Experience

HappyOrNot

• Finland
• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Development

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Self-employed

• On Sabbatical

  • Mar 2021 - Dec 2021

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Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Digital Lead; Managing Director; QA Director; Delivery, Site, R&D Unit and organization Lead; CEO

  • Oct 2011 - Feb 2021

  • Managing Director, CEO Accenture Services Oy, Delivery Lead, Quality Assurance Director, Mobility, Integration and Industry X.0 Lead, Finland Digital Lead, Tampere site lead, etc. (2014 - ). Responsibility of global deliveries (e.g. Mobile apps, IT-solutions, IoT, e-commerce, Digital Factories; Analytics, winner for MWC world award) for clients, management of Nordic organization of over 200 persons with financial responsibility and Tampere site. Roles include among other e.g. Quality Assurance Director, Delivery Lead and Sales Lead ensuring sales (>$150M), solution accuracy and deliverability and actual delivery (~$90M) to end clients in close co-operation. Site and organizational responsibility do include all aspects from office spaces, recruiting to YT-negotiations. Roles require working closely with clients, sales, solution architects, delivery persons, HR and personnel and defining optimal setup between own personnel, Accenture Global Delivery Network and selected contractors. • Delivery Lead, Nokia R&D Unit (2011- 2019). Responsibility of global project portfolio of customer deliveries and quality. Operative management of R&D unit and personnel with financial responsibility (over $30M yearly sales and revenue) Show less



Nokia

• Finland
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Head of Operations

  • Oct 2007 - Sep 2011

  • Director, Custom Software (2008 – 2009). Forming a new differentiation R&D unit to S60 Applications and Frameworks from 5 different organizations, managing the multi-site (Oulu, Tampere, Salo, Helsinki, Bangalore, Beijing, Southwood, San Diego) organization responsible of S60 differentiation software including e.g. Operator Complementary packages for TMO, Vodafone, Orange, regional software (China, Korea, Japan, US), product specific work and own common asset management (including ES development of homescreen, contacts, calendar and email). Successful creation and implementation of low cost subcontracting strategy (more than 63% in low cost) while keeping the delivery quality. Managing and forming the new email domain.• Head of Operations, Differentiating Software (2009 – 2010). Responsibility of deliveries including testing and release and integration, operative development, finance planning, capacity management, global subcontracting strategy etc. in the multi-site (Oulu, Tampere, Salo, Helsinki, Bangalore, Southwood, Beijing, Tokyo, San Diego) Differentiation Software. 1200 own personnel and worth of 80M€ subcontracting in yearly basis. • Director, Special Projects (2010 – 2012). Leading the site and subcontracting strategy creation and deployment throughout Software Products. Leading SSP change projects, leading team for making feasibility studies for new HW/UI styles, new technology deployment and delivering new software generation to existing terminal device with totally outsourced mode.• Director, Flex SW (2011- 2012). Responsibility of deliveries , operative development, finance planning, capacity management for all SWP entities, etc. in the multi-site (Oulu, Tampere, Salo, Helsinki, Bangalore, Beijing) Flex SW. Additional task with transfer to Accenture have been successful transition of people, capacity forecasting, Managed Contractors management, In Market Planning, sales support and heading the Tampere NSSU (Nokia Symbian Services Unit) site. Show less

• Program Manager, Head of Software Creation

  • Jan 2005 - Sep 2007

  • Program Manager, ES MDU Enterprise Platform (2005 - 2006) Managing multi-site software release programs for Enterprise Solutions S60 based devices (includes e.g. requirements and roadmaps, workload balancing, subcontractor management, UI and usability work, localization, user guidance, release management, testing and maintenance). Participation to management board and decision making with financial responsibility.• Head of Software Creation, ES MDU SW (2006 - 2007). Heading an independent multi-site Software Creation unit in Enterprise Solutions Mobile Device Unit, responsible of ES specific terminal software creation including development, UI design, usability, localization and testing activities for all ES devices. Work included cost center management, strategy and people development. Proven track record of successful on-time deliveries, winner of Nokia Quality Award 2007. Show less

• Project Manager, Program Manager

  • Feb 1999 - Dec 2004

  • Project Manager, Nokia WAP Server project (1999)• Program Manager, Nokia Activ Server 2.0 Enterprise Edition, Nokia Activ Server 2.1 (1999-2001). Enterprise WAP gateway (used for example by several banks). Leading the multi-site (Boston, Budapest, Sydney, Tampere, Helsinki + subcontractors in Tampere and Oulu) delivery programs developed with C++ and Java. Understanding of client-server architecture, network management structures and hardware requirement. Work duties included also discussions with customers, personnel recruiting and their development.• Program Manager, Nokia Presence Server 1.0 (2001 – 2003). OMA IMPS compliant presence server to support presence and instant messaging. Multi site (Budapest, Barcelona, Tampere and subcontractors) developed with C++ and Java. Developed in cooperation with presence application manager, component factories (both S60 and ISA), Nokia terminal programs, other terminal and server vendors (competitors), participation in OMA standardization and product certification, RFx’s answering, partnering with Oz (for IM solution), piloting with operators, productization (including hardware and open source selections and licensing negotiations) and market making of new concept and product (with financial responsibility). Further development was transferred to Nokia Networks.• Program Manager, Nokia Mobility Middleware 1.0 (2003-2004). Collection of Java 1.4 compliant J2EE components offered for J2EE server vendors, service integrators and Nokia business units for enabling mobility. Product creation of DRM, Presence, Messaging, Device Profile and Device Management components on Java on multi site organization (Budapest, Boston, Helsinki, Tampere and Oulu; over 160 participants) and not existing channel creation (deals with HP, BEA, Sun, Nokia Enterprise Solutions, discussions with other Nokia units and external vendors and open source channels). Show less



Teamware Group

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineer, Technical Leader

  • Feb 1993 - Jan 1999

  • Development of TeamWARE Office and other products, client-server development with C and C++, responsible for Directory • Competence transfer to Fujitsu in Japan (3 months living in Shizuoka) • Symbian development for Nokia, development of Linda communicator contacts application and related services to other applications • Development of TeamWARE Office and other products, client-server development with C and C++, responsible for Directory • Competence transfer to Fujitsu in Japan (3 months living in Shizuoka) • Symbian development for Nokia, development of Linda communicator contacts application and related services to other applications