Kloud ApS

Skills

Piet Søren Leerhøj Haarbo

Piet Søren Leerhøj Haarbo

ph@kloud.dk

Piet Søren Leerhøj Haarbo

Greve, DK

Technology Leader & Architect

  • 20+ years in IT roles
  • 15+ years in technical leadership and architectural roles
  • 10+ years in people management, 2 years leading leaders
  • 10+ years of hands-on cloud and DevOps experience
  • M.Sc. in Engineering, Reserve Officer, Management Consultant and IT geek

Key Roles

Tech Lead / Hands-on AdvisorInterim CTO / ManagerEnterprise ArchitectCloud Solution ArchitectLead (DevOps) EngineerFull Stack DeveloperTechnical Project Manager

Competences

IT Leader

Expert

10+ years

Enterprise Architecture

Expert

10+ years

IT Architecture

Expert

10+ years

Cloud Architecture

Proficient

5+ years

IT Strategy

Expert

10+ years

Process Optimization

Proficient

10+ years

Governance

Proficient

10+ years

DevOps

Proficient

5+ years

Automation

Proficient

5+ years

CI/CD

Proficient

5+ years

Entra ID

Proficient

5+ years

Microsoft Azure

Expert

5+ years

Microsoft Azure DevOps

Proficient

5+ years

Google Cloud

Intermediate

2+ years

Python

Proficient

5+ years

NodeJS

Intermediate

2+ years

Flutter/Dart

Intermediate

2+ years

Infrastructure as Code

Proficient

3+ years

Bicep

Proficient

2+ years

Terraform

Intermediate

3+ years

Projects

Kloud ApS

Freelance Consultant

2026present

Independent freelance consultant delivering advise and hands-on services in a broad range of architecture and enginering roles. Special emphasis on cloud native projects, using DevOps practices and AI to increase speed, improve quality and reduce cost.

Falck

CoE Lead & Principal Enterprise Architect

20232025

Technical leadership role with a focus on enterprise architecture and the transformation of Falck to cloud native working methods.

Primary responsibilities/tasks:

  • Enterprise Architecture, establishing governance
  • Establishment of Enterprise Cloud Platform, training and education
  • Architecture support and consulting, mentorship roles
  • Solution architecture, development of integrations and middleware

Lobyco / Coop

Head of Operations & Lead Architect

20212023

Lobyco was established as a spin-off of Coop to continue the development of the Coop app and sell it to new customers.

**Primary responsibilities/tasks:**
  • Department manager (2 team leaders in direct reference, DevOps, security, support engineers & architects in DK and UA)
  • Enterprise Architecture, Documentation, Mapping, Digitalization, Strategy
  • Driving resource behind the technical separation from Coop
  • Consultant for Coop in relation to building an internal cloud capacity
  • Architecture support

DSB

Head of IT Architecture, Chief Enterprise Architect

20202021

Primary responsibilities/tasks:

  • Head of department (15 architects reporting directly)
  • Enterprise Architecture, digitization, strategy development
  • Establishment of EA for DevOps / Monitoring
  • Maturation of architectural governance in a hybrid agile/waterfall setting

EKF

CTO

20152020

Primary responsibilities/tasks:

  • Head of Department (10 direct reports)
  • IT architecture, strategy and sourcing
  • Responsible for operations and infrastructure
  • Enterprise Architecture, program supervision and steering committee roles
  • Implementation of Cloud and DevOps
  • Digitalization and process optimization
  • Simplification and standardization of the IT landscape

Previous engagements

Consultant, IT Manager, Freelance Developer, etc.

20082015

In addition to Piet's recent work, Piet's professional experience stems from the following roles prior to 2016:

  • Team Manager, Netcompany: 2014 - 2015
    • Overseeing multiple CRM & .NET projects and providing architectural guidance
    • Improving management overviews with frontend and reporting dashboards
  • Principal Consultant, PA Consulting: 2012 - 2014
    • Interim management role, go-live support
    • IT strategy and advisory, and contract reviews
  • Consultant, PA Consulting: 2011 - 2012
    • Interim management role
    • ERP strategy
  • IT Manager, Gavdi: 2008 - 2011
    • IT Strategy
    • Full data center establishment, virtualization, infrastructure design and implementation
    • Process Optimization, Cost Chargeback
    • Development projects
  • Freelance developer: 2005 - 2006
    • Websites and CMS Development, Job Portal, Recipe system, Academic Thesis Database
  • IT Consultant (infrastructure, maintenance and support), Init A/S: 2006 - 2007
    • Infrastructure maintenance, End-user support
  • IT Assistant (infrastructure, maintenance and support), IBM Global Services: 1998 - 2001
    • End-user support, process optimization, requirements specification

Formal Education

Master of Science in Engineering | Aalborg University (Copenhagen)

20062008

  • International Technology Management
  • Master Thesis: IT strategy & strategic sourcing

Export Engineering Studies | Copenhagen University College (DTU)

20032006

  • Broad Engineering and business school curriculum

Linguistics Officer | Royal Danish Defense College

20012003

  • Language and culture (Russia/former USSR)
  • Intelligence and interrogation

Courses & Training

Board Program (ConsilioNexus)

2019 – 2021

Executive coaching & leadership training (Klingenberg Consult)

2017 – 2019

Coaching, Facilitation & Presentation skills, Trusted Advisor (PA Consulting Group)

2011 – 2014

COBIT 5 Foundation

2013

ITIL v3 Foundation

2012

Prince2 Practitioner

2011

Languages

Danish

Native

English

Full professional proficiency

German

Limited professional proficiency

Russian

Limited professional proficiency