Mikko Remes
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English Full professional proficiency
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Finnish Native or bilingual proficiency
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Swedish Elementary proficiency
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Petr Bela
I had the opportunity to work under Mikko's management on a distributed project (management in Finland, development in the Czech Republic) for more than a year. He took over the project when the situation wasn't too good, partly because it was heading to be over the budget and partly because the development team that I was leading was frustrated with the previous project manager. Mikko Pehkonen managed to improve communication between the sites, treating all project members equally and with respect, allowing good ideas to emerge from anyone in the project. He also shielded the development team from budgeting issues and other managerial stuff, while not hiding important facts about the project from key stakeholders. The positive atmosphere that he created was beneficial not only to developers, who started to be more focused and productive, but eventually also to the customer, as they started to see the results of the project. Overall, I think that Mikko is an experienced project manager that is able to drive any, even a distributed, project from the first customer specifications to successful delivery.
Petr Bela
I had the opportunity to work under Mikko's management on a distributed project (management in Finland, development in the Czech Republic) for more than a year. He took over the project when the situation wasn't too good, partly because it was heading to be over the budget and partly because the development team that I was leading was frustrated with the previous project manager. Mikko Pehkonen managed to improve communication between the sites, treating all project members equally and with respect, allowing good ideas to emerge from anyone in the project. He also shielded the development team from budgeting issues and other managerial stuff, while not hiding important facts about the project from key stakeholders. The positive atmosphere that he created was beneficial not only to developers, who started to be more focused and productive, but eventually also to the customer, as they started to see the results of the project. Overall, I think that Mikko is an experienced project manager that is able to drive any, even a distributed, project from the first customer specifications to successful delivery.
Petr Bela
I had the opportunity to work under Mikko's management on a distributed project (management in Finland, development in the Czech Republic) for more than a year. He took over the project when the situation wasn't too good, partly because it was heading to be over the budget and partly because the development team that I was leading was frustrated with the previous project manager. Mikko Pehkonen managed to improve communication between the sites, treating all project members equally and with respect, allowing good ideas to emerge from anyone in the project. He also shielded the development team from budgeting issues and other managerial stuff, while not hiding important facts about the project from key stakeholders. The positive atmosphere that he created was beneficial not only to developers, who started to be more focused and productive, but eventually also to the customer, as they started to see the results of the project. Overall, I think that Mikko is an experienced project manager that is able to drive any, even a distributed, project from the first customer specifications to successful delivery.
Petr Bela
I had the opportunity to work under Mikko's management on a distributed project (management in Finland, development in the Czech Republic) for more than a year. He took over the project when the situation wasn't too good, partly because it was heading to be over the budget and partly because the development team that I was leading was frustrated with the previous project manager. Mikko Pehkonen managed to improve communication between the sites, treating all project members equally and with respect, allowing good ideas to emerge from anyone in the project. He also shielded the development team from budgeting issues and other managerial stuff, while not hiding important facts about the project from key stakeholders. The positive atmosphere that he created was beneficial not only to developers, who started to be more focused and productive, but eventually also to the customer, as they started to see the results of the project. Overall, I think that Mikko is an experienced project manager that is able to drive any, even a distributed, project from the first customer specifications to successful delivery.
Credentials
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Agile Product Owner Role: Foundations
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Design Thinking: Understanding the Process
LinkedInNov, 2019- Sep, 2024 -
Agile Foundations
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Certified Project Manager
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Certified Project Owner
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Certified Scrum Master
Scrum Alliance
Experience
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Black Belt Consulting
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Finland
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Partner and senior consultant
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Aug 2023 - Present
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Utopia Music
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Switzerland
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Musicians
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Product Manager
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Sep 2021 - Aug 2023
Responsible for building a financial product aimed for music creators to advance their music royalties. Responsible for building a financial product aimed for music creators to advance their music royalties.
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SweepBank
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Finland
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Banking
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1 - 100 Employee
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Product Development Lead
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Nov 2020 - Aug 2021
Responsible for mobile bank business and agile team delivering banking services for our customers Europe-wide. FerratumBank was rebranded as SweepBank. Responsible for mobile bank business and agile team delivering banking services for our customers Europe-wide. FerratumBank was rebranded as SweepBank.
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Product Development Lead
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Feb 2017 - Nov 2020
Building a new mobile banking concept for the company and being responsible of its delivery. The job was based in Malta while the delivery team was split across the Europe. Building a new mobile banking concept for the company and being responsible of its delivery. The job was based in Malta while the delivery team was split across the Europe.
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Nordea
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Finland
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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Mobile Bank Business Developer
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Apr 2013 - Feb 2017
Product owner of Nordea's mobile and SMS services for household customers in Finland.Responsible of product development, roadmaps, project deliveries, business implementation, maintenance, customer feedback and strategy work.
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Project Manager
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Dec 2012 - Mar 2013
Project manager for setting up foundation for Nordea's mobile channel maintenance processes and structure.
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Customer Manager
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Feb 2012 - Nov 2012
Team lead for a team of 10 persons responsible of delivering online services to our customer. Team lead for a team of 10 persons responsible of delivering online services to our customer.
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Tieto
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Finland
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Information Technology & Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Project manager
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Jun 2009 - Jan 2012
Project manager in financial services, running projects in multiple different banking business areas: netbanking, accounts, loans and savings. Projects delivered both online self-services and back-office implementations using multi-site project members. Project manager in financial services, running projects in multiple different banking business areas: netbanking, accounts, loans and savings. Projects delivered both online self-services and back-office implementations using multi-site project members.
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Systems specialist
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Jan 2007 - Jun 2009
Developer and system responsible in financial services. Responsible of multiple loan area systems. Developer and system responsible in financial services. Responsible of multiple loan area systems.
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Suunnittelija
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2005 - 2006
Working as a part-time employee for a project implementing a cross-university thesis portal. Working as a part-time employee for a project implementing a cross-university thesis portal.
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Education
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2001 - 2010
Lappeenranta University of Technology
M.Sc, ICT
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