Oliver Sjahsam
Executive Director - Real Estate & Facilities Kardigan
Oliver Sjahsam leads end-to-end facilities and infrastructure strategy across complex, multi-site technical environments. He oversees multi-million-dollar CapEx and OpEx portfolios, including large-scale infrastructure buildouts, lifecycle maintenance programs, and outsourced service models.
With extensive experience delivering projects under demanding timelines, Oliver manages critical elements such as power and utilities, permitting, and landlord coordination to ensure operational readiness. He serves as the final escalation point for technical, safety, and operational issues, safeguarding uptime and performance.
Oliver also establishes and enforces robust EHS governance frameworks, including OSHA compliance and contractor safety programs. A trusted advisor to executive leadership and board stakeholders, he provides strategic guidance on portfolio development, risk management, and infrastructure investment decisions.
Seminars
- Avoiding wasted investment and implementation failure by distinguishing high-value, automation-ready use cases from AI initiatives that lack the data maturity, integration, or scale required to deliver real operational benefit
- Reducing operational workload and error rates by applying automation only where it replaces repetitive, high-volume tasks with clear ownership and measurable outcomes, rather than adding complexity or oversight burden
- Lowering operational and compliance risk by deploying human-in-the-loop automation models that improve consistency and decision support without relinquishing accountability or control in regulated environments
