Women in engineering talk series by Design Society – organized by the DEI committee

Episode 4, speaker:

Malin Hane Hagström, PhD, Director Strategy and Sustainability Volvo Group Trucks Operations – Skövde plant

Title:
Engineering with Empathy: Lessons from a Cross-Disciplinary Career

Speaker Bio

Malin Hane Hagström is the Director of Strategy and Sustainability at Volvo Group’s Skövde plant, leading a team of around 100 people. They oversee safety, environment, quality, and improvement systems, and coordinate strategic plans and research agendas. Malin Hane Hagström also serves on the Board of Directors at Skövde University. Previously, she managed a team of experts in manufacturing engineering, focusing on digital twins, flow simulation, digitalization, AI, and problem-solving.

From 2018 to 2022, Malin Hane Hagström was a Senior VPS/Lean Coach and industrial PhD student at Volvo Group’s Powertrain production, developing and coaching the VPS/Lean system to world class levels. She also contributed to strategy development for flow thinking and digitalization. Earlier roles include Manager of Operational Excellence Production Logistics, Director of VPS/Lean Governance, and Consultant Manager at Fortos Management Consulting.

Malin Hane Hagström has a strong background in logistics and operational excellence, consistently driving improvements and leading teams to achieve strategic goals. Her academic background is organisational psychology and manufacturing engineering with a PhD in Systems Engineering Design.

In most countries, women still represent less than 20% of the engineering workforce in industry and academia. The DS is launching a series of online talks to encourage women to explore opportunities for careers in engineering, fostering diversity, innovation, and equality in the field. Women from academia and industry will describe their experiences and efforts to encourage more women into an engineering degree, and subsequently into engineering leadership. These talks are motivated to inspire change and provide insight into creating inclusive environments.

These talks are open to all. Feel free to invite your colleagues and interested students. The talks will be recorded and accessible through the Design Society website.