
Head of Architecture at Unibet
Stockholm Area, Sweden

Head of Architecture at Unibet
Stockholm Area, Sweden
Stefan is Head of Architecture - which means he manages the architects and is in charge of technology strategy - at Unibet, a leading European e-gaming operator. He is responsible for enterprise architecture, website architecture, scalability, performance and uptime and development processes, procedures and tools.
Stefan has long experience in object oriented design and development. He is very skilled in the domains of software architecture, IT-security and systems- and network architecture. He has a proven track record of delivering secure, scalable, and highly available solutions in these domains. Stefan offers a unique combination of depth and width that few Software/Enterprise Architects can match.
Prior to software architecture he worked as an IT-security and IT-infrastructure expert focusing on network and system security. He's been working as a technical IT-specialist since 1993 with leading commercial platforms and products as well as open source software.
Stefan has the ability to communicate road maps and solutions to customers and is comfortable in working on all levels in an organization - from the management team to the technical experts. He is a good listener and has great social skills.
Stefan is thorough and goal-oriented, focusing on delivering results that exceed expectations. He has solid experience in requirements capture/analysis, design, implementation and review of IT-systems.
Stefan is 37-year old, currently living in Stockholm with his wife, daughter and a son. On his spare time he enjoys running, squash and working out.
Strategy, Business Development, Enterprise Java, Software Architecture and Design, Requirements capturing/analysis, IT-security, IT-infrastructure, IT-operations
(Public Company; UNIB; Gambling & Casinos industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Unibet is one of the largest online gambling operators in the European market with over 3.1 million customers worldwide.
* Member of the IT management team
* Established and manages the Architecture Team
* Lead the performance effort on the next generation web site
* Negotiated and implemented a Content Delivery Network solution
* Developed Architecture Strategy & Road Map
* Executes Open Source Strategy
* Negotiated and implemented outsourced DNS and a leading anti-DDoS solution (using BGP)
* Initiated and lead the Facelift project that redesigned the website architecture using XHTML 1.1 strict and floating layout, implemented skinning support etc.
Responsible for Enterprise architecture, Website architecture, Scalability, Performance and Uptime. Development processes, procedures and tools.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)
December 2005 — June 2007 (1 year 7 months)
Stefan was the lead architect for what was probably one of the very first business critical applications on EJB3 on JBoss in the world: The Nordic Exchange News Distribution Service for NASDAQ OMX in 2006.
The service is tailor-made for storing, managing and distributing disclosure and investor news. There are around 800 companies releasing more than 40,000 announcements per year in nine different languages.
The system has free-text search for archived disclosures and distributes disclosures and market information via http push, xml live feeds, rss, sms, email and fax.
Stefan staffed the project (7-9 people), handled the requirements and designed the solution. He also implemented the workflow engine, the domain model, most of the DAO:s and key business functionality.
(Computer Software industry)
November 2000 — November 2005 (5 years 1 month)
Chief Architect at Premiepensionsmyndigheten (PPM – the Swedish government’s Premium Pension Authority) for a project delivering a workflow solution for all customer channels and backend systems. New technical infrastructure consisting of J2EE/EJB integration/workflow system, Swing UI Workflow Client, Computer-Telephony Integration (CTI) and XML-based document management. The project peaked at almost 80 project members and took 2.5 years from requirements to production. ROI was reached in 24 months.
Technical lead in the design and implementation of the firewall complex for PPM, where well over four million people manage their government pension mutual funds. Responsibility included load balancer, web server and application server configuration, application security and system-level hardening.
Technical security advisor/designer for Ericsson Global IT Services during the design and implementation of Ericsson’s global Extranet.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
January 1999 — May 2000 (1 year 5 months)
Stefan authored the best-selling "Securing Windows NT/2000 Servers for the Internet" for O'Reilly. It received a 5/5 customer rating and was translated into Russian, Italian, Dutch and Japanese.
"O'Reilly continues to produce excellent reference material, and this book is another example. If you are responsible for Windows NT or 2000 security, this book is a must-read."
--Mathias Thurman, Computerworld, Jan 7, 2002
"If you're running a web site on NT/2000, RUN - do not walk - and buy this book. Practical techniques backed by sound theory make this book an invaluable resource."
-- Marcus J Ranum, world-renowned expert on security system design and implementation.
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years )
Acted as the Windows system security lead during the implementation of the SEB Internet bank (Windows based). The project was one of five customer cases presented in the HP Annual Report 1998. SEB is a North European financial group for 400,000 corporate customers, and 5 million private customers.
Designed and implemented two major HP-UX-based HA cluster solutions - Telia’s mail servers with more than 30000 users and Posten Logistik’s centralized tracking database system. Telia is the leading telecommunications company in the Nordic and Baltic region and Posten is one of the Nordic region’s largest messaging and logistics companies.
Classroom instructor for customers and HP consultants covering Microsoft Windows (Microsoft Certified Trainer), Advanced Unix (such as HA and storage management) and security.
Scandinavian technical lead for Microsoft technology within HP Consulting.
Received the Hewlett-Packard STAR-award for significant contributions to the company.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
1995 — 1997 (2 years )
Technical Account Manager and Open Systems Architect for WM-datas largest account at the time - NCC. NCC is one of the leading construction and property development companies in the Nordic region.
Sold the largest EMC Symmetrix system in northern Europe at the time to NCC. Lead the implementation project of the EMC setup and migration.
Tech lead in a working group looking to implement disaster tolerant operations on Open Systems in WM-data's outsourcing branch.
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Networking industry)
January 1993 — December 1995 (3 years )
Set up the web presence for a number of startups
Business partner with Kuai - one of Sweden's first dial-up ISP's (provided hardware, consulting)
Consultant to Uppsala Science Park in Internet Technologies and connectivity
Information Technology, Enterprise Java, Software Architecture, IT Security, Cooking, Squash.
Chairman for The Swedish Federation of Young Scientists, Uppsala 1990-1991
Member of the Youth Board at WM-data AB 1995-1997
Speaker at Computer Law Association's Annual European Conference 2005
Created and lead an online organization of around 80-100 players aged 16-55 from all around Europe (World of Warcraft Guild Leader), 2006-2007