You're seeing this page as if you were . The main menu is still yours, though. Exit from immersion
Malt Strategy
New report
Malt Tech Trends 2026
Gabriel ValenciaGV

Gabriel Valencia

PLM & Digital Product Passport Lead

€1,500/day
Alicante, ES
15+ years
Enterprise Transformation
Program Leadership
Applied AI
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Executive Stakeholder Management

Average response time: 1 hour

About Gabriel

Senior digital transformation leader and Applied AI advisor with over 8 years of experience operating at CIO and executive steering committee level at Husqvarna Group.

I help global organisations deliver complex transformation programs in product development (PLM), digital infrastructure, cost optimisation, SAFe agile implementations, and regulatory initiatives.

Through Valoa AB I design and deliver production-grade Applied AI solutions with a practical, business-focused approach. Creator of InlyPath, a privacy-first reflection tool currently in testing.

Fluent in English, Swedish, and Spanish. Based in Spain, available for projects across Europe and globally.

Open to selective consulting engagements and interim leadership roles.

  • Swedish

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Alicante (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Husqvarna Group
    Senior Digital Transformation Consultant
    DIGITAL AND IT
    February 2018 - Today (8 years and 5 months)
    Jönköping, Sweden
    Digital Product Passport — Battery Passport & Traceability Lead
    • Group-wide regulatory and digital transformation initiative aligned with EU Battery Regulation.
    • Led product data architecture, traceability infrastructure, and regulatory alignment
    • Coordinated implementation across R&D, compliance, and digital platforms
    Enterprise Product Management (Siemens Teamcenter)
    • Directed a 60-person cross-functional delivery organisation within the global PLM program
    • Established product governance, roadmap planning, and release execution within the SAFe framework
    • Aligned engineering, infrastructure, and business readiness across multiple division.
    Robotics Products PLM Implementation Lead
    • Led critical rollout of the global PLM transformation.
    • Delivered end-to-end Robotics division implementation according to tight and strict timelines, coordinating solution releases, infrastructure, data migration, and Go-Live execution
    • Owned business readiness and Way of Working definition for the division Reported implementation progress, risks, and key decisions through monthly CIO-led operative steering forums
    Enterprise Program Planning
    • Strategic planning for one of the organisation's largest transformation programs.
    • Owned integrated multi-year program plan across technology, data, business rollout, and change
    • Managed cross-program dependencies and executive reporting within the Program Leadership Team
    IT Cost Optimisation — Category Lead & Lead
    • Global enterprise IT cost optimisation program.
    • Governed a portfolio of more than 200 enterprise optimization initiatives, progressing from Category Lead to Program Lead while supporting executive investment decisions
    • Drove strategic cost reduction across global IT operations through sourcing, software optimisation, and governance
    • Delivered significant validated savings across the IT portfolio
    Enterprise Transformation Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Executive Stakeholder Management Digital Transformation Digital Product Passport
  • Valoa AB
    Founder & Principal Consultant
    January 2013 - Today (13 years and 6 months)
    Sweden
    Digital consulting firm specializing in enterprise transformation and applied AI. Design and development of production-grade AI systems, including InlyPath — a privacy-first AI platform informed by psychology, behavioral science, and contextual intelligence.
  • Teamlink International AB
    Managing Partner & Chairman (Turnaround)
    January 2014 - January 2018 (4 years)
    Jönköping, Sweden
    Joined as Managing Partner of an early-stage IT services startup. Following departure of the founding CEO, stepped up as Chairman to lead the company turnaround alongside a co-partner, steering the company to a successful sale in 2018.
Check out Gabriel's experience

Recommendations

Be the first to recommend Gabriel

Help this freelancer shine by sharing your experience working together.

These freelancer profiles also match your criteria

AgathaA

Agatha Frydrych

Backend Java Software Engineer

4.7

(3)

2

BaptisteB

Baptiste Duhen

Fullstack developer

4.6

(4)

5

AmedA

Amed Hamou

Senior Lead Developer

4

(2)

7

AudreyA

Audrey Champion

Web developer

4.3

(3)

4

Signup to reveal

Education

  • Psychology
    College of William & Mary
    2000
    NCAA Division I Soccer
  • Economics / Finance, International Economics
    Jönköping University
    2013
    Economics / Finance, International Economics
Check out Gabriel's education

Categories