Tommi Auranen
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Ouman Oy
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Finland
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project and Technology Manager
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Jun 2017 - Present
Turku Area, Finland High volume Product Program management and hands-on implementation in all Program areas: Customer interaction, System Design, HW, Driver SW, UI SW, Mechanics, Component Suppliers, PDM/PLM, Production. New technology scouting and selections: Processors, Memories, Wireless and Wired Connectivity etc.
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On Sabbatical
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Mar 2017 - May 2017
Finland, Aura
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Ouman Oy
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Finland
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of R&D
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May 2016 - Mar 2017
Rauma + Kempele Responsible for Ouman R&D. Development of various HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air conditioning) building automation products electronics including HW, ID and Mechanics, mass production topics, low level SW, application SW and Cloud services. • Establishing professional R&D development processes together with my team including RD Capacity analysis, Agile/Scrum way of working, Milestone gating mechanisms, Sales and R&D co-operation for new projects. • Practical Project Management:… Show more Responsible for Ouman R&D. Development of various HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air conditioning) building automation products electronics including HW, ID and Mechanics, mass production topics, low level SW, application SW and Cloud services. • Establishing professional R&D development processes together with my team including RD Capacity analysis, Agile/Scrum way of working, Milestone gating mechanisms, Sales and R&D co-operation for new projects. • Practical Project Management: Thermostat project, Human Machine Interface Device “industrial tablet”, Wireless Sensors with 6LoWPAN technology. Close co-operation with Ouman’s customers. • SW subcontracting, partner selection and contracts • Line management topics: Recruiting, establishing a new R&D site at Turku, bonus system implementation, development discussions, target setting, coaching for new way of working. • R&D size was 32 persons with two organization layers in two main sites: Rauma and Kempele + new site in Turku. • Member of Ouman management team, reporting R&D activities to Ouman Board of directors. • Strategy work for Ouman with special focus in new technology areas. • New customer discussions together with Sales, technology demos and project quotations. • R&D profitability analysis, costs vs. invoicing. • New technology follow-up and technology selections e.g. wireless sensor mesh networks. Main achievements: • Changing Ouman R&D way of working into professional product development. • Learning electronics technologies in new domain i.e. building automation. • Learning how to operate in mid-sized company with hands on attitude. • Getting to know new persons in various functions (R&D, Sales, Finance, Production and Ouman customers) and having fun together. • Getting “hands dirty” again in practical project management and electronics design. I resigned because of personal reasons to take care of my relatives. Show less
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Independent Consultant
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Feb 2016 - May 2016
Finland Consulting companies to increase R&D efficiency, improve R&D processes and increase employee satisfaction. Technical consultation in wireless communication area.
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Microsoft
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Manager, head of Connectivity
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Apr 2014 - Dec 2015
Salo Development of WLAN, BT, BT-LE, FM and NFC solutions (RF+HW+SW) for Lumia phones. Continuation of previous Nokia role at Microsoft. Main achievements: Management of transition from Nokia into Microsoft with very good line management evaluation scores. Growing group size to be able to commercialize more products. Successful connectivity implementation across Lumia portfolio.
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Nokia
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Finland
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Manager, head of Complementary Wireless Radios
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Jun 2011 - Apr 2014
Salo Development of WLAN, NFC, BT, BT-LE, FM and GPS solutions (RF+HW+SW) for Lumia phones. Work started at Nokia June 2011 and continued at Microsoft after acquisition April 2014. • Establishing Wireless Connectivity group from scratch after organization change and ramping up connectivity competence. Group size ~17 persons. • R&D way of working and development processes definition in multisite environment. • Team line and project management, task planning, technology and vendor… Show more Development of WLAN, NFC, BT, BT-LE, FM and GPS solutions (RF+HW+SW) for Lumia phones. Work started at Nokia June 2011 and continued at Microsoft after acquisition April 2014. • Establishing Wireless Connectivity group from scratch after organization change and ramping up connectivity competence. Group size ~17 persons. • R&D way of working and development processes definition in multisite environment. • Team line and project management, task planning, technology and vendor management, technical road maps. • Connectivity RF/HW and SW design, integration and debugging in co-operation with IC, RF module and SW vendors for all Lumia products from early ideas to full products. • Verification systems selection and ramp-up for new WLAN, BTLE and NFC features. Main achievements: Establishment of world class Connectivity group. Successful and high quality connectivity implementation for all Lumia products starting from Lumia 920. Introduction of NFC, 802.11ac Wifi, 2x2MIMO, BTLE and Miracast/Continuum as new features.
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MobileTV Experience Owner
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Jul 2009 - Jun 2011
End to end responsibility for Mobile TV in Nokia Mobile Phones • SW Program Management in Agile/Scrum Mode, Product Owner role • SW subcontracting Project Management (UI SW from Chinese vendor) • HW Program Management with “traditional” project mode • MobileTV IC and Module vendor selection process, co-operation and subcontracting • Nokia5330 TV edition product program MobileTV owner • China, Brazil and Korea Mobile TV (CMMB, ISDB-T and T-DMB) development into S60 phones… Show more End to end responsibility for Mobile TV in Nokia Mobile Phones • SW Program Management in Agile/Scrum Mode, Product Owner role • SW subcontracting Project Management (UI SW from Chinese vendor) • HW Program Management with “traditional” project mode • MobileTV IC and Module vendor selection process, co-operation and subcontracting • Nokia5330 TV edition product program MobileTV owner • China, Brazil and Korea Mobile TV (CMMB, ISDB-T and T-DMB) development into S60 phones with low power USB accessory Main achievements: Bringing mobile TV into low segment with Nokia5330. Widening the implementation scope to other mobile TV standards and market areas. Multi-standard mobileTV receiver IC together with Samsung LSI. Introduction of new mobile TV product category with headset accessory designs.
