2011–13
Skanska IT Nordic
Platform Architect
Real-time event-driven infrastructure and predictive cost/schedule models.
CVDepartures · Strategy to execution
ChristianBildsten.
Strategy that actually lands.
Enterprise Transformation Leader. Twenty-plus years turning corporate strategy into delivered, measured outcomes, twelve of them inside Middle East aviation at Dubai Airports and Etihad Airways.
- Strategy-to-Execution
- Aviation & Airports
- Digital, AI & ConOps Transformation
Dubai / Abu Dhabi, UAE· Swedish national· UAE-based since 2013
DeparturesCareer · Bildsten/CLive
TimeDestinationGateRemarks
From · StrategyTo · Execution
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years turning strategy into delivered outcomes
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years inside Middle East aviation
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virtual team on a dotted line, plus 6 direct reports
AED 0M
annual investment roadmap, owned for 7 years
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business processes digitalized
01Executive summary
Enterprise transformation executive with 20+ years of experience turning corporate strategy into delivered, measured outcomes, including 12+ years inside Middle East aviation at Dubai Airports and Etihad Airways. Founded Dubai Airports' Enterprise Architecture unit and has led it for seven years with head-of-function responsibilities, growing direct reports from 1 to 6 and leading a 40+ virtual team through dotted-line reporting, while owning an AED 6M annual investment roadmap as the accountable link between executive priorities and delivery teams. Works consultatively across large matrixed organisations and outside direct line authority, with firm delivery accountability and strict commercial discipline: outcomes are measured, and low-value initiatives are decommissioned early so capital moves to higher-value programmes.
02Flight path
From integration architecture in Sweden to the operating concept of a new airport. Scroll to fly the route.
ARN
Sweden
2005 — 2013
Architecture & integration leadership
Swedbank · Kalmar Municipality · H&M · Tele2 · Skanska
- Banking integration for 7M customers at Swedbank
- Global data synchronisation architecture at H&M
- Owned customer messaging flows end-to-end at Tele2, serving millions of subscribers
AUH
Abu Dhabi
2013 — 2018
Etihad Airways
Manager, Enterprise Integration Architect
- Led the AIMS crew-management replacement to iFlight NEO across 100+ integrations
- Co-led the Midfield Terminal programme, a US$3B infrastructure programme
- Co-led the commercial technology stack behind Etihad's 2018 transformation
DXB
Dubai
2018 — Present
Dubai Airports
Senior Manager Enterprise Architecture · head-of-function responsibilities for seven years
- Founded the Enterprise Architecture unit: 1 to 6 direct reports and a 40+ virtual team
- Owned an AED 6M annual investment roadmap for seven years
- Established and chaired the Technology Advisory Board and Architecture Review Board
DWC
Al Maktoum International
The new airport
DWC Concept of Operations
Led the Target Reference Architecture
- Defined the operational vision and capabilities for the new airport
- Connected value streams to business processes
- Defined the target-state transformation architecture
03Dubai Airports · 2018 to present
Senior Manager Enterprise Architecture, carrying head-of-function responsibilities for seven years. Reporting to the VP of Risk Management, Governance and Architecture, with an AED 6M budget. Pick a gate.
Gate A1
Strategy to Roadmap
The accountable link between executive priorities and delivery teams.
- Established the people, process and technology foundation for enterprise architecture: governance frameworks, architectural standards and delivery methodologies.
- Authored the strategic architecture documents and roadmaps guiding multi-year technology investment. Contributed three chapters to the SVP's ICT Strategy and authored the Integration Strategy for Dubai Airports.
- Formulated and championed an AED 6M annual investment roadmap for seven years, as primary business sponsor and budget architect for enterprise-wide digital and AI initiatives.
- Introduced process-led use-case selection: decomposing processes to activity level and targeting the highest-cost steps, each matched to the right solution against risk tier and consequence of error.
04Benefits realization
Outcomes are tracked, and low-value initiatives are decommissioned early so capital moves to higher-value programmes.
- Design-review turnaround7 → 2 days
- HR support ticket volume−38%
- Inbound architecture advisory load−41%
- Architect review effort per design−45%
- First-pass design quality+27%
Bars are indexed: before = 100
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of employee HR queries contained without human handoff
HR service agent · 2,500 employees · Microsoft Teams
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of architecture queries contained without escalation
Advisory agent · Teams and M365 Copilot
05Core competencies
Hover or tap a card to see where it was done.
06Etihad Airways · 2013 to 2018
Reported to the CITO and Chief Enterprise Architect. Led and co-led enterprise-wide commercial, operational and technology transformation in a highly regulated aviation environment.
Manager, Enterprise Integration Architect · Abu Dhabi, UAE
100+integrations
The “heart transplant”
Led the replacement of the AIMS crew-management platform with iFlight NEO, removing a single point of failure spanning crew, schedule and reservations.
US$3Bterminal programme
Midfield Terminal, Abu Dhabi
Co-led the programme for what is now Zayed International Airport, leading architecture and design and anchoring the enterprise integration architecture. Shukran Award for Inspiring Customer Value.
US$5.86Brevenue base
The 2018 transformation
Co-led the Guest Experience platform and commercial technology stack: the digital mechanisms behind a 4% passenger yield increase and 3% unit cost reduction under a 31% fuel-price shock, contributing to a US$240M cut in core operating loss.
US$190Moverhead reduction supported
Guest 360
Consolidated fragmented regional CRM estates onto a single cloud platform across global sales, contact centre and cargo, and automated the B2B cargo quoting pipeline.
Participated in the airline's Amadeus-to-Sabre passenger service system cutover.
Co-led the Digital Guest Transformation and Flight Operations workflow automation programmes.
Led architecture and integration alignment with Alitalia through the equity-partnership programme, working on-site in Italy.
Put a predictive flight-delay model into production on a real-time streaming data platform.
Earlier career · Sweden · 2005 to 2013 · Architecture & integration leadership
2009–11
Tele2
Integration Lead & ESB Platform Owner
Customer messaging flows for millions of subscribers; offshore teams in India.
2008–09
H&M
Enterprise Data Architect & MDM Owner
Global data synchronisation for a multinational retail footprint.
2006–08
Kalmar Municipality
Information & GIS Architect
Citizen-facing platform under strict privacy and accessibility mandates.
2005–06
Swedbank
Integration Architect (Banking)
CRM-to-core-banking integration for 7M customers.
07Skills & methods
- Strategy-to-roadmap translation
- Portfolio and roadmap ownership
- ConOps and target-state architecture
- Value-stream and process mapping
- Sequencing and trade-off analysis
Education & certifications
M.Sc. Informatics
University of Kalmar, Sweden · 2005
DESC Secure AI Adoption
Dubai Electronic Security Center · trained June 2026
TOGAF 9.2 Certified
Enterprise architecture
ITIL Foundation
Service management
Languages
- SwedishNative
- EnglishFluent
- ArabicLearning
Recognition & thought leadership
GITEX 2023 On-Stage Presenter
Enterprise GenAI customer-engagement case study, featuring a live operational AI avatar for Dubai Airports.
Shukran Award
Inspiring Customer Value · Etihad Airways.
High Flyer Award Nomination
Excellence in People Management · Dubai Airports.
Executive Speaker
Selected presenter at regional corporate events and annual technology roadshows.
Industry Contribution
Published thought leadership on enterprise AI governance; 16+ years of Gartner-informed market sensing.