Axel Backlund is a Fellow Data Engineer at QuantumBlack, McKinsey's AI division, where he applies his expertise in industrial engineering and financial technology. An alumnus of KTH Royal Institute of Technology and EPFL, he combines technical skills with entrepreneurial experience as co-founder of Belt of Sweden and former iOS developer at Hedvig. His diverse background, from project leadership at Kravallen to financial engineering studies, brings a unique perspective to data engineering in AI consulting.