Mr. Joakim Weidemanis

Biography

As Executive Vice President of Danaher’s Product Identification and Water Quality businesses, Joakim provides strategic and operational leadership for many of Danaher’s flagship companies. His strong growth and innovation mindset and experience also makes him the ideal leader of Danaher Labs, the company’s innovation hub focused on the Internet of Things (IoT), analytics and cloud technologies. Joakim joined Danaher in 2011 and has served in multiple roles of increasing responsibility during his tenure.  In 2014, he was appointed Danaher Vice President and Group Executive of the Product ID Platform.  Prior to joining Danaher, Joakim was Head of the Product Inspection Division of Mettler Toledo.  Earlier in his career, he worked at ABB in a variety of leadership positions including President of a global water measurement business (that subsequently became Elster Metering), marketing, and M&A project management.  Joakim graduated with a MSc in International Business and Operations Management at the Stockholm School of Economics and has completed executive education programs at IMD (Lausanne) and Harvard Business School.  Joakim was born in Sweden.  He and his family currently live in Chicago. 

Research Interest

Business & Management.