Joel Nygårds

Joel Nygårds is Chief Data Officer and Head of AI at Ericsson, leading the company’s enterprise-wide Data & AI agenda outside R&D.
He works at the intersection of strategy, technology and operations, turning AI from experimentation into scalable business transformation.
His focus spans AI adoption, data foundations, responsible AI and the governance needed for agentic systems at enterprise scale.
At Ericsson, Joel and his team are shaping how AI assistants, agents and data products can augment work across a global industrial technology company.
He brings a practical perspective on moving from promising pilots to production-grade AI in complex multinational environments.
At Handelsblatt TECH, he will share how enterprises can scale autonomous AI agents to improve efficiency and resilience while staying accountable and in control.