{"name":"Patrik Gustafsson","tag_filters":[{"name":"Developer","description":"Software development, technical implementation, and architectural design"},{"name":"Leader","description":"Leadership, management, product strategy, and organizational design"},{"name":"Coach","description":"Mentoring, coaching, training, and knowledge sharing"}],"experiences":[{"title":"Technology and Leadership Consultant","company":"ProAgile","location":"Gothenburg, Sweden","start_date":"2021-10-01","end_date":"2024-01-31","employment_type":"Partner","descriptions":[{"text":"Elevated software development teams through code-centric training, coaching three automotive teams in principles like Law of Demeter, SOLID, TDD, and incremental development.","tags":["Coach","Developer"]},{"text":"Directly applied theoretical concepts in Kotlin and .NET with teams.","tags":["Developer"]},{"text":"Cultivated a proactive, adaptive organizational culture through continuous learning and improved software architecture.","tags":["Leader","Developer"]},{"text":"Aligned software architecture with organizational strategy and scalability.","tags":["Leader","Developer"]},{"text":"Guided product strategy to boost transparency, engagement, and value, championing feedback loops that aligned with business and technical goals.","tags":["Leader"]},{"text":"Grew existing business and secured new deals through active, hands-on participation in Sales and Marketing initiatives.","tags":["Leader"]}]},{"title":"Software Engineering Manager","traits":["Scaleup","AI","Annotations","Data","Automotive"],"company":"Kognic","location":"Gothenburg, Sweden","start_date":"2024-10-01","end_date":"2025-03-31","descriptions":[{"text":"Initiated a restructure of the product's configuration model, applying technical analysis to implement role and domain-based separation, improving maintainability and scalability.","tags":["Developer","Leader"]},{"text":"Coached lead developers through technical improvement dialogues to ensure architectural alignment.","tags":["Leader","Coach","Developer"]},{"text":"Guided a new team through complex technical challenges, uniting their technical vision and optimizing performance through mentorship and technical guidance.","tags":["Leader","Coach","Developer"]}]},{"title":"Software Engineering Manager","traits":["Agency","Finance","SaaS","Java"],"company":"Piktiv","location":"Skövde, Sweden","start_date":"2024-01-01","end_date":"2024-09-30","descriptions":[{"text":"Mentored technical staff in technologies including .NET, Java, TypeScript, and Kotlin, applying principles like Law of Demeter, SOLID, DDD, and systems thinking to reduce dependencies and foster innovation.","tags":["Coach","Developer"]},{"text":"Developed financial market products.","tags":["Developer"]},{"text":"Collaborated with Sales and Marketing to convert two key leads into clients.","tags":["Leader"]},{"text":"Directed technical screenings and interviews, assessing candidates' skills in problem-solving, product modeling, and automated testing.","tags":["Leader"]}]},{"title":"Developer, Leader, Coach","company":"How To Know","location":"Gothenburg, Sweden","start_date":"2021-07-01","employment_type":"Owner","descriptions":[{"text":"Operating my own side business, focused on coaching, training, and product development.","tags":["Leader","Coach","Developer"]}]},{"title":"Interim Lead Product Manager & Payments Product Manager","company":"Avinode","via":"ProAgile","location":"Gothenburg, Sweden","start_date":"2022-06-01","end_date":"2023-05-31","employment_type":"Contract","descriptions":[{"text":"Leveraged extensive coaching and software development expertise to foster agility and adaptability as a Product Coach.","tags":["Leader","Coach"]},{"text":"Ensured company success in dynamic situations by guiding development teams and aligning their work with overarching business goals.","tags":["Leader"]},{"text":"Collaborated closely with stakeholders to prioritize transparency and discover user and business value with the team, while maintaining focus on established goals.","tags":["Leader"]}],"tags":["Leader"]},{"title":"Technical WoW Transformation Coach - Product Driven Organisations","company":"Ford","via":"ProAgile","location":"Remote, England","start_date":"2021-10-01","end_date":"2022-05-31","descriptions":[{"text":"Empowered teams to enhance their capability