Tomas Andre

Career

Career & Background

Four eras. Five companies. One exit. Thirty years of concrete decisions, shipped systems, and expensive lessons — in chronological order.

2026 - Present Sonetel AB (publ)

Chief AI Officer

CAIO

Chief AI Officer at a public company. Own the AI agenda: strategy, adoption, governance, and knowledge management. Working alongside every function from inside the organization — not as an advisor but as an executive. Individual AI adoption plans per leader. Quality governance. Process ownership.

  • AI transformation from inside a public company
  • Individual AI adoption plans per leader
  • Quality governance on all AI-generated output
  • Process ownership for management team operations
  • Still coding daily — practicing what I preach
2022 - 2026 Mindtastic / T1K

AI Transformation Era

Founder & AI Strategist

Pioneering AI-assisted development methodology. Training senior developers across industries. Building the bridge between traditional software engineering and AI-augmented workflows.

  • Developed hands-on training methodology — code, not slides
  • Founded T1K for AI-first technology delivery
  • Founded Mindtastic for AI training and workshops
2012 - 2022 Various ventures

Exploration & Learning

Entrepreneur & Investor

A decade of exploring new domains. Digital marketing, hospitality, platform development. Some successes, some expensive lessons. Technical excellence without market understanding is just an expensive hobby.

  • Dolutions: Analytics and business intelligence
  • Multiple startup investments and advisory roles
  • Deep learning: market fit matters more than technical perfection
1995 - 2012 Visionutveckling AB

Foundation

Founder & CEO

Built Visionutveckling from a two-person IT consultancy to an 85-person telecom solutions company. Grew through trust and shared ownership, not external capital. Successful exit after 17 years.

  • Scaled from 2 to 85 employees
  • Major telecom clients: Ericsson, TeliaSonera
  • Built culture of ownership and accountability
  • First significant exit

Lessons learned

Action creates value

Ideas are cheap. Execution is everything. Idea → Design → Code → Deploy → Operate.

Trust over capital

Built Visionutveckling without external funding. Grew through relationships and delivered value.

Fail fast, learn faster

Some ventures didn't work. The lessons shaped everything that followed.

Stay technical

Still coding after 30 years. You can't lead technology without understanding it.

Quick facts

Years in tech
30+
Largest team
85 people
Companies founded
5+
Based in
Stockholm

Current focus

  • CAIO @ Sonetel AB (publ)
  • AI-assisted development training
  • Technology strategy consulting
  • Speaking & board advisory