Kaapo Annala
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Experience
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Neuro Event Labs Oy
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Finland
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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CEO, Partner
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Oct 2016 - Present
Tampere Area, Finland
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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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Director, SW Program Manager, System
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Aug 2015 - Aug 2016
Tampere Area, Finland Responsible that Windows Phones are working beautifully as full system. Focus has been in areas of device performance, reliability and memories. Working nature has been highly technical, starting with product definition & target setting and ending with products finalization, bug fixing and making sure user experience in these is top class. As program manager I have been leading system area, special focus in performance and reliability, which has required very close co-operation with my… Show more Responsible that Windows Phones are working beautifully as full system. Focus has been in areas of device performance, reliability and memories. Working nature has been highly technical, starting with product definition & target setting and ending with products finalization, bug fixing and making sure user experience in these is top class. As program manager I have been leading system area, special focus in performance and reliability, which has required very close co-operation with my engineering and quality peers to meet the challenging targets of devices. Also daily work with our partners, such as Qualcomm and OS team has been mandatory to get things done. Program management dimension of this work has been asking strict dicipline of schedules, priorities and full visibility & involment of SW development. Latest new products completed were Lumia 950, Lumia 950XL, Lumia 650 and Lumia 550, which we completed on time with very hard last months push.
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Head of System Engineering, MSFT Devices / Nokia
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Jun 2011 - Aug 2015
Tampere Area, Finland Led and coached skilled, system engineering team. Multiple Programs where active system engineering work in parallel. Responsible that full portfolio is covered. Personal technical work focus in non-functional work, e.g system performance, RAM, storage and thermal. • Leading system engineering work across Phones portfolio • Leading team of experienced system architects • Leading task force of Thermal work to overcome big problems at hand and defining & implementing business as… Show more Led and coached skilled, system engineering team. Multiple Programs where active system engineering work in parallel. Responsible that full portfolio is covered. Personal technical work focus in non-functional work, e.g system performance, RAM, storage and thermal. • Leading system engineering work across Phones portfolio • Leading team of experienced system architects • Leading task force of Thermal work to overcome big problems at hand and defining & implementing business as usual working model
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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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Director, System Design
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Sep 2006 - Jun 2011
Tampere Area, Finland Responsible for System Design work through various organisational setups. Leading team of system design managers and technology area experts, team size varying between 10-80 people. Scope of tech areas included at least multimedia, multiradio, performance, EM/PM, modem, production testing, miniaturization
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Senior Manager, Product management & System Design, Application Engine
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Aug 2002 - Sep 2006
Tampere Area, Finland Product definition, customer interface and requirements management in Application Engine. Work included change management away from in-house ASICs to commercial chipsets in APEs. Leading system design work in app engine scope.
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Senior Subcontracting Manager
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Aug 2000 - Aug 2002
Tampere Area, Finland Responsible for Engine area subcontracting including projects from individual resource hiring to buying full engine. Work included utilizing competences and participating in purchasing, negotiations, legal, technical definition, project management, reqs management and verification of delivery.
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ASIC Design Engineer
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Apr 1996 - Aug 2000
Tampere Area, Finland Started as ASIC design engineer in various customer projects including thesis work related to design tool selection. Continuous growth of responsibility and moving to Nokia as senior ASIC design engineer first project being ASIC for color display communicator, including SW and system integration work.
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Education
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Tampere University of Technology 1965-2018
MSc, Electrical engineering