30 years. Every role. Every level.

My relationship with technology started at age six, when a Commodore VIC-20 landed in our home. I have not stopped since. What began as something to do on weekends became a career that has taken me through almost every role the industry offers: first-line support, systems administrator, technical account manager, presales engineer, people leader, and finally Director at Oracle leading international teams across the Nordics and Alps.

I became a manager the day Dell acquired EMC. The team I worked with was nervous, understandably so. I already knew both sides of that deal, and I wanted to make it feel safe for the people around me. I applied for the role and got it. From that point on my job was simple: make solutions engineers better at what they do, and make sure they had a life outside of it. We work to live. Not the other way around.

One thing thirty years taught me is that nobody looks out for you unless you do it yourself. Most colleagues disappear the moment you leave a company, even the ones you worked closely with for years. The responsibility for your own career, your own preparation, your own next step, that sits with you.

In early 2026 Oracle let me go. It came right after a personal separation, so I took some time to gather myself. Then I realised I was in charge of my own destiny. I sat down and started building.

I advocate for using less, hurting nothing, and making the people around me better than I found them.