and autonomy by adopting robust software development practices.","tags":["Leader","Coach"]},{"text":"Encouraged team self-organization and aligned their efforts to achieve company business goals.","tags":["Leader"]},{"text":"Fostered a culture of continuous improvement and self-reliance, enabling teams to thrive in dynamic environments and deliver high-quality products effectively.","tags":["Leader","Coach"]}]},{"title":"Software Department Program Manager","traits":["AI","UI","SaaS","Legal"],"company":"Seal Software","location":"Gothenburg, Sweden","start_date":"2019-01-01","end_date":"2021-09-30","descriptions":[{"text":"Guided 14 teams in aligning their software architecture with organizational strategy and scalability.","tags":["Leader","Developer"]},{"text":"Fostered a culture of continuous improvement and proactive problem-solving for complex software systems.","tags":["Leader","Developer"]},{"text":"Spearheaded the implementation of risk management, security, and quality control standards, ensuring robust project outcomes and adherence to industry best practices in software development and deployments.","tags":["Leader","Developer"]},{"text":"Drove departmental initiatives that fostered a culture of continuous improvement and proactive problem-solving.","tags":["Leader"]},{"text":"Emphasized collaborative professional leadership to strengthen team autonomy within the context of complex software systems.","tags":["Leader"]}]},{"title":"Product Team Lead","traits":["UI/UX","Backend","Search","AI","Server","Legal"],"company":"Seal Software","location":"Gothenburg, Sweden","start_date":"2017-08-01","end_date":"2020-05-31","descriptions":[{"text":"Led three multidisciplinary teams in creating integrated software solutions with a strong emphasis on architectural design and system performance. Managed a total of 14 developers, SDETs, and UX professionals.","tags":["Leader","Developer"]},{"text":"Effectively removed impediments and facilitated team discussions to enhance workflow and ensure projects aligned with stakeholder goals.","tags":["Leader","Coach"]},{"text":"Established and strengthened a culture of self-leadership, self-organization, and strong collaboration within the teams.","tags":["Leader"]},{"text":"Defined the technical choices for software solutions, leveraging technologies such as React, Java, and Scala.","tags":["Developer"]},{"text":"Implemented technical choices to ensure high-quality software.","tags":["Developer"]},{"text":"Orchestrated the use of modern DevOps technologies, including TypeScript, AWS, GCP, Docker, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes, to ensure robust deployments.","tags":["Developer","Leader"]},{"text":"Proactively engaged in performance measurement and optimization, including re-architecting slow system parts, and made strategic architectural decisions to improve flow, efficiency, and responsiveness.","tags":["Developer","Leader"]},{"text":"Orchestrated the integration of AI capabilities, ensuring that machine learning outputs directly enhanced user interaction and core product functionality.","tags":["Developer","Leader"]}]},{"title":"Senior Software Developer","traits":["UI/UX","Backend","Search","AI","Server","Legal"],"company":"Seal Software","location":"Gothenburg, Sweden","start_date":"2016-10-01","end_date":"2019-01-31","descriptions":[{"text":"Designed and developed innovative AI software solutions using React, Java, TypeScript, and Scala, improving performance, user-friendliness, and brand identity.","tags":["Developer"]},{"text":"Enhanced product quality by establishing end-to-end tests for system integrity, improving performance and user experience.","tags":["Developer"]},{"text":"Collaborated with Data Scientists to technically integrate ML models for AI-driven features in text review.","tags":["Developer"]},{"text":"Pioneered AI features to tag legal concepts, identify entities, and link ML output to user interaction, significantly boosting contract management capabilities.","tags":["Developer"]},{"text":"Collaborated with UX designers and cross-functional teams, adopting a full-stack approach to problem-solving.","tags":["Developer","Leader"]},{"text":"Defined core use cases and identified crucial user information, which led to improved overall product functionality and performance.","tags":["Developer","Leader"]}]},{"title":"Software