Myriam Vestelind
About Myriam Vestelind
Myriam Vestelind serves as the Head of Customer Solutions in Software and IT at Saab, where she manages 24 employees and oversees multiple Agile teams. With a strong background in computer science and extensive experience in project management and software development, she has worked for various companies including Intrum Justitia, Ericsson, and Plejd AB.
Current Role at Saab
Myriam Vestelind currently serves as the Head of Customer Solutions (Software/IT) at Saab, a position she has held since 2019. In this role, she manages a team of 24 employees and oversees 5-7 Agile teams that utilize Scrum and Kanban methodologies. Her responsibilities include participating in management teams and steering groups, ensuring effective project delivery and customer satisfaction.
Previous Experience at Saab
Before her current role, Myriam Vestelind worked at Saab as a Technical Project Manager from 2017 to 2019. During her two years in Gothenburg, Sweden, she was involved in various projects that contributed to the company's technological advancements and customer solutions.
Education and Expertise
Myriam Vestelind holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Chalmers University of Technology, where she studied Algorithms, Logic, and Programming Languages from 2014 to 2015. She also completed her exchange studies in Computer Science at the same university from 2009 to 2010. Additionally, she earned a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Information Technology from IMT Mines Albi from 2007 to 2011.
Career Development in Software Engineering
Myriam Vestelind has a robust background in software engineering. She worked as a Full Stack Developer at Intrum Justitia from 2013 to 2017, focusing on Java and C# .Net technologies. Prior to that, she held positions such as IT Project Manager and Software Developer at Open Wide and Integration and Verification Engineer at Jeppesen, where she contributed to various software development projects.
Master Thesis and Early Career
Myriam Vestelind began her professional journey with a Master thesis at Plejd AB in 2011, where she developed a mobile application for iPhone/iPad over an 11-month period. She also completed a Master thesis at Ericsson in 2015, focusing on optimizing UML diagram generation from complex textual models using Java.