Currently @ SEB
Strategist. Still ships.

Daniel Öhgren

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

The full story below
Daniel Öhgren

About

Daniel Öhgren · Stockholm / Uppsala, Sweden

Strategy, execution,
and a bias for shipping.

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.

Digital Transformation Cloud & Platform Architecture Technology Strategy Identity & Access Cybersecurity Operating Models AI & Agents Banking & Fintech Aviation IT

Experience

SEB

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

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

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

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

Indpro AB

Board Member · 2022 – present

Strategy, technology governance and global delivery models.

Selected highlights

Outcomes, not buzzwords

A few things from the last decade that meant something.

SEB · 2024 – present

100+ person IAM tribe

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

Scaled IT 4 → 20+, −19% cost

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

Pandemic engineering at flag-carrier scale

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

Industry-first open-API platform

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.

On the side

Where I keep building

QuantCorp

builder's lab

My builder's lab. Tools I make for myself and ship under the QuantCorp name. A BJJ tracker, an Obsidian companion, a warranty keeper. Where I stay close to code.

quantcorp.dev

Education

Uppsala University

MSc, Computer Science · 2001 – 2003

BSc, Electronic Engineering · 1998 – 2001

Languages

  • Swedish · native
  • English · full professional
  • Spanish · conversational

Recognition

  • Leader of the Year, nominated · Swedavia, 2018
  • SITA Council Member · 2022