Sam Friedman

Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Executive Coach, Executive Education Programme Leader. Former Vice President, Executive Director - Manufacturing, Energy & Resources Industry Group - Oracle Corporation

United Kingdom

About

Sam is an Entrepreneur, Angel Investor & Executive Coach, with 37 years of experience driving organisational change, strategic growth and operational excellence in Fortune 500 companies in the Oil & Gas, Aerospace, Manufacturing and IT Services sectors. Sam’s international experience in sales operations, partner ecosystems, organisational restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, spanning across both start-ups and large enterprises, have proven indispensable in helping businesses to scale-up, navigate their strategic organisational change, drive growth initiatives, bring operational rigor and think differently to build great organisations. In addition to his consulting business, Sam is an Executive Coach and a Lecturer on Agile Strategies & Strategic Planning, Transformational Leadership & Change Management, Business Practices and Corporate Social Responsibilities, Global Business Expansion & Internationalisation, Organisational Improvement & Operational Excellence. Sam holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and a post-graduate in Management and business Administration from Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.

Experience

  • Executive Education Programme Leader at INSEAD Executive Education
    Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Executive Education Programme Leaders are selected for their expertise in the field, their experience as active practitioners and their skills to facilitate online learning. We coach executives and learners throughout the programme to deep dive into the practical side of the subject, help them to apply the learning and understand the assignments, as well as connect your learning to current real-world applications.

  • Entrepreneur, Angel Investor & Executive Coach at SJ Friedman Consulting
    Jul 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 1 mo

    SJ Friedman Consulting is a boutique consulting firm providing strategy and advisory services to start-ups and growth organisations around scaling-up, restructuring and business transformation, including the transformation of the people, processes and culture. - Design and implementation of governance models necessary for obtaining funding and investment, in preparation for public offerings. - Development of the path for transformation of people, processes and culture into highly performing enterprises. - Identification and management of operational and fiscal barriers to scaling up and revamping commercial operations for aggressive revenue growth. - Design and implementation of sustainable strategic corporate initiatives and business due diligence. 
 - Restructuring and divestment to create sustainable improvements and scale. - Operational strategies and digital transformation.

  • VICE PRESIDENT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - MANUFACTURING,ENERGY & RESOURCES GROUP at Oracle
    Sep 1996 - Sep 2017 · 21 yrs 1 mo

    Driving global industry strategy aimed at aggressive growth of revenue and market share - Double-digits revenue growth strategies - In-organic market expansion and M&A strategies - New product and service introduction - Brand equity development & strategic customer engagement models - Value engineering programs and Customer loyalty programs - Commercialisation of complex business solutions

  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR at SJ Friedman Consulting
    Sep 1994 - Aug 1996 · 2 yrs

    A boutique consultancy firm, with focus on the Energy sector in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central Asia. Specialties: - Scoping studies - Gap analysis - Project management - Digital transformation - Mechanical integrity & risk mitigation - Technology & solution evaluation - Business Process Re-engineering and Workflow Optimisation - Maintenance Strategies, Asset Integrity Programs and Plant Turnaround - Digital Field Services, Strategic Planning and Supply Chain Optimisation

  • CHIEF TECHNICAL & QUALITY ASSURANCE OFFICER at Various Oil Field Services Companies
    Sep 1986 - Sep 1994 · 8 yrs 1 mo

    Managing the largest offshore maintenance and critical completion facilities for rotating equipment in the Middle East, serving leading exploration companies like BP, Shell, ENI and EGPC, and providing leadership and mentoring to project managers and technical specialists, to ensure congruence with safety standards and operational requirements. Specialties: - Operations and Controls - Technical Inspections & Quality Assurance - Safety & Operational Integrity - Training, Coaching and Mentoring - Policy Design and Process Improvements