Technical leadership. Human perspective.

Make AI workfor your people.

I’m Erik Hellman. I help organisations find their way with AI — through fractional CTO leadership, team mentoring, and practical, hands-on guidance.

Based in Stockholm. Working wherever you are.

Erik Hellman, outdoors by the Stockholm waterfront
Erik HellmanAdviser. Mentor. Builder.
Good technology starts with people.

The tools are changing fast. Clear direction, shared understanding, and a little curiosity go a long way.

01 / How I can help

A clearer direction.
A more capable team.

I work with a small number of clients, staying close to the people and decisions that matter. Here’s where we can work together.

01

Fractional CTO leadership

Experienced technical leadership, as part of your team. I help founders and management connect business goals with technical decisions, set priorities, and give their teams a clear way forward.

Let’s find your direction
02

Agentic AI & team mentoring

Help your developers make coding agents a useful part of everyday work. We build practical workflows for context, planning, implementation, and review — with engineering judgment at the centre.

Build your team’s confidence
03

Practical AI adoption & strategy

Find the places where AI can help your organisation. From HR and accounting to operations, I work with management and teams to identify useful applications, try them responsibly, and plan the next steps.

Explore what’s useful for you
04

Workshops & lectures

Make room for questions, fresh thinking, and hands-on learning. Practical sessions on AI best practices, adapted to your audience — whether that’s developers, business teams, or the leadership group.

Bring the conversation to your team

02 / A practical approach

Start with the work.
Build the confidence.

Useful AI adoption starts with understanding how people work. Then we can find the right tools, build good habits, and learn together.

  1. 01

    Find a useful starting point.

    Look at the work you already do. Where is the friction? What could be easier? Agree on a real problem and what a useful result would look like.

  2. 02

    Try it in real work.

    Start with a focused pilot. Keep people in control, check the quality, and learn what works before making it part of the wider organisation.

  3. 03

    Make the skills your own.

    Turn the lessons into shared workflows and everyday habits. Build the understanding your team needs to use AI thoughtfully and keep improving.

03 / A little about me

A builder’s experience.
A mentor’s mindset.

I’ve spent 25 years building software, leading teams, and helping people get to grips with what comes next.

My background spans mobile apps, embedded systems, software architecture, and technical leadership. I still love building things. These days, I bring that experience to helping organisations find a thoughtful, practical way forward with AI.

I like asking good questions, making complicated things understandable, and working alongside people as they learn. The aim is to leave you with a clearer direction and the confidence to keep going.

AuthorAndroid Programming:
Pushing the Limits
Published by Wiley
RecognitionÅrets Frilansare 2023Developers Day
More of my story on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)

A few chapters along the way

Team leadership & AI mentoring

Arrive formerly EasyPark

Technical leadership for Android Automotive development, alongside coaching teams on AI coding agents and agentic workflows.

Architecture & business understanding

Bauer Media

System architecture and user research for sales tools, connecting the day-to-day needs of the sales team with technical decisions.

Product & technical leadership

AP Records

Helping a new product take shape: defining requirements, setting up the team’s ways of working, hiring, and building the overall architecture.

Experience from the code
to the bigger picture.

05 / Let’s start a conversation

What could we
make possible?

A clearer direction. A team ready to work with AI. An idea that deserves to exist. I’d love to hear what you have in mind.

erik.hellman@hellsoft.se
Stockholm, SwedenRemote & on-site+46 705 777 477