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Alma Sandberg is our Project Manager for Power Hour.

She holds a BA in Social Sciences and an MSc in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from Lund University. Alma also brings 15+ years of experience in business development, funding, navigating the startup scene, building strategic partnerships, and driving innovation.

In her role as Project Manager for Power Hour, Alma prepares startups and scaleups to meet our Power Hour panel and takes care of everything related to the event. In doing so, she enables young tech companies to discuss their current challenges with an experienced panel of people from both startups and bigger tech companies in the region.

Alma loves anything that involves finding solutions to social challenges by applying technology to new application areas. She loves engaging in initiatives that play an important role in empowering startups, SMEs, and tech entrepreneurs.

In her free time, Alma loves traveling to discover the world with her kids and family, hiking in the beautiful nature of Skåne, and socialising with friends. Alma usually says, “Once a volunteer, always a volunteer,” which is why she also engages as a mentor and board member for different organisations.

Anja Sergeeva is our Acting Head of Communications.

She holds a master’s degree in multimedia direction and a professional qualification in content management, and is currently adding a certificate in product marketing with a focus on AI-driven strategy. Anja also brings 15+ years of experience spanning team leadership, content creation, and brand communications, gained both within Skåne’s innovation ecosystem and in international retail.

At OpenTech, Anja makes sure our community stays in the loop, highlighting news and updates from members and partners, and surfacing relevant opportunities as they arise. She also helps put Skåne’s tech scene on the map, building visibility for the region both at home and abroad.

One of the things Anja enjoys most about working at OpenTech is being part of a community that’s shaping what’s next in tech. As AI takes over more of the routine work, she’s especially excited that the human side of things (the stories, the relationships, the trust) only grows more important.

Outside of work, Anja can be found hunting for secondhand finds, spending time outdoors with friends, or exploring local art exhibitions and workshops. Future excitement aside, she also makes a point of staying present and enjoying life as it is right now.

Carolina Garcés is our Head of Strategy & Project Portfolio. 

She holds a law degree with a Masters in EU Economic & Commercial Law from Lausanne University, as well as a MSc in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from Lund University. Carolina also brings 10+ years of experience working with innovation ecosystems, business development, investment attraction, policy making, and legal counselling for large-scale infrastructure projects.

In her role at OpenTech, Carolina leads two key areas: Skills & Talent Supply, as well as Internationalisation. Her work encompasses EU collaboration and national projects – for instance, focusing on the digital transformation, innovation ecosystems, and cluster development. She also leads the initiative Clusters of Sweden on behalf of OpenTech.

With a keen interest in harnessing technology and innovation for sustainable development, Carolina is particularly motivated by initiatives that address global societal challenges, catalyse economic growth, and promote social impact.

In her spare time, Carolina enjoys traveling around the world, where she appreciates the richness of human diversity and the beauty of our interconnected world. She is also a vintage clothing enthusiast and a culinary explorer.

Jessica Pålsson is our Head of Communications.

She holds a BA in Communication from Denmark and a MSc. in Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management from the Netherlands. She also brings 10+ years of experience from tech and innovation communication in international settings.

In her role, Jessica ensures that all important activities going on at OpenTech reach our community in an engaging way. This includes sharing news from our members and partners, and providing information about upcoming opportunities. Another key aspect of her role is positioning tech in Skåne and ensuring that our region gets visibility – both nationally and internationally.

One of the things she enjoys most about working at OpenTech is meeting so many inspiring people that are developing technology to improve the way we work and live. She is also fascinated about how technology is adopted by different user groups in society and considers herself lucky to be able to study, observe, and facilitate that process from the front line.

When not communicating at work, Jessica can be found snowboarding, enjoying new food/music, or travelling with family and friends. She is also an active board member and works with an NGO focusing on diversity and inclusion in the tech industry.

Ola Svedin is the CEO of OpenTech.

Ola has more than 30 years of experience from telecom, IT security, smart card, biometrics, and space industries. He has led large mobile phone and chipset development programs, and as inventor and R&D director of a world-leading fingerprint tech startup Ola was a pioneer in the biometrics industry.

He is a passionate driver of the transition of society to the digital world. Under his leadership, OpenTech has doubled in size and is leading the European Digital Innovation Hub, DigIT Hub Sweden.

On behalf of OpenTech, Ola is also the chairperson of the national Swedish cluster association, Clusters of Sweden, and is the vice president of Silicon Europe Alliance.

Outside of work, Ola is a passionate skier, music lover, avid traveler, and foodie. His hidden talents include Pinball Wizard and (very) amateur salsa cubana dancer.

Olivia Pålsson Lind is our Event Manager.

She holds a degree in Event Coordination from Yrkeshögskolan in Landskrona, and has spent the past six years as Event Manager for a tech company in Malmö, responsible for everything from internal activities and workshops to conferences, fairs and marketing events across southern Sweden. Early in her career she also ran her own event company, taking on everything from company kick-offs to city festivals.

At OpenTech, Olivia is the person making sure our events actually deliver not just logistically, but in terms of content, knowledge sharing and the kind of networking that people leave feeling good about. If there is a room full of tech and innovation people connecting, chances are Olivia made it happen.

What she enjoys most about the role is exactly that: bringing people and organisations within tech and innovation together, and doing it at an even larger scale than before.

Outside of work, Olivia is still very much in event mode – helping friends and family with themed birthday parties, crayfish party decorations and New Year’s quizzes. When she is not planning something, you will find her listening to audiobooks while organising at home, or cycling down to the ocean for a late night swim.

Olivia Samuelsson is our Communications Lead for the project DigIT Hub Sweden.

She has a diverse educational background in communications, technology, and art – spanning from web development to museum curation. Her professional past is primarily rooted in the cluster and innovation sectors, specifically focused on digitalisation and social development.

Olivia’s role at OpenTech is leading the communications team within the DigIT Hub Sweden project, a European Digital Innovation Hub aiming to support the digitalisation of companies and the public sector in southern Sweden.

Her responsibilities vary day by day, but ultimately revolve around ensuring that the project’s activities and achievements effectively reach its target audience. She is also responsible for ensuring that the project is accurately represented both nationally and internationally, and is part of fostering collaborations with similar initiatives across Europe.

What Olivia values most about working at OpenTech is the culture of openness to ideas and innovation, as well as the diverse array of people she encounters. She enjoys the dynamic nature of her work, where each day presents new opportunities for exploration; making it the ideal environment for someone who is curiosity-driven and perhaps a bit restless.

Besides work, Olivia enjoys collecting vinyl records, travelling, and starting up new art projects every week.

Rahim Hotek is the Finance Manager at OpenTech.

Rahim holds two bachelor’s degrees in Finance & Accounting, and has more than 10 years of practical experience in finance.

At OpenTech, he oversees all financial aspects of our projects and the overall organisation. In his role, he often provides important information for decision-making and project applications.

Besides finance, Rahim is really into technology and digital gadgets. He thoroughly enjoys the ability to work in an environment where it is possible to mix his background in finance with his interest in tech and digitalisation. He is also driven by the varied and challenging tasks that he gets to put his teeth into on a daily basis.

When he’s not crunching numbers at OpenTech, Rahim likes to hang out with his family, play football, and watch matches whenever he can.