1. Cognov a AB  Kommendörsgatan 6  114 48 Stockholm  +46 760003030 | Org nr: 556727-7826  www.cognov a.net
Ola Hesselroth
Ola has a solid background in IT with expertise from strategic
analysis, IT architecture to implementation. He has a good
knowledge and understanding of how technology and business
interact and can translate the business needs into practical and
effective IT technology solutions, with a specialization in cloud
services. Ola has its positive and engaging way easy to obtain and
disseminate information at all levels of the company. He is efficient
and targeted and prefers where customer needs are translated into
functional activities.
Area of Competence
Management areas
 IT Strategy
 Business Strategy
 Business Development
 Infra and Cloud Strategy
 IT Management
 IT Development
 IT Architecture
 Global delivery
 Coaching
Industry
 Utility/Energy
 Manufacturing
 Bank/Finance
 Consulting
Technology & Devleopment
 Cloud delivery (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS)
 Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google)
 Scalability and Elasticity
 Application Performance
 Development Processes
 Development Frameworks
 Agile development (SCRUM)
 DevOps
 Process Development
 Requirement Management
 Cloud Connectivity
 Server-less services and Micro services

2. Cognov a AB  Kommendörsgatan 6  114 48 Stockholm  +46 760003030 | Org nr: 556727-7826  www.cognov a.net
Previous assignments (examples)
2014 – 2015 IT Operations Manager – SBAB Bank AB
Responsibilities: Responsible for the ongoing IT-operations, Cloud
Implementation, Application Performance
Area of expertise: Cloud Contract Management, Cloud- and IT-
Architect, Team Building, Cloud and Infra specialist
Deliverables:
IT Operations Manager
 Implemented Application Performance Management
 Leading the process and contract management for
implementing AWS cloud services at the Bank
 Handled partners and suppliers
 Personnel management
 Architecting multi cloud environment
2015 – 2016 CIO - Knowit Cloud Transformation AB
Responsibilities: CIO, Responsible for the ongoing management,
Cloud Architect, Sales
Area of expertise: Company Management, Cloud- and IT-Architect,
Team Building, Cloud and Infra specialist
Deliverables:
CIO
 Building a Cloud Company within Knowit
 Employed personnel
 Implemented tools and frameworks for manage the cloud
business
 Handled partners and suppliers
 Personnel management
 Setting up multi cloud environment
 Reported to the board
2011 – 2014 Chief Architect, IT development manager and Infrastructure
Manager – HL Display AB
Responsibilities: Chief Architect, IT Development Manager and
Infrastructure Manager
Area of expertise: Solution- and IT-Architect, Team Building,
Development Framework, Cloud and Infra specialist
Deliverables:
IT Development manager

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 Building an IT Development Center in Poland
 Building up the center in Gliwice Poland
 Employed personnel
 Implemented Scrum and other frameworks
 Implemented continues integration
 Handled local partners and suppliers
 Personnel management
 Project management
 Coaching the team
Chief Architect
 IT-strategy with connection to business plan
 Procurement of different solutions, eg Infrastructure platform
Office Solutions, Cloud Platforms, etc.
 New ERP architecture, (from 40 different DBs/or systems to 1)
 Building a Cloud Architecture, using Saas, PaaS and IaaS as
base
 Business case for move to the cloud
 Deep investigation and analysis of the differences of all cloud
platforms
 Change management for the cloud move
 Support the change of how to work
Infrastructure Manager
 Building up the cloud team with members from Sweden,
Poland and Singapore
 Strategy and new architecture for support utilizing of cloud
 Purchase of different solutions
 Manage the move to Google Apps
 Building up Jeeves ERP to use Amazon Web Services
 EPI Server and InRiver (PIM) to Amazon Web Services
 Qlikview and other systems like ESB to Amazon Web
Services
 Seeting up SaaS based IT development tools
2010 – 2011 CTO – EasyPark
Managing Easypark as CTO
Responsibilities: Manage the IT department and design a new IT
platform for possible growth.

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Area of expertise: Solution- and IT-Architect.
Deliverables:
 IT-strategy with connection to business plan
 New IT-architecture support scale and growth
 Procurement and requirements for new platform
 Negotiation with suppliers
 Personnel management
 Project management
 Closed down the development team in Norway
 Implementation and purchase of new office solution
 Implementation and purchase of new communication solutions
2011 – 2013 Advisor, Change/Risk/Quality – Fortum Distribution AS
Role as Change/Risk/Quality Manager in the AMM Norway Project
implementing 107.000 smart meters as a turnkey project with an
operational service contract
Development and Requirement Specifications – To Be Processes due
to Smart Metering within 127 Sub Processes
Responsibility for technical, commercial solutions for Home Area
Networks
Support in all negotiations as a part of the implementation.
Strategic Advisor for all connected IT development to support the
implementation.
Responsible for establishing, following-up and governance of the
Project Master Time Plan
2009 - 2009 Strategic review – Fortum HeatAB
Worked with a IT review for the power plants in Stockholm area
Deliverables
 ITIL process maturity assessment
 System review
 System map
 Competence mapping
 Listed threats and opportunities
 Recommended improvement projects
2007 -2008 Architect – Fortum Distribution AB
Micro- production for Fortum Distribution (e.g. small scale electricity
wind mills) feasibility study, including
 Market research
 High level solution architecture
 Business model

