Erik Thorsell

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• CV på Engelska

Om Erik

Having worked in different industries, including: automotive, telecom, embedded and customs, Erik has experience with a wide range of technologies. He has implemented cloud-based workflows, utilising gitops to deploy Kubernetes applications to both managed and self-hosted clusters; but also with on-premise, air-gapped deployments, requiring self-contained deliverables. Erik has a proficiency for breaking down complex tasks into manageable chunks. He excels in assignments with unclear and changing requirements, and embraces the agile way of working with iterative improvements. He adapts quickly to new tools and environments and always looks for new ways to shorten the feedback loop.

Eriks CV

• Zenseact

  Kubernetes Expert and Platform Engineer

  2025 -

  ASSIGNMENT
  
  Zenseact develops AI-powered software for autonomous driving and advanced driver assistance systems. Their solution combines in-car software and cloud services to offer rigorous protection on the road.
  
  ROLE
  
  Combining his technical expertise and leadership experience, Erik is currently working in Zenseact’s dedicated Kubernetes team, responsible for ensuring everyone at Zenseact has a place to develop, test and deploy their services.
  
  IMPACT
  
  This is an ongoing assignment. More info to follow!
  
  TECHNOLOGIES
  
  Kubernetes, Talos Linux, OpenShift, kube-vip, MetalLB, Dex, Ceph, Ansible, RedHat, Bash

• Kollmorgen

  IT, tools and processes assessment

  2024 - 2024

  ASSIGNMENT
  
  Kollmorgen, a Regal Rexnord brand, is a technology leader in navigation and fleet control of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).
  
  ROLE
  
  In this short-term assignment, Erik worked together with an architect to help Kollmorgen R&D assess their current IT environment and Way of Working.
  
  IMPACT
  
  Erik and his partner delivered a presentation for Kollmorgen’s leadership team, which sparked a transformation journey within the company. They proposed cost efficient improvements, with respect to IT, processes and tools used within the company; while considering the overall capabilities and throughput of the R&D department.

• Husqvarna Construction

  The DevOps Team

  2024 - 2025

  ASSIGNMENT
  
  Husqvarna Construction manufactures big tools to fulfil your cutting, drilling, sawing and vibrating needs. All of these tools have computers in them, running mission critical embedded software, to help the end user better utilise their equipment.
  
  ROLE
  
  As the sole member of the DevOps Team, Erik was responsible for everything concerning building and shipping the software that is developed at the Electronics & SW department. This included deploying and maintaining cloud and on-premise infrastructure, writing pipelines and helping developers and testers improve their way of working.
  
  IMPACT
  
  Erik’s work was necessary to ensure daily operations. During the assignment Erik focused on simplifying old, organically grown, processes and emphasised the usage of monitoring across the organisation. He updated old infrastructure and software to either run on their most up-to-date versions or changed the tooling altogether; always with the purpose to increase the speed and reliability of the software lifecycle.
  
  TECHNOLOGIES
  Jenkins, Gerrit, AWS, Azure, Azure DevOps, Snyk, SCANOSS, Dependency Track, Python, Bash, Powershell

• Toyota Material Handling Logistics Solutions

  DevOps Lead and Platform Developer

  2022 - 2023

  ASSIGNMENT
  
  TMHLS develops T-ONE, the software which makes Toyota Fork Lifts autonomous. T-ONE is a containerised .NET application with an in-house developed workflow engine.
  
  
  ROLE
  
  Erik worked in a three person team, responsible for "developer support". Together with the team, he maintained and improved the developer platform, which spanned both cloud and on-prem resources. He was also responsible for migrating T-ONE from a docker compose deployment to Kubernetes, as well as developing and implementing a new release process, focusing on trunk based development and automated release candidates.
  
  
  IMPACT
  
  By migrating T-ONE to Kubernetes, Erik was a key enabler for TMHLS acquiring a large contract. He has also been instrumental to several cost savings w.r.t. the customer's cloud usage, bringing static workloads on-premise and utilising cloud resources more efficiently.
  
  
  TECHNOLOGIES
  
  Azure, Azure DevOps, XCP-ng, Ansible, Terraform, pfSense, OpenVPN, Boundary, Ubuntu, RedHat Enterprise Linux, SLES, Windows Server, Python, Bash, Powershell

• KGH Customs Services

  DevOps Transformation Leader

  2021 - 2022

  When KGH was acquired by Maersk, Erik was asked to help them evolve their software suite to a cloud native
  offering. This included both a technical transformation as well as a change to KGH’s way-of-working, where Erik
  was able to combine his leadership and Kubernetes experience to advice the CTO and architects in their work.
  By the end of the assignment, Erik had helped migrate several services and by pair-programming together with the teams he also ensured each team would be able to maintain their new application, once the assignment ended.

• Ericsson (Packet Core)

  Team Facilitator and acting Line Manager

  2020 - 2021

  As Team Facilitator, Erik was responsible for the performance of four XFTs. He coached the teams in agile
  principles and helped them perform at their highest level. Erik’s goal was to imbue the DevOps mindset in
  the project and the developers he worked with. Being one of the most senior people in the project (see Software Engineer pos. below), Erik remained involved in architectural/design decisions for the duration of the project.
  
  As acting Line Manager, Erik had the opportunity to work with recruitment, change management, and coaching
  team members in their careers. He managed around 20 people from different countries and answered to the
  Packet Core department manager.

• Ericsson (Packet Core)

  Software Engineer

  2019 - 2020

  Erik was one of the first team members to join the Packet Core’s Continuous Delivery & Deployment project.
  The product (SWDP) automates the upgrade procedure of Packet Cores’ network functions, ensuring critical
  telecom infrastructure receive up-to-date software with zero downtime. Erik was involved in product design,
  development as well as testing and developing the build/deployment pipeline for the product.

• Volvo GTT

  Software Developer

  2018 - 2019

  Erik was part of the Vehicle Automation group and helped Volvo GTT take the next step for automated trucks,
  buses, and construction equipment. The team — Transport Missions and Route Management — was tasked
  with fleet management, planning, and communication for the autonomous vehicles and developed a containerised
  Java Spring Boot micro service application. At VA, Erik developed and was responsible for the Continuous
  Integration (CI) tool chain for the Java and C++ based products in the project.

• Machine Intelligence Sweden

  Machine Learning Engineer

  2017 - 2017

  Worked with the product Science Router, a search engine for connecting industry and research. Erik was involved
  in all steps of the product development but focused primarily on data aggregation and parsing all articles into a unified format, to be stored and used for algorithm training.

Eriks kompetensområden

• Kompetenser

  DevOps, Azure DevOps, Azure, Machine Learning, Linux, Kubernetes, Computer Science, GitLab, GitHub, gerrit, Docker, Algoritmer, data aggregation, CI/CD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bash, Machine Intelligence, AI, Ansible, scripting, Terraform, virtual machines, VPN, Artificiell Intelligens, Open Source, Python

• Personligt

  Team Facilitator, leadership, communication

• Språk

  Svenska, English

• Övrigt

  coaching, mentorship, change management, Engineering, Automation

Eriks anställningar

• DevOps Consultant, Zool Engineering

  2021 - 2023

• Team Facilitator, Ambassador and Line Manager, Ericsson

  2020 - 2021

• Software and Business Area Developer, HiQ

  2018 - 2020

• Machine Learning Engineer, Machine Intelligence Sweden

  2017 - 2017

Eriks utbildningar

• Master of Science in Engineering (Computer Science), Chalmers University of Technology Gothenburg

  2013 - 2018

• Team Träningsskolan Väst, Dalkarlså Folkhögskala

  2011 - 2012