Oct 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

• I led a department speeding up societies’ and companies’ energy transition through innovative use of renewable energy, efficient and resilient use of resources and realising system adaptations. In my role, I was tasked to attain a profitable organisation within 12 months to secure a sustainable business. A selection of my key achievements in this role:
• Operational leadership: I led the turnaround of a non-profitable organisation, including a restructure. Improvements initiatives that I led resulted in sales +84%, cost reduction of 32%, empowerment of leadership teams / employee self-leadership (improved eNPS + 20), reporting compliance >95%, data management to improve operations, financial reporting and follow-up
• Star performer: The department became the division’s best financial performer and had the best employee engagement
• RISE is Sweden's research institute and innovation partner (similar to Australia's CSIRO), and within Energy and Resources, we conducted applied research within the following fields:
• Efficiency improvements of energy and power, incl. digitization
• Climate-neutral and resilient energy systems: Local energy systems, flexibility solutions, sector couplings and solar power
• Sustainable and efficient use of resources: Industrial urban symbiosis and system modelling
• Realising system transitions: The human-technology-system perspective, process and project management

Nov 2021 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Driving the change towards a sustainable societal transition and ensuring a connected, safe and resilient society, I was a leader for an organisation at the forefront of artificial intelligence, data as a critical resource and cybersecurity. It was also at the forefront of regulations, policy and ethical use of these technologies. A selection of my achievements in my roles:
• Harmonisation: Initiatives across the division that led to a focused market strategy, senior leadership team focus, sales coaching leading to sales increasing commercial sales 36% (total sales exceeded 500 Million)
• Strategic leadership: Higher eNPS scores (+10), compliance +54%
• Our research agenda focused on 3 main areas
• Sustainable societal transition
• Data as a critical resource
• A connected, safe and resilient society
• I learned a lot about the challenges involved in leading through others without formal authority, how to achieve lasting results and outcomes in a complex matrix organisation and how to successfully adapt to continuously changing organisational prerequisites.

Jan 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos

• As VP, I supported our team of 100+ staff to ensure that we:
• Have a positive societal impact (both in sustainable business and in changing people's lives for the better)
• Overcame potential challenges (in projects and in organisation)
• Exceeded our goals (both years we exceeded our profitability target by several millions. sales grew 58%)
• Develop to continue being a leading force within our ecosystem (leading research in our areas)
• Industrial Digital Systems conducted applied research and offered innovative and value-creating solutions for sustainable growth and renewal to provide industry and society with a leading edge within applied digitalisation, primarily within the following fields:
• AI/Machine learning, IoT/Cloud, VR/AR (XR) as well as data management and visualisation (e.g. digital twins)
• Optical transmission, communication technologies, image and video quality, drones, autonomous systems and blockchain
• In this role, my understanding for the next generation of digital technologies significantly increased, as well as my ability to solve complex challenges and lead an organisation through other people. I also restructured the organisation to improve collaboration and increase profitability, with both short- and longterm positive impact.

Feb 2017 – Sep 2017 · 7 mos · Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

• Following the dream to travel for 6 months with my wife, upon my return to Sweden I was offered an interim position as Director for RISE Bioeconomy. While in a new industry for me, the opportunity was incredibly interesting and I thrived on working in the R&D field.
• My responsibilities included taking a new approach to the Paper Technology R&D that focused on improved resource planning, greater accountability and better collaboration between departments. Key achievements in this role include:
• Implementing a system for resource planning, which resulted in significant improvements in productivity (+ 5%)
• Turn-around of the company’s largest project solidly into profit, and establishing more transparent processes facilitating communication and expectation management, resulting in improved client satisfaction
• Several initiatives into team-building and improved follow-up that increased internal collaboration, resulting in better outcomes for the company’s projects
• Working in this role has taught me how to make a difference in an area previously unknown to me. I have learnt how to quickly gather relevant knowledge, to ask the right questions and to provide valuable and meaningful guidance to colleagues that are far more informed in a subject than myself both within the unit and the group management team.
• The opportunity to work for RISE has strengthened my leadership aptitude, and given me valuable insights into a new area of business: R&D.

Sep 2017 – Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area

• I was a strategic problem-solver, trusted advisor, and catalyst for transformation. I worked with organisations to tackle their most complex challenges. I helped optimise efficiency, drove growth and navigated change. I analysed data, identified inefficiencies and developed tailored solutions, to help businesses streamline operations, enhance performance, and achieve their strategic objectives. A few of my achievements include:
• Sales: Supported the executive team in implementing a new business model to support the introduction of EVs into the market, the financial dynamics of working with the dealers on incentive models and the financial modelling of various scenarios. Sales have grown substantially year-on-year.
• Market strategy: I set up the market expansion into new segments and international markets, including the coaching of the executive team to realise it. The company has been extremely successful in its implementation of the strategy.
• Coaching: Provided sales coaching in the use of digital tools, sales techniques and understanding the customer journey. The project was extended over several years.
• Project execution: Developing a news app for the executive team of a global organisation, collecting, selecting and curating, including using of AI to improve the model. Further implementation across the senior leadership teams globally.
• I was also selected as a participant of the EY Ripples programme, which aims to support social impact entrepreneurs. In this capacity, I helped Tiny Totos Kenya during 3 months to prepare for scaling up their operations in the next 3 years and going from 50 daycares to 1000+.
• Within the automotive sector, I was part of the leadership team that implemented a greater automotive sector focus throughout EMEIA to increase EY's ability to meet global automotive clients' expectations.

