Head Of Development/Chief Operating Officer, Project Director

• Dec 2017 - Present

Head Of Development, Helsinki Brain & Mind, Neurocenter Finland, University of Helsinki

• Dec 2017 - Present

Head Of Development, Project Director, Helsinki Brain & Mind and Neurocenter Finland

• Dec 2017 - Present

Head of Administration, Faculty of Medicine, Development Manager NeurocenterFI and Helsinki area

• May 2016 - Dec 2019

- Development manager of Helsinki Network Brain & Mind (University of Helsinki, Aalto University, Helsinki University Hospital) and innovation project manager of Neurocenter Finland initiative- Stakeholder cooperation (pharma and diagnostics industry, policy makers, patient organisations, funding agencies, researchers, clinicians, KOL’s)- Administrative and strategy work, strategic management and target programme processes, member of several steering groups, team leader- Preparation of statements, agreements, surveys, reports, funding applications, responsible for preparation and implementation of decisions by collegial bodies and directors/leaders, support with regulatory and quality issues Show less

Head of Development, Neuroscience Center

• Sep 2014 - May 2016

- Project management of strategic development projects, general administration and process development, involved in strategic planning, providing support for research, steering group meetings, budgeting, recruitments, agreements, taking care of legal and regulatory aspects - Leading team of 6 people- Coordinating and leading The Ministry of Employment and the Economy funded “Neuroresearch Finland” (National Neurocenter) national exploratory project- Networking, promoting university-industry and university-policy maker relationships and commercial projects, stakeholder cooperation Show less

Director, Business Development and Sales, North-West Europe

• Apr 2013 - Mar 2014

- Business development: new market areas, new distributors, new products, platforms and collaboration - Driving distributor relationships and network, monitoring the performance of existing distributors, supporting them and screening new distributor candidates and market areas, OEM contracts - Screening new innovations/ platforms - Building university relationships and collaboration - Business development: new market areas, new distributors, new products, platforms and collaboration - Driving distributor relationships and network, monitoring the performance of existing distributors, supporting them and screening new distributor candidates and market areas, OEM contracts - Screening new innovations/ platforms - Building university relationships and collaboration

Head of Research Area, Project Manager

• Jul 2011 - Jun 2013

- Strategic planning, member of the research group management team in Innovation Management Institute, team leader- Experience on sales, scheduling, coordination and leadership of several multi-year Tekes research projects on innovation management conducted in collaboration with companies and public organizations- Creating networks, building national and international collaboration with universities, companies and policy makers- Research/project areas: customer interface, innovation ecosystem, commercialization, development/innovation processes, radical innovations, foresight- Highly productive: 8 articles in international refereed scientific conferences, 2 articles in international refereed scientific journals and one book chapter Show less

Senior Researcher, Project Manager

• Oct 2009 - Jul 2011

- Working in a joint project between Aalto University School of Science and Technology and University of Helsinki in Bio-Inno project (Business competence and innovation activity in bio- and bio-oriented companies)- Leading a project on innovation ecosystem in Life Science area - comparison between Finland and San Francisco Bay Area- 2 months visit to Stanford University 2010.

Post doctoral Researcher

• Mar 2009 - Sep 2009

Researcher

• Aug 2003 - Feb 2009

Research related to drug metabolism and neurotrophic factors - methods: X-ray, HPLC, molecular biology, bioinformatics, molecular modeling, enzyme kinetics- Research planning and coordinating, method development- National and international collaboration- Studies (<120cr) on business, IT, chemistry, pharmacology, biochemistry and mathematics.

Product Group Manager

• Feb 1995 - Jun 2004

- Working as a specialist in customer interface (clinical labs, universities, pharma industry), responsible for the Finnish OEM and key customers - Collaboration with R&D in customer projects - Sales and marketing, responsible for over €1 million budget Main achievements: o Exceeding the budgeted sales for eight consecutive years o Increasing molecular biology sales by 100% during the first year o Systematic building of cell biology customer register o Bringing new applications and ideas from customers to R&D o Promoting OEM business by systematic approach Show less