I build technology organisations that deliver.
20+ years across financial services, energy and aviation. Today: leading Identity & Access Management at SEB. Based in Stockholm / Uppsala, Sweden.
20+
years leading tech
100+
person tribe at SEB
4
countries · global delivery
About
Daniel Öhgren · Stockholm / Uppsala, Sweden
For more than 20 years I've led teams through complexity, growth and change across financial services, energy and aviation. My strength is turning strategy into real outcomes. Clear operating models, stable platforms and teams that move with purpose.
The polished version: I drive digital and AI-enabled transformation. The honest version: I like fixing things, simplifying what's messy, and helping good teams become great.
Outside work I stay hands-on with IoT, automation, AI, a Proxmox homelab and a few software projects through QuantCorp. Helps me lead with realism rather than buzzwords.
Experience
SEB
Head of Identity & Access Management, Tribe Lead · 2024 – present
Lead strategy, operating model and execution for SEB's centralised identity, signing and authorisation capabilities. Multi-year transformation, regulatory alignment and a 100+ person tribe.
Polarium
VP IT · 2022 – 2024
Owned global IT strategy and operating model across Sweden, Mexico, South Africa and Vietnam. Cloud-first, cybersecurity roadmap and IPO readiness for a cleantech scale-up.
SAS – Scandinavian Airlines
Head of Airport Operations / Airport IT, Digital & IT · 2019 – 2022
Digital and IT leadership at Scandinavia's flag carrier through aviation's most turbulent period. Globally responsible for airport IT. Real-time operations across the network, COVID-passport rollout under a deadline.
Swedavia AB
IT Manager, Information Management · 2016 – 2019
Led analytics, APIs and integration. Built one of the first open-API platforms in the airport industry. Nominated Leader of the Year, 2018.
Earlier roles
Consulting, integration & software · 1998 – 2016
Founded the integration business units at both Accigo and B3IT Connexions. Ran my own one-person consultancy through Dbranch i Sverige AB. Plus Envirotainer, Sogeti and Alina Service. Hands-on developer to business unit manager.
Indpro AB
Board Member · 2022 – present
Strategy, technology governance and global delivery models.
Selected highlights
A few things from the last decade that meant something.
SEB · 2024 – present
Re-designed the authorisations area into six products. Delivered as-a-Service login and signing adopted bank-wide. New global authentication methods rolled out under regulatory alignment.
Polarium · 2022 – 2024
Built a global IT organisation across four countries. Cloud-first strategy and cybersecurity roadmap supporting IPO readiness. AI-driven predictive analytics cut operational risk.
SAS · 2019 – 2022
Delivered the COVID-passport rollout through disruption, under extreme regulatory and time pressure. Strengthened reliability of Scandinavia's most critical real-time airport systems through the pandemic.
Swedavia · 2016 – 2019
Built one of the first open-API platforms in the airport industry. Drove integration, BI/analytics and API roadmaps powering operational and strategic decisions. Nominated Leader of the Year, 2018.
Education
Uppsala University
MSc, Computer Science · 2001 – 2003
BSc, Electronic Engineering · 1998 – 2001
Languages
Recognition