Feb 2015 – Aug 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos

• When Scania decided to establish a completely new business unit, Driver Services, I was offered the opportunity to assume responsibility of a new profit centre. This area is responsible for Scania’s fleet management system, as well as all Driver Training. The role has included developing a new business plan, new sales strategies and recruit new personnel. Key achievements include:
• Activation of Scania’s telematics system in more than 90 % of sold vehicles, or 1,000 units in 12 months
• Establishing and growing a new department from one person to 12 employees in 12 months, proving the concept and realising new business for the company
• Roll-out of the new Optimise concept, providing an additional revenue stream for Scania, and saving clients substantial cost in reduced fuel consumption
• Working in this role has given me a good appreciation of the importance of clear and transparent communication, considerably advanced both my leadership and management abilities and taught me important consulting and sales skills.

May 2014 – Feb 2015 · 9 mos

• The progression into this role allowed me to work on business-critical projects directly for the Executive Management Team. Key achievements in this role include:
• Project management, including roll-out of Scania’s new Customer Relationship Management system, as well as training of sales and after sales organisation.
• 3-month secondment to a major client in the supermarket industry, providing significant cost-savings in their repair and maintenance of their transport assets, later leading to an extension of the contract with client
• Feasibility study which resulted in a recommendation of a new business unit, which was later actioned and has resulted in a completely new revenue stream for Scania Australia
• This role has provided me with a great opportunity to increase my project management skills, improved my ability to work with external stakeholders, and has significantly grown my business acumen, and given my an appreciate of how important it is to “put myself in the customer’s shoes”.

Feb 2012 – Apr 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Following my successful master thesis with Scania, I was offered a permanent position with Scania. My primary responsibilities in this role were to advise the General Management Team on business strategies and activities for the sales and after sales organisation, as well as delivering on specific project requests by the group. Key achievements include:
• Implementation of a new sales management process, providing a more robust structure to follow-up sales activities
• Feasibility study of a new Customer Relationship Management system, resulting in significant cost savings for Scania Australia, as well as a shorter lead time for implementation
• Creating an improved reporting suite for the sales and after sales organisation, giving sales and after sales managers a better opportunity to manage their respective business areas
• Working as the Marketing Analyst for Scania gave me an excellent start to my working career, as it allowed me to define a new role within the business, significantly develop my analytical skills and gave me the confidence to work with both senior and front-line stakeholders.

Jul 2011 – Jan 2012 · 6 mos

• The purpose of my thesis was to investigate how Scania could align its market strategy to grow its truck business in the Australian market. During this time, I worked with senior stakeholders, the sales organisation and several clients in various segments to propose how Scania could increase its market share. Following the findings in my report, the business has evolved since. Key achievements include:
• Scania Australia has doubled truck sales
• A Customer Relationship Management system has been introduced
• I received an offer to continue working as a full-time employee
• Except for giving me a good understanding of the truck industry, this position gave me an opportunity to practice my academic skills and use them in a practical environment. I significantly increased my business analysis and strategy skills, and learnt how to work in a professional environment with stakeholders on all levels.

Jul 2014 – Sep 2014 · 2 mos · Greater Melbourne Area

• As a secondee, my responsibilities were
• Ensure uptime of trailer fleet
• Liaise with external and internal stakeholders to improve processes to increase utilisation
• Manage repairs and control costs, and implement activities to reduce these

Feb 2011 – Jul 2011 · 5 mos · Greater Melbourne Area

• As a result of my performance during my internship in Germany, I was given the opportunity to undertaken an internship in Australia. Key responsibilities included:
• Forecasting of future car sales
• Maintaining and pricing existing and new model derivatives
• Analysing and evaluating Porsche’s product offer and its competitors
• During this internship, I increased my expertise in the marketing field and achieved a good understanding of the car industry in Australia. During my time at Porsche, I assisted with several developments within the firm, including the assessment of a new product line. I finished my internship at Porsche in Australia with an excellent internship report.

May 2010 – Oct 2010 · 5 mos · Stuttgart Region

• In 2010 I undertook an internship in the Marketing and Sales Product Line for Cayenne with Porsche. My main responsibilities included:
• Analysing and evaluating the product offer of Porsche and competitors
• Analysis and evaluation of product specification
• Preparing presentations of the results
• As a result of this internship, I have developed my skills in evaluating the importance of different forces in the industry; including customers, markets and technology. Furthermore, my knowledge of benchmarking and assessment of competitors has greatly increased. As a testimony of my good work at Porsche, I was included into the Porsche Talent Network. I was awarded this due to my exceptional efficiency, my ability to handle heavy workloads and for my capacity to think open-mindedly.