Three years ago, Gothenburg-based SKF brought in new CEO Rickard Gustafson and over time, a new strategic framework was established to take the company from a centralized to a decentralized organization. And at the heart of that new business model journey was, and continues to be, CIO Pedro de Freitas and group head of digital engineering and innovation, Maria Stranne. “We see the value in having the IT aspects close to the business where support is needed,” says Stranne. For de Freitas, the continuing focus is on getting the entire company to a common business system platform, and by the end …