JOHN SEBASTIAN

Joined Stenberg : as a contractor on 13/03/2015, and became intern on 01/08/2017 Hometown: Campulung, Romania Current Office:Amsterdam 1566 Oudemanhuispoort,Netherlands Role: Legal Advicer/Developer

JOHN SEBASTIAN

• Age: 62 years
• Award win: 2
• Joined Stenberg Capital: 07 April 2010
• Hometown: Helsinki in Finland
• Current Office: Netherlands, Amsterdam 1566 Oudemanhuispoort,
• Role: Financial Analyst Sr. Software Engineer
• Education: MSc in Engineering of Information Technology at Università degli studi di Bergamo
• Interests: Motorbike – Skiing – Videogames

Excerpt

After I graduated, I had the opportunity to work at NRK in Helsinki for a few years. Working in Finland exposed me to companies working in an interesting space techwise. I was searching for a new opportunity when a role in an in-house development team at a ‘NRK company’ was presented to me. This was the start of my journey with STENBERG .

The colleagues who interviewed me were so engaged with their work, their passion made me want to be a part of the team. The MIS team was quite small so I met most of the people I would be working with during the interview process. During the interview process, I was presented with technical and functional challenges and also had the role explained further to me.

Everyone at STENBERG is aiming for the same goal. In my role, I feel empowered to own my decisions whilst feeling part of a team that works well together and where I am listened to. This dynamic motivates me and makes me feel like I belong. At STENBERG, being polite and respectful towards both your colleagues and any counterparties is central. We’re all working together to find solutions to energy supply and demand, that’s the most important thing.

My role requires me to understand my clients’ business needs in order to develop the best products for them. I love being able to propose and implement solutions that have a positive impact. In my job there is a good balance between analysing functional requirements and more hands-on development of software. This balance means I get to continuously learn about new aspects of the business.

A day at work can be very different depending on the ongoing projects. Some days are fully dedicated to software development where you need to establish a flow in your mind and stay concentrated for a long period of time. But I also work with a range of stakeholders, either in person or on a video call. This could be helping a colleague to overcome an issue in the system, project planning, training a new joiner or brainstorming new ideas with a cup of coffee on the wonderful terrace of the Amsterdam 1566 Oudemanhuispoort,office.

Every time we make an acquisition or become part of a joint venture, we have to integrate the new business into our existing systems. In the past 15 years, we’ve moved some really big companies such as Oil and Gas or Real Estate into our systems. I find it amazing how efficiently we’ve handled these processes and I’m proud of my contribution to it.