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 directionTechnical leadership. Human perspective.
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.
The tools are changing fast. Clear direction, shared understanding, and a little curiosity go a long way.
01 / How I can help
I work with a small number of clients, staying close to the people and decisions that matter. Here’s where we can work together.
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 directionHelp 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 confidenceFind 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 youMake 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 team02 / A practical approach
Useful AI adoption starts with understanding how people work. Then we can find the right tools, build good habits, and learn together.
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.
Start with a focused pilot. Keep people in control, check the quality, and learn what works before making it part of the wider organisation.
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
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.
A few chapters along the way
Technical leadership for Android Automotive development, alongside coaching teams on AI coding agents and agentic workflows.
System architecture and user research for sales tools, connecting the day-to-day needs of the sales team with technical decisions.
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.
04 / Made out of curiosity
Outside my client work, I build apps, services, and games. A place to explore ideas, try new things, and turn curiosity into something you can use.
Games made to be played. Explore worlds, find an adventure, or simply take a break.
games.hellsoft.se (opens in a new tab)Video meetings in your browser, with an AI assistant that can join the conversation.
kunveno.io (opens in a new tab)Write documents and draw diagrams together. Share a link and work side by side, in real time.
coe.kunveno.io (opens in a new tab)Thoughtful time tracking for independent people and small teams. A little more space to focus.
stund.nu (opens in a new tab)Have an idea for an app or a game?
I’d love to help you bring it to life.
05 / Let’s start a conversation
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