About Us
Innovating Together to Shape the Future of Business and Technology
Research-driven Projects
JLS’s research and development division helps bring innovation, sustainability, and continuous growth to your business.
No product on the market can succeed without evolution. There is always the possibility of being replaced by something more innovative, efficient, or cost-effective. Without ongoing innovation and R&D, competitive advantages remain fleeting and temporary. Through its innovative initiatives and research projects, JLS enables organizations to achieve sustainable, long-term competitiveness.
JLS operates across multiple domains, including consumer, retail, logistics, health and wellbeing, travel and hospitality, and finance. Our presence in Lisbon, Portugal, together with our collaboration with local innovation agencies and academic institutions, positions us at the heart of a vibrant ecosystem of technology companies and talented professionals. We also maintain partnerships with leading universities and research centers across Europe, fostering a culture of knowledge exchange and technological advancement.
The development of such projects delivers lasting value by addressing key challenges — from compliance with standards and environmental responsibility to the management of intellectual property, modernization of production, and adoption of emerging technologies.
JLS brings years of real-world commercial experience, turning research and innovation into practical, results-driven implementation.
Our Leadership
- Managing Director
Sam Sahana
Sam brings over three decades of accomplished leadership at Board level, often in a multinational or global context, both in large public companies and in PE backed high growth businesses in the technology and product space across consumer, retail, logistics, health and wellbeing, travel and finance sectors.
- Research and Development Advisor
Dr. Nikolay Mehandjiev
Prof. Nikolay Mehandjiev is a Professor of Enterprise Information Systems in the UK. His research focuses on the user-centric design of intelligent enterprise systems and the role of disruptive technologies. His specialisms are in the areas of requirements, usability, personalisation and socio-technical factors. He has co-authored two books and has guest-edited four special issues of international journals, with more than 120 peer-reviewed papers. His outputs are grounded in real industrial needs through a series of collaborative projects with blue-chip companies such as Airbus, BT and SAP, e.g. his collaboration with BT has resulted in three patent applications.
