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“ We’ll continue to be specialists
and deliver to our customers at
the same high level as today.”

During her previous jobs, Jennie started considering Those eleven years at CGI, where Jennie honed her
university studies. It was around the millennium, and leadership skills, were valuable and enriching. What
IT was a rapidly growing industry. This enticed her to had come naturally at a young age developed into
study computer and systems science at leadership qualities with her own unique signature, a
Stockholm University. genuine, value-driven way of leading and developing
both companies and employees.
“I thought the course seemed exciting but quickly
discovered I didn’t want to code. I was completely Jennie and her team continue to thrive together,
focused on, and drawn to the leadership role within something which is evident in the company’s strong
IT,” Jennie says, reflecting on her choice of education. profitability and rapid growth. This, in turn, attracts
new recruits, creating a positive upward spiral.
It might sound a bit unrealistic today, but when
Jennie graduated in 2003, it was hard to find a job “We all have high ambitions for our company,
in the IT industry. The IT bubble had burst in March and we’re encouraged by our shared success. Our
2000, and when it was time for Jennie to enter the goal now is to secure even larger commitments and
job market, the industry wasn’t as “hot” as it is today, continue growing with our customers globally. In
so she had to look to other fields. After focusing five years, I see us being twice the size in Sweden,”
for a few years on starting a family, Jennie and her
family moved back to Eskilstuna, where she still lives
with her husband, two sons, and the family cat. She
re-entered the IT industry when she got a job at
H&M’s IT department as a tester and test lead for
their purchasing and logistics systems.

“I spent a few years as a project manager at a
smaller consultancy before joining Logica, which
later became CGI. It was here I ‘grew up’ as a leader,
and where I had my first role with responsibility for
staff,” says Jennie about the first time she truly took
a leadership role.