer
Tove is a practising artist undertaking academic research focusing on full-parallax digital holography. Using a Practice-Based ...
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Triantafyllia (Fillitsa) Karypidou
Merits - Scrum Master, Scania
Fillitsa have worked in the IT sector the last 5 years. She has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and started working at Scania ...
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Tua Asplund
Merits - Business Developer - Zoan Studio
Tua Asplund is a Business Developer and AI Advisor and has recently joined Zoan Studio, a Helsinki-based Metaverse company ...
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Unn Swanström
Merits - Moderator and Senior UX Designer at Mojang Studios
For the fifth consecutive year Unn Swanström will host the Women in Tech conference! Unn Swanström is a Senior UX Designer at Mojang ...
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Viktoria Henge Klättborg
Merits - Team Manager, Online, Tre
Viktoria has got a master’s in mechanical engineering but got on the IT train when she finished LTH and moved to Stockholm. She ...
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Ylva Wikström
Merits - Managing Director | Digital Transformation & Delivery | eCommerce | Program Management | Retail, Accenture
For more than 23 years, I have helped our Nordic clients to deliver large scale transformation programs. Today I use this depth of ...
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Yvonne Ruwaida
Merits - Business Strategist, Vattenfall Distribution
Yvonne Ruwaida is a power system engineer and business strategist working with innovation and change management at the grid company ...
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