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 Business cases
Micro-production is become an focus area in Fortum
Created an architectural blue print for new services connected to
AMM/AMI.
Deliverables
 Target Architecture for AMI (Automatic Meter Infrastructure) /
Smartgrid, including
 Analysis of existing AMI solution in Sweden
 Service architecture, high level design, for Metering Services
for Outage Management, Electrical Cars and Home
Automation
 Target architecture for AMI / Smartgrid
 Solution architecture work for Home Automation pilot
 Road-map for transformation and cost calculations
Participant in the Finnish AMI procurement
 Technical evaluations in tender process for AMI in Finland
 Architectural evaluation
 HAN (Home Area Network) specialist, including review of
communication protocols like ZigBee and Z-wave
Mobile Workforce analysis
 Analysis of existing situation
 Solution architecture for mobile workforce
Member of Fortum SmartGrid group
 ICT (Information Communication Technology) specialist
Previous Employments
2015 – Present Knowit Cloud Solutions AB
Partner and CEO; Knowit Cloud Solutions is a knowledge-based
company, providing expert management consulting to the Cloud, IT-
Development and IT-Infra sector
2014 – 2015 Nuboza AB
Owner and CEO; is a knowledge-based company, providing expert
management consulting to the Cloud, IT-Development and IT-Infra
sector

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2011 - 2014 HL Display
Chief Architect, development Manager, Infrastructure Manager:
HL Display is the global expert for in-store communication and
merchandising. HL has outstanding experience as a problem solver
and solution provider for their customers needs as well as an
extensive understanding of the retail environment. HL sells to over 50
countries’ and have offices in about 40 of those.
2007 – 2010 Cognova AB
Owner and CEO; IT Consulting Company
2001 – 2007 Wonderhome
Owner and CEO; An investment and construction company with
many own projects.
2001 – 2001 ProAct
Business Developer; Proact specialises in managing, guaranteeing
and storing large volumes of business-critical information. The
company was quoted on the O list of the Stockholm Stock Exchange
in 1999.
Reported to the head of marketing.
1999 – 2001 Iterium.net
Founder, CTO & Business Developer; Iterium.net acted as an
Application Service Provider (ASP) and had the goal to becoming a
leading European player in its niche.
1996 – 1999 Semcon
Teacher and IT Consultatant; Semcon is an international technology
company active in the areas of engineering services and product
information.
Education
2013 REQB, Requirement Engineering Foundation, ITQnord, Stockholm, Sw eden.
The course provides good know ledge in requirement engineering.
http://www.itqnord.se/educations/kravhantering-introduktion/view
2013 Amazon Web Services, Architectingon AWS. Stockholm
The course provides know ledge how to optimize the use of the AWS Cloud by
understanding AWS services and how these services fit into a cloud solution.
2014 Qlikview Designer, Qlik, Lund
2011 Professional Scrum Master, Cedur, Gothenburg, Sweden

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The course is a certification course in SCRUM framew ork
http://www.cedur.se/vara-kurser/professional-scrum-master/
2009 - 2010 Coaching, Inner and Outer management, Stockholm, Sw eden.
The education provides methods and tools for coaching following ICFs
http://www.coachfederation.org/ framework.
2008 – 2009 CertifiedIT-Architect, Dataföreingenkompetens,Sweden, www.dfkompetens.se
The education provides good know ledge of principles and methods for the design of
distributed component based IT-systems and also how to generate, describe and evaluate
architectures.
2002 Law, Stockholm university, Stockholm, Sw eden.
Legal course overview (Jök), company law and tax law .
2000 and 2008 Project management, (2000) Projektledarskolan, (2008) Astrakan, Sundbyberg,
Sw eden, www.astrakan.se
1996-1997 Microsoft CertifiedSystemEngineer, SemconEducation, Lund, Sweden
While w orking for Semcon Education I took 13 different Microsoft certificates.
1996 Network Technician, SemconEducation, Lund, Sweden.
The course lasted half a year and ended w ith a certification in Novell's server system
NetWare.
1990 – 1991 Military Service, I12, Eksjö Sw eden.
1987 – 1989 The economic programme, Finnvedens gymnasium, Värnamo, Sw eden.
Background
Born: 1969
Languages: Swedish (mother tongue), English (Fluent)
Position: Consultant, CEO
Contact information
Mobile: +46 76 000 30 30
Email: ola.hesselroth@knowit.se