Christer Hedlund

Christer Hedlund is a Senior Lecturer at Mid Sweden University's Department of Communication, Quality Technology and Information Systems. He holds a PhD in Electronics from Uppsala University (1997) and completed post-doctoral research at the University of New York, Albany (1999). His career spans academia, industry leadership roles at Thin Film Electronics (2000-2005) and Solectron/Flextronics (2006-2009), and entrepreneurship as founder of a Lean consultancy (2009-present) and manufacturing company (2011-2012).

His research focuses on:

• Quality engineering and management systems
• Lean leadership and organizational change
• Sustainable business development
• Circular economy implementation
• Earlier specialization in solid-state electronics and microfabrication

His publications show a transition from technical microengineering (1990s-2001) to contemporary quality/leadership research. Recent work emphasizes sustainability frameworks, value stream mapping for circular economy, and leadership development through storytelling and AI methodologies.

Current projects include:

• Återbruksslöjd: Sustainable material flows in Härnösand municipality (ongoing)
• Simply Lean: Lean implementation framework (completed)
• Systematiska ständiga förbättringar: University development capability enhancement (completed)

He teaches in the Quality Development master's program (TEKLA) and Quality Engineering courses, integrating industry experience with academic research.