Former Dustin CEO takes seat on NetSymphony's board

NetSymphony Johan Karlsson is an important step in the company's continued development. NetSymphony strengthens its board with Johan Karlsson, former CEO and long-time CFO at Dustin.

– Johan Karlsson is a well-known and respected name in IT industry, says Dennis Jansson, CEO of NetSymphony. He now brings cutting-edge expertise and strategic height in financing and company development to our board. At the same time, he brings mission-critical experience from both the distributor and retailer ranks.

Johan Karlsson has extensive experience from senior positions in the technology and IT sector. He was CFO at Dustin between 2009 and 2023 and was subsequently appointed CEO of the company, a position he held until autumn 2025. Prior to that, he was Regional Finance Director at Tech Data, now TD SYNNEX, one of the world's largest IT distribution companies.

In addition to his operational roles, Johan Karlsson has extensive board experience. He has served on the Adlibris board for many years, a couple of which as its chairman, and he was a board member of the industrial company Permascand, now Elicron.

For Johan Karlsson It was the combination of people, technology and market potential that made the assignment at NetSymphony attractive.

“NetSymphony has developed a product that is world-leading in its field and at the same time built a company with enormous potential,” says Johan Karlsson. What attracted me most was the opportunity to be involved at an early stage together with a team of really skilled people. I look forward to contributing my experiences as the company takes the next step.

NetSymphony is an innovative SaaS company whose orchestration platform helps businesses and organizations create secure, efficient, and cost-effective network environments.

With Johan Karlsson on the board, we strengthen our ability to meet growing international demand and build long-term value, says Dennis Jansson.

Other members of NetSymphony's board are: Emanuel Lipschütz (President), Andreas Harting, Philip Carls, Michael Hjorth and Dennis Jansson.

About NetSymphony

NetSymphony is a Swedish SaaS company which develops a vendor-neutral orchestration platform for network and security environments. The platform helps companies and organizations automate, standardize and streamline the management of complex IT infrastructure.

By integrating existing solutions, such as Network Access Control (NAC), network segmentation, IP Address Management (IPAM), and Configuration Management Database (CMDB), NetSymphony creates a cohesive platform for automated workflows. The solution does not replace existing systems, but coordinates them to ensure that changes, configurations and lifecycle management are carried out consistently, traceably and with a high degree of automation.

The result is unified governance regardless of vendor, reduced manual work, improved operational efficiency, and stronger conditions for maintaining network security, segmentation, control, and regulatory compliance over time.

NetSymphony also participates in several innovation initiatives in cybersecurity with support from the European Union and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB). The initiatives focus, among other things, on technical solutions that strengthen organizations' ability to meet the requirements of The NIS2 Directive and future cybersecurity challenges.

Read more at NetSymphony.com.