Independent advisory

Turn scattered AI activity into a direction you can lead from.

I help leadership teams in complex, knowledge-intensive, and regulated organizations decide what AI means for the business, what to build first, and what has to change to create real value.

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Anna Gardarsdottir

Most organizations are investing in AI. Far fewer are creating value from it.

Leadership teams are not short on AI activity. Pilots are running. Tools are being adopted. Experiments are underway. But activity is not the same as value.
The pattern is consistent:

A pilot succeeds technically but stalls before it reaches production.
Employees complete AI training but return to roles, processes, and performance metrics that have not changed.
Investment goes in, but success is tracked by active users rather than business outcomes achieved.

The underlying issue is that most organizations are treating AI as a technology project. The focus goes into deploying tools and onboarding users. But technology layered on top of unchanged ways of working only makes the old way of working faster.

The real challenge is organizational: deciding where AI matters most for the business, what needs to change to support it, and how leadership builds the conditions for value to follow.

The advantage does not come from the technology itself. It is built in an organization that keeps learning, adapting, and creating value as the technology evolves.

How I help.

I work with leadership teams on the decisions that turn AI into business value: where it matters, what has to change, and what to build.

You can start wherever fits.

Readiness Assessment

Understand where you are — where the strengths lie, and what is most likely to hold you back.

Typically two weeks · fixed fee
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AI Strategy

Decide what AI means for the organization, where to focus, and what needs to happen next.

Leadership workshop or working sessions
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AI Opportunity Discovery

Discover and prioritize AI opportunities — and create a plan for how to move the strongest ones forward.

Whole organization or one business area
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Speaking

Talks on AI and what it changes.

Conference keynotes, seminars, leadership sessions, and events for the whole organization — built around the audience and what matters to them.

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Anna Gardarsdottir

About me.

I work with leadership teams on the strategic and organizational work of AI transformation.

My background is in mathematical modeling, and later in leading strategic initiatives and organizational change inside a fast-scaling biopharma company.

My view is that the hardest problems in AI transformation are rarely technical alone. Most organizations already have access to tools. The real challenge is deciding where AI should matter for the organization, what needs to change to support it, and how leadership builds the conditions for measurable business value.

Selected experience
Alvotech · 2020–2026

Led the adoption of an advanced hybrid modeling platform across multiple scientist groups, preparation for a successful FDA manufacturing inspection, and a portfolio of strategic initiatives from the office of the CEO.

Fruman Biotech Center · 2024–2025

Led the establishment of Iceland's biotechnology center — labs, accelerator, education program, and investment fund — with Alvotech and the University of Iceland.

Trackman · 2017–2020

Built ball-tracking algorithms in Python and C++ used across professional sport.

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Anna Gardarsdottir

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If AI transformation is on your leadership agenda, an initial conversation is the right place to start.

Location
Reykjavík, Iceland