Global R&D Executive

Visionary executive with an accomplished engineering career and 20+ years of success directing global
R&D programs for blue-chip organisations within the mining, telecom, and software industries.
Accomplished PMP reputed for leading multi-national teams of varying sizes (1.7K+) to spearhead $MM projects that
ensure agile transformation, overhaul business models, and optimise ways of working. Inventive Product developed
leader known for devising and propelling the launch of inventive, capital-intensive, and patented engineering products
within competitive markets to expand market share, maximise ROI, and drive bottom-line results. Commercially astute
with strong operational experience and proven success in reversing declining organisational performances into steep
growth trends through corporate structuring, process reengineering, change adoption, and new tools design. A trusted
advisor reputed for delivering insightful consultation on design engineering, hardware/software development,
production/manufacturing, and supply chain to a designated client base within Europe and China.

Executive Success Stories

• Piloted large transformation program to turn around stressed operations and increase agility of organisation
of 5K+ employees globally.
• Planned and delivered more than 30 concurrent projects within time and budgetary constraints by leading up
to 1700-member regional teams across different time zones.
• Spearheaded two large-scale deployments of agile software development in large multi-site organisations.
• Invented new tool chains and ways of working for most engineering aspects, including electronics, mechanical,
software design, testing, and production testing.
• Introduced two new major Chinese customers in volume amongst the largest PDA suppliers globally by hosting
all marketing and customer support functions for Chinese market.
• Steered end-to-end product development lifecycle for variety of market segments, such as military,
automotive, telecom, datacom, mobile handsets, mobile chipsets, construction, and mining.

Areas of Expertise
♦ Engineering Operation Planning
♦ Project Management
♦ Product Design & Development
♦ Agile Software Development
♦ System Design & Implementation ♦ Marketing & Client Support
♦ Strategic/Process Transformation ♦ Supplier/Vendor Relations
♦ $MM Budget Administration ♦ Organisational Structuring
♦ Team Building & Leadership ♦ Site & Facility Oversight

Professional Experience
R&D Director
• Direct overall operations of R&D organisation of 60 people across three sites for streamlining product
development and project management initiatives globally.
• Transform performance of demotivated R&D team by restructuring internal processes while serving as peer
to other functions, such as product management.
• Establish and implement new Ways of Working (WoW) covering research & Development (R&D) and
production / supply across multiple sites.
• Developed and implemented new product development process within the division, including a new project
model and clear roles / responsibilities.
• Influenced corporate decision-making process by serving as Member of Sandvik SRP AB Executive
Management Team.

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Summary, Objective & Relevant Experience
Senior manager within Telecom/Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and later Construction &
Mining with 28 years experience, out of which 12 years overseas, in leading and transforming complex
activities covering both hardware and software development as well as production/manufacturing and
sourcing/supply, usually involving people located across continents.
Through my career I have typically been the person internally recruited to make a difference when there has
been some kind of challenge, in the early years typically a project with a tight time plan and/or a critical
customer and in later years to start a new organization or turning around an organization in crisis.
Proven ability to:
- Leading and driving change in large global organizations resulting in tangible improvements
- Ensure market launches of developed products on time and cost with quality
- Establishing new, efficient organizations
- Optimize organizational flows and responsibilities to maximize efficiency
Recognized as an authentic leader who develops high-performing teams and fosters collaboration within and
amongst teams.

Work
Senior Management:
• Managing multi-national teams over different time-zones ranging in size from a few 100 to 1700,
annual budgets ranging from 15MUSD to 200 MUSD.
• Experienced at defining and driving organizational strategies to meet market needs
• Experienced in managing organizations with full product life-cycle responsibility (from system design
to supply and maintenance) including managing suppliers and outsourcing
• Excellent at presenting strategies, analysis and progress reports to different stakeholder groups
Transformation:
• Responsible for large transformation program involving an organization of 5000+ globally
• Experienced in establishing new organizations from scratch, turning around organizations in decline
and unfortunately also experienced in dismantling an organization of 200+ people.
Project/Program Management:
• Extensive experience in leading projects and programs of large size involving teams globally and
covering the full product life-cycle from product definition through R&D, supply, deployment and
maintenance/customer services
• Experience as Program Office Manager responsible for several concurrent large projects with
individual project managers
• All 30+ projects that I have been responsible for in my career have been delivered on time and cost
Technologies and Ways of Working:
• Proven ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technology areas
• Good system knowledge on various communication/networking systems
• Several years’ experience from Agile Software Development, having successfully led two large scale
deployments of Agile software development in large multi-site organizations
• Experienced in establishing new tool chains and Ways of Working for most aspects of engineering
(electronics/mechanical/software design, testing and validation, production test etc.)
• Proven ability to define and deploy efficient, common Ways of Working covering both R&D and
Production/Supply across multiple sites
• Has been involved in product development for a variety of market segments (military, automotive,
telecom, datacom, mobile handsets, mobile chipsets, construction, mining)
Customer and Market:
• Experienced in handling customer negotiations on technical issues for large systems
• Experienced in communicating strategic transformation to marketing teams and customers

R&D Director
Responsibilities:
Member of Sandvik SRP AB Executive Management Team and Head of R&D organization of 60 people
located at 3 sites with global responsibility for crushing and screening product development and project
management for the mining & construction industry.

Achievements:
Recruited to transform a demotivated and non-performing R&D organization to be a performing team. Main

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