Contact
mikkel.nordkvist@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/mikkel-
nordkvist-3773101 (LinkedIn)
Top Skills
Process Engineering
Product Development
Business Strategy
Languages
Danish (Native or Bilingual)
English (Native or Bilingual)
Spanish (Elementary)
German (Elementary)
Honors-Awards
Brewing Science Award
 
Mikkel Nordkvist
Vice President Business Unit Hygienic Fluid Handling, Head of Sales
at Alfa Laval
Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
Experience
Alfa Laval
13 years 7 months
Vice President Business Unit Hygienic Fluid Handlling, Head of Product
Management
January 2023 - Present (2 months)
Copenhagen area, Denmark
Responsible for Product Management, Industry Management and Competence
Development within the business unit.
Vice President Business Unit Hygienic Fluid Handling, Head of Sales
January 2017 - December 2022 (6 years)
Copenhagen Area, Denmark
Responsible for the Global Sales Department in Business Unit Hygienic Fluid
Handling
Global Technical Support Manager
July 2016 - December 2016 (6 months)
Responsible for the Global Technical Support Department, a department with
16 FTE including 3 team managers.
Global Competence Development Manager
October 2013 - July 2016 (2 years 10 months)
Søborg, Denmark
Responsible for the Competence Development Department, a department with
8 FTEs, which is part of the Acquisitions, EBusiness & Marketing Department
in the Market Segment Sanitary Equipment.
Primary pillars of the department:
- Application Management
- Sales and Sizing Tools Development
- Concepts for generating end-user pull from selected key customers
- Training Strategy and Coordination
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Furthermore, I am part of the Acquisitions team in the Acquisitions, EBusiness

& Marketing Department.

Senior manager, Application Management, Alfa Laval Tank Equipment

June 2011 - October 2013 (2 years 5 months)
Ishøj, Denmark

Responsible for the Application Management Department managing a group of

5 people located at 4 geographical locations. Main department responsibilities:

- To use application knowledge to guide new product development. Led to

3 new patented innovations originating from the department within a 2 year
period
- Being the end-user partner in developing new concepts with main focus on
key accounts.
- Development of application based sizing and sales tools.
- To provide sales & application support on strategic projects and on
complicated projects.
- To offer application & sales training to sales companies and channels.

A special role of the position was to help grow the sale of mixing equipment
across business segments. The average annual growth rate from primo 2011
to Sept 2013 was 21%.

Competence Center Manager, Market Unit Brewery

April 2010 - June 2011 (1 year 3 months)
Søborg, Denmark

Managing Competence Center Fluid Handling, a department with 4

employees, I was responsible for the global sales and application development
strategies for the Fluid Handling and Scandi Brew equipment portfolios to the
brewery industry. Moreover, I was overall responsible for managing the R&D
budget in Market Unit Brewery.

Sales results:

- Fluid Handling products: When changing position end of May 2011 the
turnover year to date was 356% of that of last year to date.
- Scandi Brew components and tank top systems: Tracking slightly over budget
when changing position.

Development results:

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A number of NPD and EPD projects were initiated under my tenure 2 of which
were finalized during the period.

Application Development Manager

August 2009 - April 2010 (9 months)
Ishøj, Denmark

ISO-MIX A/S, my former employer, was bought in August 2009 by Alfa Laval
Tank Equipment A/S. My role in the company was basically the same as
it was in ISO-MIX A/S (please see below). However, as I was relieved of
IPR related matters and a number of administrative burdens, my focus was
primarily on project management of projects based on the ISO-MIX technology
in breweries and on development of new business areas for the company’s
technology.

ISO-MIX A/S
4 years 5 months

CTO
December 2007 - August 2009 (1 year 9 months)
Ishøj, Denmark

ISO-MIX A/S, a Danish company established in 2003, developed and

marketed mixing equipment and turn-key mixing solutions based on the
patented rotary jet mixing technology. The largest customer segment of ISO-
MIX was the beer & beverage industry. ISO-MIX was sold to Alfa Laval in Aug
2009.

Main responsibilities:

- Project management of turn-key projects, specifically related to using ISO-

MIX technology to shorten process time including fermentation time in beer
fermentation.
- Development of new business areas for the company’s technology.
- Responsible for existing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and future strategy.
- Management of R&D activities and coordination of research collaboration
with external partners.
- Management of the budget for the technical department.

R&D manager
April 2005 - December 2007 (2 years 9 months)
Ishøj, Denmark

Main responsibilities:
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- Responsible for in-house testing of the mixing equipment manufactured at

the company.
- Responsible for experiments performed at customer sites.
- Designed and developed software used in the prediction of mixing time and
mass transfer capabilities.
- Coordinated research collaboration with external partners.
- Presented research results (oral presentations, research articles, etc.).
- Managed the budget for R&D activities.

Technical University of Denmark

PhD student
2001 - 2005 (4 years)
The thesis work encompassed both fundamental characterization of mixing
and mass transfer capabilities of a novel tank reactor system and studies
on the use of this system in a number of biotechnological processes (both
enzymatic and microbial).

Education
University of Nottingham
MSc, Brewing Science · (2010 - 2013)

Copenhagen Business School

GDBA, part I & II, Finance · (2006 - 2011)

DTU - Technical University of Denmark

PhD, Biochemical engineering · (2001 - 2005)

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet

MSc, Chemical Engineering · (1994 - 2001)

Thisted Gymnasium
High School diploma  · (1991 - 1994)

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