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Program Manager, Head of Digital Broadcast Radios
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Jan 2007 - Jul 2009
Mobile TV phone receiver R&D owner at Nokia. • Program management of Mobile TV receiver projects HW+SW • Line management of Digital Broadcast Radios group ~30 persons • Strategy creation, new product introductions • 3rd party IC and Module Vendor co-operation and subcontracting • Co-operation between various groups inside Nokia for Mobile TV development (HW, SW, Product Programs, Category Management and Sourcing) • Cost Center management and recruiting Main… Show more Mobile TV phone receiver R&D owner at Nokia. • Program management of Mobile TV receiver projects HW+SW • Line management of Digital Broadcast Radios group ~30 persons • Strategy creation, new product introductions • 3rd party IC and Module Vendor co-operation and subcontracting • Co-operation between various groups inside Nokia for Mobile TV development (HW, SW, Product Programs, Category Management and Sourcing) • Cost Center management and recruiting Main achievements: Mobile TV commercialization in high volumes with N96 and N77 phones. Moving the mobile TV group from Turku to Salo and managing site closure activities. Next generation commercial fully integrated (RF integrated with baseband) DVB-H solutions together with IC vendors. Start-up of Nokia development activities for China TV (CMMB).
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Technology Manager
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Feb 2005 - Jan 2007
MobileTV technology full ownership at Nokia • Technology vendor (IC, RF and SW) co-operation and selection • Standardization activities (DVB-H Radio access network), next generation broadcast standards • RF system design for mobile TV end to end networks, L1 algorithm design, receiver module design • Cellular interoperability and antenna coex design • Measurement systems design and ramp-up • Incubation of new projects. IPR for new technologies. • Technology management… Show more MobileTV technology full ownership at Nokia • Technology vendor (IC, RF and SW) co-operation and selection • Standardization activities (DVB-H Radio access network), next generation broadcast standards • RF system design for mobile TV end to end networks, L1 algorithm design, receiver module design • Cellular interoperability and antenna coex design • Measurement systems design and ramp-up • Incubation of new projects. IPR for new technologies. • Technology management of Digital Broadcast Receiver HW and SW technologies. • Road mapping & Strategy • Technical training courses (instructor) • Heading Digital Broadcast Receiver Research Group (2006 onwards) Main achievements: Finalization of Mobile TV Radio Standard (MBRAI). Finalization of DVB-H standard. DVB-T2 standardization start-up. Good quality IPR. DTV1000 DVB-H receiver IC together with Texas Instruments, next generation IC with Samsung. Nokia N92 mobile TV phone product introduction.
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Project Manager
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Jan 2001 - Jan 2005
• Project Management of DVB-H receiver projects including HW and SW subprojects • Low power DVB-H baseband and RF design • Vendor co-operation projects • Standardization activities (DVB-H) Main achievements: First mobile TV direct conversion RFIC development together with Motorola. Development of completely new low power Mobile TV standard, DVB-H. DVB-H standard essential IPR. First implementations for DVB-H with Nokia's ASIC for Baseband and co-design RFIC. Development of… Show more • Project Management of DVB-H receiver projects including HW and SW subprojects • Low power DVB-H baseband and RF design • Vendor co-operation projects • Standardization activities (DVB-H) Main achievements: First mobile TV direct conversion RFIC development together with Motorola. Development of completely new low power Mobile TV standard, DVB-H. DVB-H standard essential IPR. First implementations for DVB-H with Nokia's ASIC for Baseband and co-design RFIC. Development of Nokia's first DVB-H receiver module.
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Group Manager
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Jan 1999 - Jan 2001
• Line management of Channel Decoding Group (7 persons) • Project Management of set-top-box front-end projects • Electrical design for DVB-T/C receiver Main achievements: Development of DVB-C, T and S receivers for all Nokia set-top-box products during that time. Development of Nokia's first single chip DVB-T receiver together with Siemens.
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R&D Engineer
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Jan 1997 - Jan 1999
• Set-top-box front-ends HW design (DVB-C/T) • SW driver and verification specifications Main achievements: Design of Nokia's first DVB-T receiver prototype and commercial product 9820T
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Graduate Thesis worker
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May 1996 - Jan 1997
• Study Phase Noise effects in OFDM receivers (DVB-T) • Development of low phase noise tuner for DVB-T
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Member of board and partner
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Feb 2009 - Feb 2013
Finland, Aura Import and sales of Jewelry. http://www.korunetti.fi/
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Nokia
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Finland
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Summer Trainee
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May 1995 - Sep 1995
• Power Amplifier prototypes
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Education
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Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan
Master of Science (MSc), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering -
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