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
Competences
IT Leader
10+ years
Enterprise Architecture
10+ years
IT Architecture
10+ years
Cloud Architecture
5+ years
IT Strategy
10+ years
Process Optimization
10+ years
Governance
10+ years
DevOps
5+ years
Automation
5+ years
CI/CD
5+ years
Entra ID
5+ years
Microsoft Azure
5+ years
Microsoft Azure DevOps
5+ years
Google Cloud
2+ years
Python
5+ years
NodeJS
2+ years
Flutter/Dart
2+ years
Infrastructure as Code
3+ years
Bicep
2+ years
Terraform
3+ years
Projects
Kloud ApS
Freelance Consultant
2026 – present
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
2023 – 2025
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
2021 – 2023
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
2020 – 2021
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
2015 – 2020
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.
2008 – 2015
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)
2006 – 2008
- ›International Technology Management
- ›Master Thesis: IT strategy & strategic sourcing
Export Engineering Studies | Copenhagen University College (DTU)
2003 – 2006
- ›Broad Engineering and business school curriculum
Linguistics Officer | Royal Danish Defense College
2001 – 2003
- ›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