Mettle

Programme lead and interim CTO · Stockholm

IT programmes, led by someone who can build them.

CTO at Nord Fondkommission, head of engineering and product at Bricknode, senior product manager at Episerver. Hands on since 2000.

You: Engineering needs a leader, now

Joakim

I have sat in that seat twice: CTO at Nord Fondkommission, then head of engineering and product at Bricknode.

Where I have done it

  • Led a department of 17 across several feature teams.Bricknode, 2021–2022
  • Introduced company-wide release management with an appointed release manager.Bricknode, 2021–2022
  • Set up product management and MiFID II, GDPR and ISO 27001 policies.Nord Fondkommission, 2020–2021

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You: A big system change is coming

Joakim

That has been most of my work since 2022. I run the plan and the suppliers, and keep decisions and risks in writing.

In figures

  • Over 3½ yearsat one consumer bank, from migration to archive tenderBNP Paribas PF Nordic, 2022–2026
  • Over 23 millionsensor reports moved to a new data model while reporting carried onTermoSense, 2011

Where I have done it

  • Migration of a regulated deposit service at a consumer bank, with the test strategy and training of business users.BNP Paribas Personal Finance Nordic, 2022–2026
  • Led the tender and vendor selection for one e-archive to replace several older archives.BNP Paribas Personal Finance Nordic
  • Built a delivery schedule from the dependencies and a capacity model, and put the resource need to the steering group for decision.A Swedish financial firm, 2026

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You: DORA has to be in place

Joakim

I have worked from the text of the regulation: a function register taken to approval, and an impact analysis with recovery times.

In figures

  • 36/36right provision with MetLex. The AI on its own: 26/36.MetLex test, 2026

Where I have done it

  • Took the first draft of the function register to approval by the head of product and technology and the IT security lead.A Swedish financial firm, 2026
  • Ran the business impact analysis, with a full-day workshop, and drew up the maximum downtime, recovery time and acceptable data loss for processes, functions and systems.A Swedish financial firm, 2026
  • Built MetLex, a search service that gives an AI tool the text of DORA and its technical standards, with official links.MetLex, 2026

In financial services I work as part of the Mindstreet team. Mindstreet

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You: Something critical runs on one old server

Joakim

I have moved systems to servers that can be rebuilt from scratch, while what depended on them kept running.

In figures

  • 143 s → 1.3 sone alarm-count query on the live databaseTermoSense, 2026
  • 1.2 billionrows moved to new storage while the system stayed liveTermoSense, 2026

Where I have done it

  • Upgraded from PHP 7.4 to 8.4 by moving to a new server, with one test suite run on both versions; production cut over by moving one IP address.TermoSense, 2026
  • Moved the platform, with its database replica, to Google Cloud; the data moved over by replication.TermoSense, 2020
  • Moved market and portfolio data from on-premises servers to AWS.Nord Fondkommission, 2020–2021

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You: Our sensors and alarms need a platform

Joakim

Since 2008 I have built and run the platform behind TermoSense, which monitors temperatures in grocery stores and research labs and the heating of buses at depots: from the field gateways to the SMS alarms.

In figures

  • Over 700 millionsensor reports to date on the platform I builtTermoSense
  • Over 8,000sensors reporting in the peak yearTermoSense, 2018

Where I have done it

  • Replaced the laptop wired to the sensor receiver at each installation with a small Linux gateway I built, and ran it beside the old set-up as a live trial before the switch.TermoSense, 2009
  • Rebuilt the SMS alarm gateway, found on a separate test bench why the modem stalled when sending, and fixed it by patching the C code of the SMS software gammu.TermoSense, 2026
  • Rebuilt the database replica and the nightly backups, and added alerts that fire when a heartbeat stops.TermoSense, 2026

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You: We have been told to do something with AI

Joakim

I use AI where your organisation allows it, with read-only access, and I check every result myself. I also took AI products to market at Episerver.

In figures

  • 36/36answers linked to the official law text with MetLex. The AI searching the web: 32/36.MetLex test, 2026

Where I have done it

  • An AI agent investigates each service-desk ticket and drafts the reply, and I approve every reply before it reaches a customer.TermoSense, 2026
  • Set up AI support with read-only access and a reusable library of AI instructions, with a person reviewing every result.A Swedish financial firm, 2026
  • Product management of cloud services for AI personalisation, site search and predictive analytics.Episerver, 2016–2020

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You: Our product needs direction

Joakim

I was senior product manager at Episerver, set up product management at Nord Fondkommission and ran it at Bricknode.

