Johnny Lillelund
Founder / CEO
Transforming Complexity into Clarity | Passionate About People, Processes & Sustainable Progress
- Leadership
- Business Transformation
- Operational Excellence
- Change Management
- Digital Transformation
- Performance Management
- Continuous Improvement
- Engineering Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategy Execution
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Process Optimization
- Organizational Development
- Renewable Energy
- Program Management
About
Experienced executive leader with a strong track record in renewable energy, technology, and business transformation. Passionate about building high-performing teams, simplifying complexity, and turning strategy into tangible results. I thrive in dynamic environments where leadership, innovation, and continuous improvement drive sustainable growth and long-term value creation.
Experience
- 2026–now
Founder / CEO · Lillelund Advisory
2 years 8 months
- 2024–2025
Director, Head of Product Support & Performance Data · Green Hydrogen Systems
Linking Field service, customer support, R&D, and Production support in one department. Remote operation of customer units. • Ensure timely, cost-effective, and quality commissioning, installation, and SAT of new products • Oversee case handling and datamonitoring • Execute and monitor all CIM cases for E2E optimization (field and production) • Monitor field performance • Provide support for customer operations through the Remote Operation Center / datacenter • Offer technical field support • Manage documentation and spare parts for service
- 2022–2024
Director, Head of Product Sustaining · Green Hydrogen Systems
Senior management and leading a technical team and design engineers. • Line management of a team of technical specialists responsible for finalizing, maintaining, and optimizing product designs through change management processes. • Monitoring and reporting on product performance, including uptime, efficiency, claims, and cost. • Conducting root cause analysis, developing solutions, and implementing changes. • Providing overall technical customer support. • Managing product phase-out and aftermarket product support.
- 2024–2025
Chairman of the Board · Danmarks Cykle Union | Cyklingdanmark
- 2016–2022
Head of Technical Functions · Siemens Gamesa
Global Type certification Product documentation Overall governance of type certification activities - maintenance, development, and IEC standardization. Senior Manager and Head of an R&D technical department • Line management of a specialist team working with Type Certification, Product Documentation, and Spare Part Documentation, consisting of 29 employees in Denmark and 13 employees in India. • Management of global teams with employees in both India and Denmark. • Global governance role for external Type Certification activities (DS and IECRE). • Participation in Danish Standard and IEC working groups to implement new IEC standards. • Development of processes and working standards to enhance team efficiency. • Providing certification support and consultancy for all Turbine platforms in Siemens Gamesa, both Onshore and Offshore BU’s. • Project management of certification activities related to warranty cases and communication with public affairs. • Collaboration with various certifying companies in Germany and Denmark. • Responsible for working environmental management in Siemens Gamesa offshore technology. 7 years 5 months
- 2016–2016
Senior Project Manager · Siemens Wind Power
Project Manager for a Large EU-funded R&D Technology Project • Serve as the overall Siemens Wind Power Project Manager, responsible for defining the project scope, staffing, budget management (approximately €15M), managing sub-supplier contracts, overseeing EU funding and reporting, and conducting executive management reporting. • Lead the planning and execution of a large multi-divisional project involving Wind Power and Energy Management, with a focus on enhancing power transmission efficiency from large offshore wind farms to reduce the Cost of Energy (CoE). • Oversee multi-cultural projects involving numerous key specialists. • Manage development teams located in Denmark, Scotland, and Germany.
- 2014–2016
Head of Business Systems and Master Data · Siemens Wind Power
PMO for implementing a global PLM/CAD system platform: Deploying advanced master data and configuration processes in product design activities. • Manage 5 specialist teams with direct supervision of 5 team leads, overseeing approx. 60 internal and 150 external employees for project tasks and system development. • Ensure development of digital Spare part Catalogues • Manage Documentation Systems and Sign development • Global CAD management for Siemens Wind Power • PLM system management and development for Siemens Wind Power • Program management of new PLM system and CAD tool implementation • Governning of, and maintaining Master Data processes in Technology • Support NPI projects in deploying the new PLM toolkit
- 2013–2014
Head of Modularization · Siemens Wind Power
• Leading Siemens Wind Power modularization projects for logistics. • Managing a team of 4 specialists in product portfolio and configuration. • Managing a pilot project on modularization for logistics – with systems engineering focus. • Developing the Product Family Master Plan for direct drive wind turbines – Systems Engineering • Assisting the Product Lifecycle Management team with requirement specifications.
- 2012–2013
Project Portefolio Manager, Major warranty projects · Siemens Wind Power
- 2010–2012
Head of Product Data Management · Siemens Wind Power
- 2010–2010
Team Leader, Engineering Change Management · Siemens Wind Power
- 2009–2009
Process Specialist · Siemens Wind Power
- 2000–2009
Various positions · Bang & Olufsen A/S
Education
- Leadership Acceleration Program (), Leadership · (September 2018 - February · IMD/Scandinavian Executive Institute
- Prince 2, Project Management · Siemens · 2012
- NLP Practitioner · LearningLink · 2009
- Bachelor, Engineering · Aarhus Universitet - HIH, Herning · 2000
- Languages
- DA, EN
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