Staffan Persson
About
Staffan Persson is from Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area. Staffan is currently Director of Engineering at Agreena. Staffan also works as Vice Chairman of the Board at Thermo-Calc Software AB, a job Staffan has held since Apr 2009. In Staffan's previous role as a Engineering Director and Area Lead at Tink, Staffan worked in until Apr 2024. Prior to joining Tink, Staffan was a Engineering Director at Tink and held the position of Engineering Director at Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden. Prior to that, Staffan was a Director of Software & Platforms at Marshall Group, based in Stockholm from Jul 2020 to Jul 2021. Staffan started working as Senior Software Manager at Marshall Group in Sep 2018. From Jan 2011 to Aug 2018, Staffan was Engineering Manager at Scania Group. Prior to that, Staffan was a Lead System Architect at Scania from May 2008 to Feb 2011. Staffan started working as Business Unit Manager & Business Development Manager at Endevo AB in Apr 2005.
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Staffan Persson's current jobs
Leading a 50-person remote engineering organization. Manager of Managers. Reporting to CTO. Strategic Re-platforming: Orchestrated a complete architectural rebuild of the European soil carbon platform, successfully decoupling legacy constraints while maintaining 100% uptime for core business value delivery. Org Design & Efficiency: Redesigned the engineering department into autonomous value-stream teams, increasing deployment frequency and aligning technical roadmaps directly with Product-Led Growth (PLG) targets. Technical Ecosystem: Driving development across a modular Digital Farm Experience and Carbon Assurance and Asset Management solutions (Node.js, TypeScript, AWS, Native Mobile).
Advise on portfolio management and R&D efficiency for a high-growth (double-digit) software firm. Focus on aligning software engineering velocity with long-term profitability and strategy.
Staffan Persson's past jobs
Led the Customer Experience area (40+ HC) comprising engineers, designers, and PMs. Promoted to Area Lead in June 2022. High-Scale Fintech: Directed the development of high-availability payment solutions and Open Banking B2B APIs, ensuring 99.9% reliability for global financial clients. Leadership of Leaders: Mentored and managed a layer of Engineering Managers and Directors, fostering a high-performance culture across hybrid distributed teams. M&A Integration: Leading my organization through the Visa acquisition, managing the integration of engineering standards, security compliance, and organizational culture into the Visa ecosystem.
Global responsibility for cross-brand software (Marshall, Adidas, Urbanears). Reporting to Chief Product & Innovation Officer. Unified Platform Strategy: Developed a centralized software/hardware platform strategy that reduced time-to-market for new consumer electronics by streamlining embedded software and mobile app integration. Ecosystem Innovation: Led the integration of voice AI (Google/Amazon) and acoustic software for premium hardware products.
Global Delivery: Managed multi-national teams (China, Poland, Sweden) covering embedded, mobile, and backend development. Strategy: Owned the software budget, vendor partnerships, and digital innovation roadmap.
Four different leadership positions in product development R&D, developing IoT-solutions and data driven services. (Frontend, backend, embedded, data science/ML) Key Achievements: Rapid Scaling: Built the Intelligent Transport Systems department from 4 to 30+ engineers in 18 months. Innovation Leadership: Delivered the first successful pilot of Autonomous Vehicles in customer mining operations. Data Transformation: Established Scania’s data science capabilities and launched Remote Diagnostics/Data-driven maintenance services in close collaboration with Sales and Operations.
Directed the architectural vision for Scania’s complete embedded software suite, guiding the technical output of 500+ developers.
Member of the Executive Leadership Team for a specialized technology consultancy. Dual-hatted role overseeing operational delivery and strategic market growth.
Oversaw financial follow-up and business development strategy during the company's growth phase.