Experience

Exel Composites

• Finland
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Vice President - General Manager of Exel Composites N.V. (Belgium)

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  * Full P&L responsibility* Make a turnaround in the Exel Belgium so that the company will be on the profitable growth path to meet the Exel Composites group targets* Member of Exel Composites Group Management Team

• Senior Vice President - President of DSC Inc. (USA)

  • May 2018 - May 2020

  * Full P&L and Sales growth responsibility* Successful turnaround of DSC Inc. from a long-term loss-making company to a strategically important and profitable piece of Exel Composites global approach. We improved the EBIT every quarter. * Member of Exel Composites Group Management TeamAchievements:- People attrition improved from over 90% to under 20% (lower than industry average in greater Cincinnati area)- Cutted fixed costs by 40%- Improved the On-Time Delivery (OTD) from under 40% to over 98%More info: https://exelcomposites.com/company-news/release/42B1481A07BF63B5/”The improved profitability of the business unit in the USA was the main factor behind the positive development of Group operating profit.” Show less

• Senior Vice President - Sales and Marketing

  • Aug 2013 - Jul 2018

  * Exel Composites order-book was on the highest level ever in company’s history, when I became the SVP Exel Composites Americas. * Sales organization transformation from local sales teams to unified global operations* Active customers in more than 50 countries* Member of Exel Composites Group Management Team



Polymer Components Finland Oy – Marwe

• Finland

• Board Member

  • Sep 2016 - Mar 2018



Nokia

• Finland
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Business Development (Japan)

  • Jul 2011 - Jul 2013

  * I led the System sales of NetAct platform to the second biggest telecom operator KDDI-san in Japan * Customer made a strategical change from customized solution to off-the-self product platform* This transformation was noted in local business magazines as a major step to modernized KDDI-san's operations, efficiency and agility, which would bring them meaningful business benefits on Group level.

• Head of OSS & CIE Sales BSO NE

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2011

• Head of OSS Product and Solution Mgmt

  • Jul 2008 - Dec 2009

  * Leader and Manager of 100 Product Managers



Nokia Networks

• General Manager, Middleware Business Line

  • Jul 2005 - Jun 2008

  * Defined new business strategy for more than 300 people with my Business Line Management team. This was a shared "dream" with better processes, clarifying and streamlining different roles in organization, valuing & trusting people* Before the new strategy the job satisfaction was in the lowest 20% segment in whole Nokia Networks => 18 months after renewing and implementing the new strategy the job satisfaction raised to the highest 20% segment in Nokia Networks. At the same time productivity increased by 100%. Show less

• General Manager, Service Management Business Line

  • Feb 2005 - Jun 2005

• Director, Operation Solutions Marketing and Global Head of OSS Sales Support

  • Jan 2003 - Jan 2005

• Manager - Private Mobile Radio

  • 1991 - Dec 2002

  * Various roles: Sales, Marketing, Project management, System design and R&D* Member of Business Line / Division Management Team



Hewlett Packard Enterprise

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sales Representative

  • Aug 1989 - Dec 1991



Nokia

• Finland
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Quality Team and Project Manager

  • Jun 1987 - Jul 1989



Helsinki University of Technology

• Finland

• Professor’s Assistant – Researcher

  • Jan 1985 - Dec 1986