Summary
Karl Hammar is a senior software engineer at Microsoft with 13 years of experience building cloud and AI-enabled systems, currently working on the Copilot Studio Runtime and integrations for large internal customers. He previously led academic departments and research in ontology engineering, co-creating RealEstateCore—the leading Northern European smart building data model—bringing uncommon depth in knowledge modeling to product engineering. Karl has bridged research and product across roles shipping sovereignty and compliance features in Azure, as well as autonomous agent capabilities for Copilot Studio. His technical toolkit spans .NET, Java, Python, web and Semantic Web technologies, and UNIX/Linux systems administration, complemented by hands-on program and product management experience. Having run his own consulting firm and served in political and sysadmin roles, he combines pragmatic delivery skills with interdisciplinary thinking. Based in Jönköping, he blends rigorous academic training (PhD) with a track record of turning ontologies and research prototypes into production-grade cloud features.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Information Technology, MSc, Information Technology at Jönköping University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Linköping University
English, Swedish