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Viktor Petersson

Viktor Petersson

Tech entrepreneur building secure, scalable systems. From bootstrapping startups to powering 10,000+ digital screens worldwide with Screenly.

Early Ventures

Launched YippieMove during college, an email migration service tackling the complex challenge of moving data between providers. Built remote-first from day one.

Product Building

Created Blotter, a productivity app for macOS that reached the top 10 in the Mac App Store. Valuable lessons in product-market fit and user experience.

Cloud & Security

Early adopter of Docker and Kubernetes. Deep hands-on experience with DevSecOps, advising companies and speaking at industry events on security practices.

Screenly

Built the most popular open-source digital signage solution on GitHub (Anthias), grown into a platform used by NASA, Lowe's, and Capital One.

Press, Mentions and Interviews

2026
talk Upcoming
QCon London
London, UK

From Chaos to Clarity: Modern SBOM Practices That Actually Work

talk
FOSDEM
Brussels, Belgium

CRA-Ready SBOMs: A Practical Blueprint for High-Quality Generation

2025
podcast
System76 Transmission Log

Linux Hardware, Open Source Summit, and a chat with Screenly

panel
Digital Signage Summit Europe
Munich, Germany

AI & Trust / Cybersecurity / Challenges

podcast
Founder Mode

Remote Boundaries – Saying No Without Burning Bridges with Viktor Petersson

talk
DevOps Exchange
London, UK

Securing Your Software Supply Chain: Why SBOMs Are Essential for DevOps and Compliance

guest post
Sixteen:Nine

Op-Ed: The Dirty Secret About Compliance And Digital Signage Security

talk
Dependency Track Community Meeting

sbomify @ Dependency Track Community Meeting (2025-11-05)

2024
talk
State of Open Con
London, UK

Screenly’s Journey: Raspberry Pi to x86, BIOS, Coreboot, RISC-V

talk
BSides
Bristol, UK

Navigating The SBOM Landscape: Formats, Relevance, And Tooling In 2024

talk
SBOM-a-Rama
Denver, US
press
InfoQ

New Platform sbomify Streamlines Making Software Inventories for SBOMs

talk
London DevOps #85
London, UK

The Essential Role of SBOMs

press
TechTarget

U.S. Army, Lockheed Martin detail SBOM progress

talk
Canonical (Ubuntu) Engineering Sprint
The Hague, Netherlands
press
EE Times Europe Magazine

Cybersecurity Legislation Driving SBOMs

talk
CycloneDX / Transparency Exchange API (TEA)'s KoalaCon
2023
talk
Ubuntu Summit
Riga, Latvia

From Pets to Cattle: Revolutionizing Edge Computing with Screenly’s Edge Apps

talk
#QSRNext
Virtual

Beyond Just a Menu Display

podcast
The Shobeir Show

Episode 27

podcast
Default Global

Powering 10K Screens Worldwide: The Screenly Journey with Viktor Petersson

press
TechCrunch

Screenly makes it easier to build interactive apps for its digital signage platform

2022
press
The Register

Strong support for Snap and Ubuntu Core as Canonical meet IRL

talk
Ubuntu Summit
Prague, Czech Republic

Five Years of Ubuntu Core

2021
guest post
Docker

Compiling Qt with Docker Using Caching

2020
talk
Cloud Native London
London, UK

The DevSecOps Iceberg

podcast
Balena's IoT Happy Hour
guest post
Docker

Compiling Qt with Docker multi-stage and multi-platform

2019
talk
Docker London
London, UK
talk
Open Source Summit Europe
Lyon, France

The ‘S’ in IoT Stands for Security

talk
Kubernetes London
London, UK
talk
InfoSecurity Europe
London, UK
2018
press
DailyDOOH

Screenly + NEC interview

talk
Open Source Summit North America
Vancouver, Canada

The ‘S’ in IoT Stands for Security

talk
Container Camp
Melbourne, Australia

The ‘S’ in IoT Stands for Security

talk
Ansible London
London, UK
guest post
Rave Publications

Why Are We Not Talking About Digital Signage Security?

2016
podcast
Sixteen:Nine

Podcast Interview

press
Ubuntu Insights

Digital signage solution, Screenly, chooses Canonical’s Ubuntu Core

press
Sixteen:Nine

Screenly’s Raspberry Pi-Powered Platform Shifting To New IoT Version Of Ubuntu Linux

panel
CloudExpo Europe
London, UK
talk
IoT London
London, UK
2015
press
Syncsort

Interview with Viktor Petersson, VP of Business Development for IAAS provider CloudSigma

talk
IoT Day @ BBVA Innovation Center
Madrid, Spain
talk
Open Cloud Day
Bern, Switzerland
talk
ApacheCon North America
Austin, TX
talk
CloudExpo Europe
London, UK
panel
CloudExpo Europe
London, UK
2014
press
Sixteen:Nine

Screenly Q&A: Optimization Crucial For Raspberry Pi Digital Signage

press
Ubuntu Insights

CloudSigma joins Ubuntu Certified Public Cloud

talk
Zadara Summit
Las Vegas, NV
2013
press
Sixteen:Nine

Screenly Serves Up Raspberry Pi As Alternative To Android Players

talk
Pi And More 3
Trier, Germany
talk
gSocial 2
Sunnyvale, CA
2012
press
Data Center Knowledge

Currency Miners Cause Spot Shortages of Dedicated Servers

press
Information Week

CloudSigma: One Tool For Many Cloud Workloads

press
TechCrunch

YippieMove Wants To Become The Twilio Of Email Migration

talk
NoSQL Road Show
Basel, Switzerland
2009
press
NyTeknik

Flyttgubbe på nätet för över din e-post (Swedish)

2008
press
CNET

Yippie Move migrates all your e-mail for ten bucks

press
GigaOM

YippieMove Offers Email Portability

Other
other

FreeBSD’s - Highly Available Storage (HAST)

guest post
BitTorrent - Sync Dev

Securely Deploying Sync

guest post
Weave

How Weave Net Enables a Global Docker Cluster with OnApp

guest post
Weave

Living on the Edge - How Screenly Monitors Edge IoT Devices with Prometheus