Juha Asikainen

Executive advisor and ICT management community lead at Midagon
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(386) 825-5501
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Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland, FI

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Experience

    • Finland
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Executive advisor and ICT management community lead
      • Jan 2018 - Present

      Helsinki Area, Finland Midagon is one of the leading providers of business transformation and ICT advisory consultancy services in Finland. 10/2021-> currently - Midagon Role: ICT management community lead Leading the community activities of 30 people that work with various ICT management activities (strategies, roadmaps, interim CIO roles, management of ICT transformations). 11/2022-> 05/2023 - Finnish industrial manufacturing company Role: IT operating model transformation… Show more Midagon is one of the leading providers of business transformation and ICT advisory consultancy services in Finland. 10/2021-> currently - Midagon Role: ICT management community lead Leading the community activities of 30 people that work with various ICT management activities (strategies, roadmaps, interim CIO roles, management of ICT transformations). 11/2022-> 05/2023 - Finnish industrial manufacturing company Role: IT operating model transformation lead Managing the transformation of group and division IT capabilities to create leaner and more de-centralized IT capabilities for a global listed company. 03/2022-> 10/2022 - Finnish industrial manufacturing company Role: Interim Head of IT Leading the IT function of a division with 1500 employees. Worked on clarification of IT vision and development capabilities improvement initiatives. Transformed IT organization to serve the needs of business better. 08/2021-> 03/2022 - Finnish industrial manufacturing company Role: IT advisor Working as an advisor for heads of division and IT. Refreshed IT strategy. Planned and implemented IT operating model renewal. Contributed to IT roadmapping work for a 5-10 year timeframe. 09/2019-> 06/2021 - Finnish industrial manufacturing company Role: IT carveouts lead Lead of IT carveouts for a demerger and divestments of a major Finnish industrial manufacturing company. I had the E2E responsibility for planning and managing all the IT stream carveout activities during the entire duration of the carveouts. The scope of the biggest carveout was the full IT stack for a global company that has about 3000 employees and operates in more than 40 countries. 02/2019 -> 06/2019 - Resources industry client Role: IT Roadmapping Lead The client needed a 5-year roadmap for IT infrastructure and digitalization to enable a major digital transformation of manufacturing processes and to improve overall reliability of the IT infrastructure. Show less

    • Ireland
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Manager
      • 1998 - 2017

      2013 -> 2017 Financial Services Client Role: Head of Project Services Business Unit Responsible for establishing and running a delivery unit that provided application development projects to a major Finnish bank. I had full end-to-end delivery (and financial) responsibility for the 200+ person unit that delivered over 100 banking related programs and projects. I was the direct supervisor of 15-20 project managers. I also worked on sales initiatives (proposal development, contract… Show more 2013 -> 2017 Financial Services Client Role: Head of Project Services Business Unit Responsible for establishing and running a delivery unit that provided application development projects to a major Finnish bank. I had full end-to-end delivery (and financial) responsibility for the 200+ person unit that delivered over 100 banking related programs and projects. I was the direct supervisor of 15-20 project managers. I also worked on sales initiatives (proposal development, contract negotiations) and solution architecture. 2010 -> 2016 Accenture Internal Role: Head of Project Management Competency Group Worked as line manager for 50-100 consultants working in project management or functional design type of roles. Led performance management process and internal competency development initiatives in the group, coordinated community activities 2009 -> 2013 Travel and Transportation Industry Role: Delivery Lead and Program Manager Managed a team of 40 resources that developed a custom ERP system built by using Java technologies and offshore delivery model. 2007 -> 2009 Various Accenture projects Role: Methodology Coach / Mobilization manager Responsible for supporting various projects in methodology and tool implementation. Defined delivery models and processes. Performed quality assurance audits. 2006 -> 2007 Communications and High Technology Industry Role: Program manager Managed a team of 30 resources that developed a telecommunications product by using Agile methodologies and open source products. 2003-> 2007 Communications and High Technology Industry Role: Project manager Project manager for development and maintenance of Finnish Number Portability Master Database system. 1998 -> 2003 Various roles: software development, functional design and project management Show less

    • Project Manager
      • 1996 - 1998

      Nedecon (later known as Endero) was one of the leading new media agencies in Finland. I worked there as project manager / producer in several web application development projects. I also did a lot of graphical design and eCommerce consulting.

    • Finland
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Financial Analyst
      • 1994 - 1996

      Kesko Oy is the biggest retail trading company in Finland. I worked there in the finance department. My responsibilities included foreign exchange dealing and cash flow reporting.

Education

  • Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu
    Master of Science (M.Sc.), Accounting and Finance
    1992 - 1998

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