About
Thomas Anglero
Keynote Speaker · Author · Strategic AI Advisor to Executive Leaders and Boards
You have probably come to this page to settle one question: whether the person behind the keynotes and the advice has actually built and led it, or only speaks about it.
Thomas Anglero is a three-time technology pioneer, keynote speaker, author of Intro to Artificial Intelligence, and Strategic AI Advisor to executive leaders and boards.
He advises a limited number of senior executives on AI strategy and organisational transformation, and has delivered more than 450 keynotes across 30+ countries for organisations including the European Commission, the World Health Organisation, the World Government Summit, IBM, EY, Medtronic, and UNICEF.
He publishes Clarity at the Top, a newsletter and podcast for senior leaders, and operates through MerkabaPhi AS in Oslo, Norway.
The short answer to that question is yes. The longer answer is the more interesting one.
Three times, industries revolutionised.
Three times, Thomas was already there.
In February 1995, he was among the earliest users of VocalTec’s Internet Phone, the world’s first commercial voice-over-internet software, and a beta tester within its first days. He became CEO of Free World Dialup, one of the first peer-to-peer internet telephony ventures. CNN interviewed him live in its New York studios on 1 March 2001, as CEO of Free World Dialup, and named him its Maverick of the Day; a CNN producer told him at the time that three million people were watching. The industry he helped build is now worth over $100 billion.
He founded the IBM Watson AI Lab for Cancer at the Oslo Cancer Cluster, announced in late 2016 and opened in 2017. It was one of the first AI laboratories for cancer embedded within a European cancer campus. Physicians travelled from across the continent to see what AI could mean for medicine. It became the moment AI in European healthcare was taken seriously as a discipline, not a technology experiment.
In 2025, he built his latest venture entirely with AI agents as his engineering team. No traditional development staff. The agents do the building. Humans hold the direction and the accountability. The advice Thomas gives senior leaders comes from that lived experience, not from theory.
Background
Nordic CTO at Cognizant, where he led AI strategy across the region and closed over $500 million in enterprise transformation deals. IBM Nordic Director of Innovation, building a pipeline exceeding $200 million. He redesigned how Norway’s Tax Authority approaches innovation, and held senior positions at Telenor and Ericsson. Four technology companies founded. Named Social Entrepreneur of the Year by IESE Business School (University of Navarra).
BS Mechanical Engineering, Pratt Institute. Based in Oslo, Norway.
The work above is dated and sourced on the public record: a verified timeline and a press archive that anyone can check.
Two ways to work with Thomas
For event organisers, Thomas brings three signature keynotes drawn from his own executive career. They are a starting point, not a script. He tailors every talk to the audience in the room, and speaks readily across AI, leadership, and innovation, including at short notice when a programme changes.
For leaders, he advises a limited number of senior executives each quarter, in private, on the questions they cannot ask out loud inside their own organisation. Every engagement follows the Thomas Anglero Method.
Get in touch
Whether you are booking a speaker for your event or considering a private, confidential discussion about your own organisation, Thomas would welcome the conversation.
Contact Thomas at Thomas@Anglero.com. Thomas reads every message.
Thomas Anglero on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anglero
MerkabaPhi AS, Oslo, Norway