Development Teacher","company":"Edument","via":"Purple Scout","location":"Gothenburg, Sweden","start_date":"2015-08-01","end_date":"2016-09-30","descriptions":[{"text":"Taught basic and advanced Git and Gerrit skills to software development professionals.","tags":["Coach","Developer"]}],"tags":["Coach"]},{"title":"Java EE Senior Developer","company":"Skanova","via":"Purple Scout","location":"Gothenburg, Sweden","start_date":"2013-01-01","end_date":"2016-05-31","employment_type":"Contract","descriptions":[{"text":"Created a business intelligence system and a content management system used for strategic and financial analysis, working in a self-organizing team.","tags":["Developer"]},{"text":"Part of a well functioning self-organising team, taking shared decisions on bigger issues like processes and architecture.","tags":["Developer","Leader"]},{"text":"Software suite built on the Java EE platform with GWT, JPA2, Hibernate, PostgreSQL, GIS, POI, GIT, Gerrit, Jenkins, Jboss and Tomcat.","tags":["Developer"]}],"tags":["Developer"]},{"title":"Senior Software Developer & Technical Coach","traits":["Finance","Telecom","Desktop","Server","Tech"],"company":"Purple Scout","location":"Gothenburg, Sweden","start_date":"2012-02-01","end_date":"2016-05-31","descriptions":[{"text":"I drove technical excellence, designing financial BI systems for Skanova (Java, GWT, .NET, JavaScript) and developing Ericsson's E4B Eclipse IDE to boost developer productivity.","tags":["Developer"]},{"text":"I also led Git/Gerrit training for European software professionals, improving code standards.","tags":["Coach"]}]},{"title":"Software Development Teacher","company":"Neueda Consulting","location":"Europe","start_date":"2015-11-01","end_date":"2016-04-30","employment_type":"Contract","via":"Purple Scout","descriptions":[{"text":"Taught intermediate Git and Gerrit skills to software development professionals.","tags":["Coach","Developer"]}],"tags":["Coach"]},{"title":"Eclipse Plugin Developer","company":"Ericsson","location":"Gothenburg, Sweden","start_date":"2012-02-01","end_date":"2012-12-31","employment_type":"Contract","via":"Purple Scout","descriptions":[{"text":"Developed Eclipse plugins for developers, integrating Eclipse with the clients build system, debugging system, version control system and code coverage system.","tags":["Developer"]},{"text":"Enhanced developer productivity by seamlessly integrating multiple plugins within Eclipse.","tags":["Developer"]}],"tags":["Developer"]},{"title":"Software Development, Design & Computer Science Teacher","company":"Portalens Gymnasium","location":"Gothenburg, Sweden","start_date":"2007-06-01","end_date":"2012-02-29","descriptions":[{"text":"Taught software development and computer science.","tags":["Coach","Developer"]},{"text":"Responsible for advanced courses in programming, including teaching database development, user interface programming, object-oriented development and multithread programming.","tags":["Coach","Developer"]},{"text":"Education focused on empowering students, using individual and group projects where they built their own software based on their own ideas.","tags":["Coach","Leader"]},{"text":"Guided student projects that included 2D and 3D games, communication platforms, and scheduling applications, utilizing technologies such as Java, MySQL, Linux, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.","tags":["Coach","Developer"]}]},{"title":"Software Development & Computer Science Teacher","company":"Strömstad Gymnasium","location":"Strömstad, Sweden","start_date":"2006-08-01","end_date":"2007-06-30","descriptions":[{"text":"Head of all computer education, deciding which courses to run and helping other computer Coachs to coordinate their courses.","tags":["Leader","Coach"]},{"text":"Taught courses in programming, web design, personal computers, operating systems, and local networks, utilizing open source software and the Java programming language.","tags":["Coach","Developer"]},{"text":"Involvement increased interest in the computer engineering programs in the municipality.","tags":["Leader"]}]},{"title":"Computer Technician","company":"PM-data","location":"Linköping, Sweden","start_date":"1995-01-01","end_date":"1999-12-31","descriptions":[{"text":"Built computers and managed customer database.","tags":["Other"]}],"tags":["Other"]}]}