Sam Lund-Principal Consultant – Digital Strategy & Portfolio Governance
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Principal Consultant – Digital Strategy & Portfolio Governance
Independent Consultant
- Advise global organizations on enterprise transformation, digital operating models, and portfolio governance across safety-critical and highly regulated environments.
- Guided enterprise transformation of engineering and lifecycle governance at Alstom, Bombardier, and Thales, aligning enterprise-scale digital engineering practices across global development programs.
- Supported software-defined vehicle transformation at CARIAD (Volkswagen Group) by designing governance structures and lifecycle alignment for complex digital vehicle platforms.
- Translated Industry 4.0 digitalization strategy into capability-driven transformation portfolio at FLSmidth, enabling development of IoT-based industrial platforms.
- Applied AI-supported methods for large-scale engineering data analysis and validation, significantly reducing reporting and compliance cycle times.
Senior Consultant – Systems Engineering & Acquisition Frameworks
Syntell AB
- Developed acquisition and capability governance frameworks for defence and infrastructure organisations, enabling strategy-aligned investment portfolio planning, technology roadmapping and program execution.
Principal Consultant – Products, Systems & Process Management
IBM & Partners Systems
- Defined enterprise PLM and engineering lifecycle strategy for Huawei CTO Office.
- Designed defence capability planning and acquisition frameworks for Finnish Defence Command and Defence Logistics Command, linking strategic planning with investment portfolio governance.
- As Engineering Director leading cross-functional teams and transformation initiatives across global engineering and digital organisations.
- Developed capability-based engineering governance frameworks for Bombardier Transportation global programs.
- Enabled enterprise product lifecycle transformation at Nokia, integrating market strategy, portfolio and technology roadmapping, product development, and supply chain.
Industry experience
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Experienced in Aerospace and Defense, Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Automotive, and Government and Administration.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Strategy, Product Development, Supply Chain Management, Information Technology, and Project Management.
Skills
- Enterprise Strategy & Portfolio Governance
- Digital Transformation Leadership
- Strategy-To-Portfolio Alignment
- Ai / Data-Enabled Operating Models
- Digital Investment Prioritisation
- Cloud And Iot Ecosystems
- Capability-Based Planning
- Engineering Lifecycle Digitalisation
- Transformation Kpis & Value Realisation
- Enterprise Architecture Alignment
- Governance & Operating Model Design
- Executive Leadership
- Cross-Enterprise Decision Frameworks
- Executive & Stakeholder Advisory
- Portfolio Transparency & Execution Oversight
- Cross-Functional Program Leadership
- Regulatory And Risk Alignment
- Multi-Domain Transformation Initiatives
- Systems-Of-Systems Transformation
- Organisational Readiness & Change
- Healthcare Technology
- Defence
- Aerospace
- Telecommunications
- Rail & Transportation
- Automotive
- Energy
- Industrial
- Financial Systems
Languages
Education
Helsinki University of Technology
Ph.D. · Space Technology · Espoo, Finland
Helsinki University of Technology
M.Sc. · Space Technology · Espoo, Finland
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Sam is based in Zürich, Switzerland.
Sam speaks the following languages: Finnish (Native), Swedish (Native), English (Advanced), French (Intermediate), German (Elementary).
Sam has at least 26 years of experience. During this time, Sam has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 3 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 9 years and 8 months. Note that Sam may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Sam would be well-suited for roles such as: Principal Consultant – Digital Strategy & Portfolio Governance, Senior Consultant – Systems Engineering & Acquisition Frameworks, Principal Consultant – Products, Systems & Process Management.
Sam's most recent position is Principal Consultant – Digital Strategy & Portfolio Governance at Independent Consultant.
In recent years, Sam has worked for Independent Consultant.
Sam is most experienced in industries like Aerospace and Defense, Manufacturing, and Telecommunication. Sam also has some experience in Automotive and Government and Administration.
Sam is most experienced in business areas like Strategy, Product Development, and Supply Chain Management. Sam also has some experience in Information Technology and Project Management.
Sam has recently worked in industries like Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, and Manufacturing.
Sam has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Strategy.
Sam holds a Doctorate in Space Technology from Helsinki University of Technology and a Master in Space Technology from Helsinki University of Technology.
Sam is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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