Johan Windahl
Head Of Smart Manufacturing Platforms, Group IT - Saab
Jönköping, Sweden
Summary
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Top SchoolJohan Windahl is a technology leader with 15+ years of experience turning complex engineering problems into scalable, user-focused simulation and optimization software across energy, automotive, and aerospace sectors. He led the development and go-to-market of Modelon Impact, the industry’s first truly native cloud system simulation platform and a major contributor to Modelon’s ARR exceeding 60 MSEK in 2024. Comfortable spanning hands-on simulation engineering to product strategy, Johan has driven compiler and solver investments, REST API integrations, and Kubernetes-based on‑prem/cloud offerings. He’s skilled at translating academic research into commercial products—evident in his work on dynamic optimization, microgrid models, and energy systems libraries developed with university and industrial partners. Now heading Smart Manufacturing Platforms in Group IT at Saab, he thrives at the intersection of engineering, product leadership, and cross-functional scaling. An engineer by training from Lund University, he combines deep domain expertise with a track record of shipping high-impact SaaS and hybrid simulation platforms.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.) Engineering Physics, Master of Science (M.S.) Engineering Physics at The Faculty of Engineering at Lund University
Swedish, English, German
Github Skills (1)
modelica6
Github contributions (3)
jwindahlModelon/MultiPhaseMixtureMedia
Sep 2015 - Sep 2018
Contributions:1 release, 8 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years
cape-openpropertiescapethermodynamic-propertiesmodelica
jwindahlModelon/Test
Nov 2020 - Apr 2021
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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