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ABB Scandia

Scania Bus Manufacturing DK

Vest-Busscar

ACO Funki

Danfoss

Siemens Wind Power

Siemens Gamesa

Relevant project highlights

Leader in renewable energy (2010 – 2020):

Established function “Project Portfolio Optimization” securing transparency, availability and optimized utilization of critical key resources for execution of Offshore Projects delivering significant reduction of risk accruals
Global Owner (responsible to develop, implement and optimize) of Core-process governing interface between BUs and Operations
Established “Engineering Portfolio Management” – standardization of customized solutions, NPI & ECM governance
Established “Engineering PMO” – Resource/Competence planning, tools, Stage Gate Model and supporting processes, KPI’s & performance monitoring
Structured and globalized Project Management function, establishing regional offices in EU, US & China.

Customer Engineering Solutions (2005 – 2009):

Fully restructuring of unprofitable BU. Redefined business case, implemented strategy with new product focus. Significantly reduced product portfolio, merged acquired competitor and simplified manufacturing footprint incl. closing German factory. BU profitable in Y2 – and better than budget in Y3.

Suppliers of livestock equipment (2003 – 2005):

Introduced S&OP, LEAN- tools and KPI’s in Operations and the interface to Sales. Relocated ~50% of manufacturing as part of merger with new owner

Automotive manufacturing (2002 – 2003):

Established new business segment incl. full setup to ordering, customizing, assemble and delivery busses in EU with order-specific bus-bodies produced at JV-partner in Brazil. Relocated setup and facilities to Norway following Group restructuring

Automotive manufacturing (1996 – 2002)

Transformed company to an integrated part of the company’s global logistics- & manufacturing structure. Stocks reduced >85%, deliveries stabilized at >99% “on-day” (from <20% “in-week” )
Executed Turnaround Program in ‘01 incl. significant outsourcing of components manufacturing and subassembly in preparation for divestment.

Career

2020 – | ZILLION Consulting Group, Associate Partner

2017- 2020 | Siemens Gamesa, Sr.Director, Offshore Projects Portfolio Optimization

2010 - 2017 | Siemens Wind Power, VP Offshore Engineering, Project- & Portfolio Management

2005 - 2009 | Danfoss, Director, BU Control Solutions

2003 - 2005 | ACO Funki, Group Head of Operations

2002 - 2003 | Vest-Busscar, Project Director. JV startup

1996 - 2002 | Scania Bus Manufacturing DK, Head of Engineering, Logistics & Procurement

1988 - 2096 | ABB Scandia, Sr.Project Manager

Experience

Turnaround & Cost-Out Programs: Experience

Post Merger Integration: Substantial Experience

Cultural Change Programs: Experience

Process analysis & improvement: Expert

Performance mgt., KPI’s & reporting: Expert

Engineering, PMO & Portfolio Mgt: Expert

Offshore Wind Industry: Substantial Experience

Org. analysis & development: Subst. Experience

Operations & Value Chain Mgt: Expert

Transformational Change Mgt: Subst. Experience

Mahatma Gandhi: “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do is in harmony” Bill Gates: “We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve” Tom Peters: “The Marketplace is so demanding that we burn the policy manuals and knock off the incessant memo writing; there’s just no time. It also demands we empower everyone to constantly take initiatives. It turns out stories are a – if not the – leadership answer to both issues” Benjamin Franklin: “Well done is better than well said” Henry Ford: “If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” Henry Ford: “Coming together is the beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success” Charles Darwin: “It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change” Dale Carnegie: "If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested" Marissa Mayer: “Geeks are people who love something so much that all the details matter” Jeff Daly: "Two monologues do not make a dialogue" Charles Darwin: “It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change” George Halas: “Nobody who ever gave his best, regretted it” Peter Drucker: “Accept the fact that we will have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer” Mahatma Gandhi: “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do is in harmony” Dave Waters: “Deep learning will revolutionize supply chain automation” Jeff Daly: "Two monologues do not make a dialogue" Fujio Cho: “We get brilliant results from average people managing brilliant processes – while our competitors get average or worse results from brilliant people managing broken processes” Stephen Covey: “The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities” Sam Walton: “The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best but legendary” Caterina Fake: “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard” John Wooden: “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do” Peter Drucker: “Accept the fact that we will have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer” Benjamin Franklin: “Well done is better than well said” Jack Welch: “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others” George Halas: “Nobody who ever gave his best, regretted it” Dwight D. Eisenhower: “Planning is everything. the plan is nothing” Tom Peters: “The Marketplace is so demanding that we burn the policy manuals and knock off the incessant memo writing; there’s just no time. It also demands we empower everyone to constantly take initiatives. It turns out stories are a – if not the – leadership answer to both issues” Edewede Oriwoh: "The Internet of Things is not a concept; it is a network, the true technology-enabled network of all networks" Henry Ford: “If you think of standardization as the best that you know today, but which is to be improved tomorrow; you get somewhere” Sam Walton: “The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best but legendary” Bruce Schneier: "The internet is no longer a web that we connect to. Instead, it’s a computerized, networked, and interconnected world that we live in. This is the future, and what we’re calling the Internet of Things" Tom Peters: “The Marketplace is so demanding that we burn the policy manuals and knock off the incessant memo writing; there’s just no time. It also demands we empower everyone to constantly take initiatives. It turns out stories are a – if not the – leadership answer to both issues” Edewede Oriwoh: "The Internet of Things is not a concept; it is a network, the true technology-enabled network of all networks" Buddha: “The mind is everything. What you think you become” Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do” Pat Summitt: “Change equals self-improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before” Caterina Fake: “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard” Albert Einstein: “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new” John Wooden: “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do” Peter Drucker: “Accept the fact that we will have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer” Caterina Fake: “So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard” Dwight D. Eisenhower: “Planning is everything. the plan is nothing” Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do” Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do” Peter Drucker: “Accept the fact that we will have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer” Morihei Ueshiba: "Life Is Growth. If We Stop Growing, Technically And Spiritually, We Are As Good As Dead" Jeff Bezos: “Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room” Bill Copeland: “The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.”

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