Pekka Kinnunen
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Finnish Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Full professional proficiency
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Swedish Limited working proficiency
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German Limited working proficiency
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Russian Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Johanna Sinkkonen
Pekka is an effective CTO who delivers. He prioritizes feature requests well, listens to customers and other stakeholders, and provides for his development team a structured and protected environment where they can focus on their work. A structured way of working, good managerial skills, and long experience of agile product development methods enable him to drive product development effectively producing extraordinary results. Pekka truly cares for his team and takes care of the team's well-being. He is a great asset to any SW company aiming to fast release cycles, new feature development and high growth.
Otto Laurila
Pekka made a huge impact in the role as CTO. We got our product development in track which was crucial for our internationalization. By fact Pekka was a key recruitment while Movenium doubled its company value in less than two years. Pekka is a driven person with lot of will to perform! I liked working with Pekka and can recommend him to software development lead positions.
Johanna Sinkkonen
Pekka is an effective CTO who delivers. He prioritizes feature requests well, listens to customers and other stakeholders, and provides for his development team a structured and protected environment where they can focus on their work. A structured way of working, good managerial skills, and long experience of agile product development methods enable him to drive product development effectively producing extraordinary results. Pekka truly cares for his team and takes care of the team's well-being. He is a great asset to any SW company aiming to fast release cycles, new feature development and high growth.
Otto Laurila
Pekka made a huge impact in the role as CTO. We got our product development in track which was crucial for our internationalization. By fact Pekka was a key recruitment while Movenium doubled its company value in less than two years. Pekka is a driven person with lot of will to perform! I liked working with Pekka and can recommend him to software development lead positions.
Johanna Sinkkonen
Pekka is an effective CTO who delivers. He prioritizes feature requests well, listens to customers and other stakeholders, and provides for his development team a structured and protected environment where they can focus on their work. A structured way of working, good managerial skills, and long experience of agile product development methods enable him to drive product development effectively producing extraordinary results. Pekka truly cares for his team and takes care of the team's well-being. He is a great asset to any SW company aiming to fast release cycles, new feature development and high growth.
Otto Laurila
Pekka made a huge impact in the role as CTO. We got our product development in track which was crucial for our internationalization. By fact Pekka was a key recruitment while Movenium doubled its company value in less than two years. Pekka is a driven person with lot of will to perform! I liked working with Pekka and can recommend him to software development lead positions.
Johanna Sinkkonen
Pekka is an effective CTO who delivers. He prioritizes feature requests well, listens to customers and other stakeholders, and provides for his development team a structured and protected environment where they can focus on their work. A structured way of working, good managerial skills, and long experience of agile product development methods enable him to drive product development effectively producing extraordinary results. Pekka truly cares for his team and takes care of the team's well-being. He is a great asset to any SW company aiming to fast release cycles, new feature development and high growth.
Otto Laurila
Pekka made a huge impact in the role as CTO. We got our product development in track which was crucial for our internationalization. By fact Pekka was a key recruitment while Movenium doubled its company value in less than two years. Pekka is a driven person with lot of will to perform! I liked working with Pekka and can recommend him to software development lead positions.
Credentials
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MCITP SQL Server
MicrosoftJun, 2011- Nov, 2024 -
SQL Server design and performance optimization
Salcom GroupJun, 2011- Nov, 2024 -
Crossing the Commercialization Chasm
Chasm Institute LLCDec, 2009- Nov, 2024 -
LIR Training
RIPE NCCApr, 2009- Nov, 2024 -
ITIL Essentials
TietoOct, 2006- Nov, 2024 -
Software testing and quality assurance
MeritoJun, 2005- Nov, 2024 -
Oracle PL/SQL
AbaseOct, 2004- Nov, 2024 -
Automation testing
TieturiDec, 2003- Nov, 2024 -
MartisDXX
TellabsJan, 2001- Nov, 2024 -
CCNA
CiscoOct, 2003- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Lumoa
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Finland
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO
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May 2019 - Present
Lumoa makes customer feedback actionable. Lumoa is a Helsinki-based technology startup helping companies to identify and solve customer problems faster and easier than anything you have seen before. Our online service uses AI to help you understand what drives your customers' satisfaction up and down. Lumoa makes customer feedback actionable. Lumoa is a Helsinki-based technology startup helping companies to identify and solve customer problems faster and easier than anything you have seen before. Our online service uses AI to help you understand what drives your customers' satisfaction up and down.
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EasyWash
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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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CxO
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Feb 2018 - May 2019
Led project from marketing (CMO) to product (CTO) to launch MVP and versions beyond for car washing app. Defined pricing and sales strategy. Led project from marketing (CMO) to product (CTO) to launch MVP and versions beyond for car washing app. Defined pricing and sales strategy.
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SalesFollow
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Finland
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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CEO, Co-Founder
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Jan 2017 - May 2019
Created a new cutting edge, easy to use freemium CRM and raised user amount to 70 000. Created a new cutting edge, easy to use freemium CRM and raised user amount to 70 000.
