European Peering Forum - EPF18

Johanna joined Netnod in May 2018 as a member of the marketing team. She has experience running digital and event campaigns, developing partner channels and creating marketing materials with a focus on the Nordics.

Prior to joining Netnod, Johanna worked for ReadSoft Sverige AB (now a part of Kofax). She has qualifications in media and communications as well as in international sales and marketing. 

Leo joined Netnod in December 2020. He is responsible for building and developing relations with Netnod’s international customers. 

Prior to joining Netnod, Leo worked for 9 years in the telecom industry. His roles at C-sam AB and Telia Company were focused on building customer relations.

Sebastian leads sales and product development at Netnod, bringing almost 20 years of experience within the telecom industry, including more than a decade in senior leadership roles. His career spans CEO positions at regional ISP C-Sam and the customer-centric challenger Ownit Broadband, as well as extensive experience in B2B sales at Com Hem and key leadership roles at Telia and Telenor.

Emil Palm joined Netnod in December 2018. Prior to Netnod he worked at Comhem, where he wrote a BGP Flowspec implementation for DDoS mitigation, and at Blocket, where he rewrote the Blocket iOS application. He has 12 years of experience in the industry and has developed a focus on promoting the role of automation in network deployment. 

Mattias “Matte” Karlsson joined Netnod in 2016 as a Senior Network Architect. Before Mattias started at Netnod he worked over 15 years at Telenor/Bredbandsbolaget as a Senior Network Architect.

Mattias has participated in many large design and development projects in Sweden and on an international basis. As well as participating in many Telenor Group projects covering group strategy and architecture.

Before being appointed CEO of Netnod, Karin spent two years as Head of Netnod Time and Frequency where she oversaw the expansion of Netnod’s time services for public and commercial use.

Karin has more than 20 years of experience in the fixed telecom network industry and has significant expertise with policy-related topics both in Sweden and on a European level. Prior to Netnod, Karin’s roles included: President of FTTH Council Europe, an industry association focused on advancing full fibre-based connectivity to the whole of Europe; Head of Sales and Marketing for the Technology and Infrastructure specialist Rala AB; and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Swedish Local Fibre Alliance. 

Karin holds a Master of Social and Political Science degree from the University of Linköping.

Christian works as a Strategic Business Advisor and joined Netnod in November 2018.

Prior to joining Netnod, Christian held various positions in product management and sales at Tele2, Bahnhof and Teracom.

Alexander Wågberg joined Netnod in October 2024 with over 17 years of experience in the telecommunications industry. Before joining Netnod, Alexander played a key role at Tele2, where he specialized in peering, interconnection and strategic initiatives. His expertise lies in routing and automation.