In figures

  • 12 yearsfrom developer to senior product managerEpiserver, 2008–2020
  • Over 30releases of the customer web app, May to October 2026TermoSense

Where I have done it

  • Selected for the Episerver President’s Club 2018.Episerver
  • Ran product management to the Pragmatic framework.Bricknode, 2021–2022
  • Product owner for the platform, from the roadmap to the changelog customers read in the app.TermoSense

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You: An assignment

Joakim

Paste the assignment into the CV and the matching lines come first. Available from Monday 2 November 2026; rate on request, per assignment.

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Some of the work, in figures

  • 17people in the engineering department I led, across several feature teams.Bricknode, 2021–2022
  • 2022–2026at one consumer bank, as part of the Mindstreet team: the migration of a regulated deposit service, an e-archive tender and document digitalisation.BNP Paribas Personal Finance Nordic
  • Over 23 millionsensor reports moved to a new data model while reporting carried on, when new hardware put several sensors on one device.TermoSense, 2011
  • 143 s → 1.3 sone alarm count on the live system, after a campaign against slow queries.TermoSense, 2026

Where I have been

  1. 2001Building automationJohnson Controls Norden
  2. 2007Software engineerNetstar
  3. 2008Developer to senior product managerEpiserver (now Optimizely)
  4. 2020CTONord Fondkommission
  5. 2021Head of engineering and productBricknode
  6. 2022Technical project managerBNP Paribas Personal Finance Nordic
  7. 2026ICT project manager, DORAA Swedish financial firm

2008 → today Alongside: TermoSense, the monitoring platform for SensiNet, built and run by me

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How I work

With people

What counts is that the team succeeds, not who gets the credit. I make sure people have the right tools and room to decide, with as little context switching as possible.

I turn the company goals and the customer needs into a roadmap people can align around.

I work from strategy down to the code, spanner in hand.

“not only project management and governance, but also a deep insight into the technical aspects of IT systems”

Business Analyst, e-archiving project, BNP Paribas PF Nordic

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AI, if you want it

I use AI to search regulation, draft and analyse large records. I check every result and record where each statement came from. If your organisation keeps AI away from its material, I work without it.

MetLex: regulation an AI can cite. MetLex grew out of how I work with AI: the model looks up the text of the law and answers from it. I made it a service so I can keep the texts current and add to them without access to the systems of those who use it. In my own test (39 questions, one model, each asked once) it found the right provision in all 36 that the law answers, as web search did, at about a ninth of the token cost and in a third of the time. The model alone named it in 26. metlex.eu

Right provision, of 36 questions the law answers

36 right provision36/36
With MetLex
26 right provision10 wrong or not found26/36
The model alone

right provision wrong or not found

Cost in tokens per question (input, median)

Its library adds what the supervisors say: the Q&As of the European supervisory authorities on DORA and guidance from Finansinspektionen and IMY today, and next their decisions on financial firms, requested as public records and redacted before indexing.

Behind it is a method of my own, and I am adding what advisers learn on assignments.

How an engagement starts

  1. Your situationIn the form below, or in a 45-minute call.
  2. A written proposalOutcomes, what is out of scope, the first phase and its price.
  3. The first phaseUsually two to four weeks, ending in something you can decide on.
  4. The workFull or part time, phase by phase, with a written status every week.

Mindstreet

Financial services: part of the Mindstreet team

For banks, credit firms, insurers and investment firms I work as part of Mindstreet, a Stockholm consultancy that knows banking and finance. Its consultants have long experience of payments, credit risk, AML and securities, with backgrounds as senior managers, specialists, model developers and analysts. I bring programme leadership, DORA and the technical side.

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Screening with AI?

My CV is here as plain text too. This prompt has your AI compare it with your assignment, line by line, and name the gaps as plainly as the fit.

You are screening a consultant for the assignment below. Read the CV at https://mettle.se/joakim/cv.md; if you cannot open it, say so and stop. Go through the assignment requirement by requirement and mark each as met, partly met or not met, quoting the CV line that shows it. Do not infer experience the CV does not state. End with the three strongest matches and every gap, in plain words.

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About me

I have built and run software since 2000. I was lead developer and then senior product manager at Episerver (now Optimizely), CTO at Nord Fondkommission, and head of engineering and product at Bricknode. Since 2022 I have led programmes in regulated finance as a consultant, and I am an associated consultant with Mindstreet in Stockholm.

Alongside that I have built and run, since 2008, the monitoring platform that powers the TermoSense web features for SensiNet, and I built MetLex, a search service over EU and Swedish financial regulation. Mettle AB is my company.

I am also a musician and producer: I played guitar in Soen and produced its albums Cognitive (2012) and Tellurian (2014).