• Mar 2022 - Present

• Apr 2020 - Feb 2022

• Managed a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team of 16 Project managers and deployment engineers to successfully deliver Elisa Videra solutions and services globally.• Responsible for the entire project management function, providing leadership, management and coaching of project management processes, tools and functions.• Managing complex, multi-track projects/programs globally to an acceptable level of risk by balancing scope, time, cost and quality.

• Jan 2020 - Mar 2020

• Responsible for Formulating, organizing and monitoring inter-connected global projects as a programme of business change• Line manager for Elisa Videra Project Coordinators• Point of contact for global bids of a strategic customer

• Aug 2014 - Dec 2019

• Responsible for end-to-end project management for the customer as well as internal development projects • Cooperated with technical and business managers on developing work estimates, budgets, interdependencies, resource needs and schedule• Facilitated project core team to provide all project deliverables on time and within budget while meeting the strategic and business requirements

Knowledge Networks/Research Collaboration Coordinator

• Nov 2013 - Jun 2014

Worked in the Business Development team in the Production Business Unit. Main responsibilities were to: • Connect Elisa’s strategy process with the academic world by actively engaging a network of top scientific scholars globally. • Identify new disruptive innovations in the scientific community. • Organize research collaboration projects between top academic scholars, Elisa business developers and engineers. • Communicate research collaboration results with different business stakeholders in Elisa. • Optimize the workflow and information management system. Show less

Project Manager

• Oct 2011 - May 2013

Demola is an open innovation platform for students and companies to co-create new products or services. Managed international teams to create service prototypes for the following companies: • Finnish Red Cross: Developed new business collaboration models for the first aid training product portfolio. • Nokian Tyres: Conducted market research, competitor bench-marking and designed innovative visual tire components. • Abb Oy: Created a demo of a mobile-based service related power network documentation and a life cycle assessment tool for global B2B sales force. Show less

Research Assistant

• Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

Worked at CITER - Center for Innovation and Technology Research Major research areas were: • Technology foresight. • Business in value networks. • Customer and shareholder value. Worked at CITER - Center for Innovation and Technology Research Major research areas were: • Technology foresight. • Business in value networks. • Customer and shareholder value.

• Jul 2009 - Aug 2011

As a Value Added Service Planning Engineer, I was responsible for the Technical Project Management of new VAS platforms and services in the network. Major tasks were:• Technical documentation (requirement specification) and evaluation of technical and commercial proposals.• Vendor and solution finalization, end to end deployment of platforms and integration with existing network entities.• Acceptance testing, platforms maintenance, expansions and upgrades. • Analysis of the existing services/KPI’s to ensure the Quality of Service.• Weekly VAS network report and presentation preparation and analysis.• Manage escalated operational issues, generate trouble tickets and follow up with the vendor for issue rectification. • SMS Large Accounts: SMS large account creation and integration for all in house as well as outside customers to establish connectivity with SMSC.• 3rd Party IVR services handling, deployment, hardware allocation, interconnectivity with network entities, nationwide IVR short codes definition and dial ability testing.• OTA testing and approval of SIM cards from various vendors.Platform Experience/Specialties: • Acision - SMSC, CMS, MMSC, BT/BO, WAP GW.• Huawei - CRBT, IMS, Call Screening/Parental Control Solution. • Other Platforms: Defne Back Ground Music, OpenCode USSD Gateway, ByteMobile OSN, Tekelec Tekmedia SMS Antispam, 3rd party IVR services, Utiba Mobile Commerce and Smarttrust OTA.• Dynamic SIM ToolKit/OTA testing for the following vendors: Gemalto, Oberthur, Sagem Orga, G&D, Eastcompeace & WatchData. Show less

• Jun 2008 - Jun 2009

As an Associate Engineer in Core Network Reporting Team my major tasks were:• Extraction of daily stats for performance monitoring, analysis and reporting of all Core & IN/VAS nodes (e.g. MSC, SGSN, STP, Wimax, SMSC, CRBT, IN etc.).• Network KPI performance monitoring (SMS SR, CSSR, HOSR, LUSR, BHCA etc.) through statistical tools and Monthly, Weekly and Daily Reporting and Performance Reports.• Analysis of degradation at Core & IN/VAS end, issue escalation with concerned teams and regular follow-ups till resolution.• Trend/dips analysis after major events and activities.• Hands-on experience with software’s/tools of different vendors like Net Act (Nokia-Siemens), SPOTS (Siemens), MSOFTX Performance Management System and I-Manager (Huawei). Show less

Summer Intern

• Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

• Worked as a trainee in the Radio and Transmission (R & T) department of BSS field operations. • Basic task was routine BTS sites visit operated by BSS (North region) department, activities on Huawei and Nortel equipment and assisting technical staff in troubleshooting different errors. • Studied Basic GSM Architecture using SY1 course compiled by NORTEL and successfully completed warehouse inventory database optimization project. • Worked as a trainee in the Radio and Transmission (R & T) department of BSS field operations. • Basic task was routine BTS sites visit operated by BSS (North region) department, activities on Huawei and Nortel equipment and assisting technical staff in troubleshooting different errors. • Studied Basic GSM Architecture using SY1 course compiled by NORTEL and successfully completed warehouse inventory database optimization project.

Summer Intern

• Jun 2006 - Aug 2006

• Worked as a Trainee in the Communication Carrier Services department. • Successfully completed the Computer Based Training's related to GSM architecture, Signaling and Digital Telephony System. • Handled Siemens database “SAMSON” project to update the record of the inventory being used by different operators. • Worked as a Trainee in the Communication Carrier Services department. • Successfully completed the Computer Based Training's related to GSM architecture, Signaling and Digital Telephony System. • Handled Siemens database “SAMSON” project to update the record of the inventory being used by different operators.