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Visma
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Norway
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Development Manager
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Jan 2018 - Mar 2019
Visma acquired Movenium and continues to improve its quality, I participated on improving Movenium and delivered it with Visma to greater customer potential! Visma acquired Movenium and continues to improve its quality, I participated on improving Movenium and delivered it with Visma to greater customer potential!
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Movenium Oy
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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CTO
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Feb 2015 - Mar 2019
We increase our customers productivity, safety, quality and help them to comply with regulation. With our software that you can fit to your needs you can collect accurate data, interact and report from your daily construction site activities including time, absences, safety, tasks and other events. We increase our customers productivity, safety, quality and help them to comply with regulation. With our software that you can fit to your needs you can collect accurate data, interact and report from your daily construction site activities including time, absences, safety, tasks and other events.
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Midaxo
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Advisor
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Mar 2015 - Apr 2016
Helped Midaxo to setup near shore development team. Helped Midaxo to setup near shore development team.
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ALSO Group
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Switzerland
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Head of Product Development
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Apr 2014 - Jan 2015
After ALSO had acquired Nervogrid I worked on:-Product development for cloud services marketplace-Technology assessment and planning
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CTO and Development Director for Nervogrid
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Apr 2009 - Apr 2014
-Software Development-Business and Strategy Development-Project Management-High Level Design and Requirement Definition-Executive Management Team Member-and a lot more
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Scoopshot
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Finland
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Technology, Information and Internet
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Test Manager
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Nov 2010 - Jun 2011
Quality control process definition, testing and other activities Quality control process definition, testing and other activities
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Blyk
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UK, Finland, Benelux
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Consultant
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Oct 2006 - Apr 2009
Blyk 10.2006-04.2009 • Development of test strategy, integration, acceptance test plans etc. • Telecom Integration Project mgmt • Organising integration activities with different vendors (also off-shore) • Resourcing and recruiting • Requirement & Test Tool evaluations and implementation • Requirement model definition and review • Test case planning • Production support & updates, Trouble shooting, Regression testing, defect management • Production support, defect investigation Show less
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Tesnet Group Ltd
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Israel
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Consultant
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Aug 2005 - Apr 2009
Main achievement: helped to grow company 100%+ Several tasks including: -Test Management in multiple customers -Recruiting -Resourcing -Interviews -Pre-Sales -Trainings -Process development -Migration project 08.2006 • From TD 7.6 to QC 9.0 Main achievement: helped to grow company 100%+ Several tasks including: -Test Management in multiple customers -Recruiting -Resourcing -Interviews -Pre-Sales -Trainings -Process development -Migration project 08.2006 • From TD 7.6 to QC 9.0
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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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Team Leader
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Aug 2005 - Jan 2007
Main achievement: raised team performance from 40% to 100% Team leader (Application performance monitoring team) • Performance testing, business availability monitoring/test automation • Giving Mercury tools training Main achievement: raised team performance from 40% to 100% Team leader (Application performance monitoring team) • Performance testing, business availability monitoring/test automation • Giving Mercury tools training
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T-Systems International
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Germany
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Performance test engineer
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Jul 2006 - Jul 2006
T-Systems, Germany 07.2006 • Performance testing & analysis with Load Runner & Silk Performer T-Systems, Germany 07.2006 • Performance testing & analysis with Load Runner & Silk Performer
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DNA Oyj
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Finland
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Consultant
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Aug 2005 - Dec 2005
Consultant, trainings, knowledge transfer, support, production launch testing, etc.
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Test Manager
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Jun 2003 - Aug 2005
Test Manager, Software Specialist, Test Engineer• Test Manager: management and allocation of external test resources and coordination, process definition, requirement management and linking to test cases, overall management of quality in acceptance testing phase• Software Specialist: J2EE Business Support Systems requirement definition and other software specialist tasks, (version control, architecture, web application servers, Oracle, WebSphere, Unix)• Test Lead & Engineer: Test practices definition, coordination, test design, test automation (QTP), load testing (LoadRunner), TestDirector administration Show less
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Telia
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Sweden
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Thesis Worker
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Jan 2003 - Aug 2003
WLAN networks related final thesis WLAN networks related final thesis
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Tellabs
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United States
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Information Technology & Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Test Engineer
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Jan 2001 - Aug 2001
Module, system and integration testing in laboratory environment. Co-project with Nokia NMS integration. Module, system and integration testing in laboratory environment. Co-project with Nokia NMS integration.
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Telia
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Sweden
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Operator, Test Engineer
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May 2000 - Dec 2000
Network operator/administrator • Advanced telecom support work, BTS and BSC configuration with MML and NMS2000 • Speedy Tomato mobile portal testing Network operator/administrator • Advanced telecom support work, BTS and BSC configuration with MML and NMS2000 • Speedy Tomato mobile portal testing
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Education
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2016 - 2019
Aalto University Executive Education Ltd
Master of Business Administration - MBA, A -
2014 - 2015
Aalto University Executive Education
Graduate, Global Leader -
2009 - 2011
Helsinki University Of Applied Sciences
Master, Industrial Management -
1999 - 2003
Helsinki Institute of Technology
Bachelor, Telecommunications, IT
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