Experience

Cozify Oy

• Finland
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project manager (for 2 publicly funded projects)

  • Nov 2023 - Present

  Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland Project manager and other operational tasks. My main responsibility is in two publicly funded R&D projects. The most interesting part of this is that the projects (as well whole Cozify Oy) deals with technologies that enhance the energy efficiency of buildings. The topic has been hobby interest of mine for over 15 years. So finally can work towards reducing energy consumption both in my private and professional life.



Turku Science Park Ltd (Local development company)

• Erityisasiantuntija (Senior Project Specialist), CleanTurku

  • Sep 2020 - Dec 2022

  Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland Senior Specialist (electrification & energy) the Clean team at Turku Science Park ltd. Worked as (fixed term) Project Manager for “Growth from the Electrification Business Ecosystem (ERDF) 2020-2022” project (eFlow Hub https://eflowhub.fi/) with responsibility to help local companies with development, funding and growth. - My work activities were mainly related to energy technologies (including P2X and X2P), to battery technologies, to (e-)mobility technologies, consisting also… Show more Senior Specialist (electrification & energy) the Clean team at Turku Science Park ltd. Worked as (fixed term) Project Manager for “Growth from the Electrification Business Ecosystem (ERDF) 2020-2022” project (eFlow Hub https://eflowhub.fi/) with responsibility to help local companies with development, funding and growth. - My work activities were mainly related to energy technologies (including P2X and X2P), to battery technologies, to (e-)mobility technologies, consisting also activities where the aim to help local organizations with cooperation establishment (including providing help to them wrt. public financing, like Business Finland / EU financing). The report "https://turkubusinessregion.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Varsinais-Suomen-osaamiskeskittyman-loppuraportti-29.11.2022.pdf" gives good overview of the status of the ecosystem related to electrification of traffic and with focus on logistics and heavy use machines and the role of new e-fuels. See also the news report https://turkubusinessregion.com/varsinais-suomi-vahvoilla-yhteiskunnan-sahkoistymisen-edistajana/. I also contributed actively and provided regional responses (altogether 13 cases) to Energy sector related Invest-In Finland (placement) inquiries (The Business Finland Invest-In Finland team consolidates the responses from all locations). Last but not least I also authored part of Energy storage focused EURA-project application that got positive funding decision. Show less



European Commission

• Belgium
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Independent EU Project Evaluation expert

  • Dec 2013 - Oct 2022

  - Working continuously - on an opportunity basis - as an Independent Expert evaluating new EU projects. Topic areas: IOT, (Internet & Telecom) Networking, Cloud Computing, (Big Data) analytics, (Distributed) Testbeds, Energy (technologies), Chemistry. - For a more info see the attached document in Featured section information about my Additional professional Activities.



Freelancer

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Public funding and cooperation project expert

  • Apr 2015 - Dec 2020

  Espoo I utilized my expertise and large contact network as independent R&D collaboration expert to benefit organization in their quest for better R&D collaboration. For example, I helped to polish, build, start new collaboration efforts including new publicly co-funded projects.



Bamomas

• Finland
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO, Co-founder & Original inventor of Bamomas solution concept

  • Apr 2015 - Apr 2020

  Finland The inventor of Bamomas solution: Cloud based analytics solution to monitor and manage industrial batteries. CEO of the company Apr 2018 - Apr 2020. - technically the idea was to collect timestamped basic data (E.g. Current, Voltage, Temperature, Liquid levels etc. in the case of lead-acid batteries) and calculate using basic physics relevant variables that were there used as input for data analytics (the idea was based on the experience I had from particle physics where the data is used… Show more The inventor of Bamomas solution: Cloud based analytics solution to monitor and manage industrial batteries. CEO of the company Apr 2018 - Apr 2020. - technically the idea was to collect timestamped basic data (E.g. Current, Voltage, Temperature, Liquid levels etc. in the case of lead-acid batteries) and calculate using basic physics relevant variables that were there used as input for data analytics (the idea was based on the experience I had from particle physics where the data is used to find out hidden facts). Related to this the 1st patent application process was handled by and the writing process was mainly done by me. - I also wrote all of the company's project applications that also got positive public funding decisions. Show less



Tampere University of Technology

• Finland
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Project Manager, Bamomas

  • Jul 2016 - Dec 2017

  Tampere Area, Finland Project Manager for TEKES funded (TUTLI) project aiming to commercialize (Bamomas) INDUSTRY 4.0 BATTERY MONITORING SOLUTION AS A Service. After the project ended I led the actual company formulation efforts.



Rockstart Accelerator

• Member of Bamomas team @ Rockstart Smart Energy Accelerator

  • Apr 2017 - Oct 2017

  Amsterdam Area, Netherlands Bamomas (www.bamomas.com) was one of the teams selected to participate to Rockstart Smart Energy Accelerator (incubator) Program (starting 17th of April 2017). For more info please visit: https://www.rockstart.com/accelerator/smart-energy/ Furthermore, we were also one of the Shell New Energy Challenge finalist that took place at end of September 2017. Last but not least, we are one of the SLUSH 100 startups. For more info please visit the official site:… Show more Bamomas (www.bamomas.com) was one of the teams selected to participate to Rockstart Smart Energy Accelerator (incubator) Program (starting 17th of April 2017). For more info please visit: https://www.rockstart.com/accelerator/smart-energy/ Furthermore, we were also one of the Shell New Energy Challenge finalist that took place at end of September 2017. Last but not least, we are one of the SLUSH 100 startups. For more info please visit the official site: http://www.slush.org/news/announcing-slush-100-startups/ Show less



Bliot Oy (Now: AIforSite Oy)

• IoT project Expert

  • Apr 2017 - May 2017

  Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland Participating in IOT project work on a need basis and as time allowed. I also helped to write Business Finland project application that got positive funding decision.

• Project CTO

  • Jul 2016 - Mar 2017

  Helsinki Responsible for defining 1st set of sellable and scalable IOT solutions for Bliot Oy.



Vinnova

• Sweden
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Independent Expert

  • Feb 2016 - Mar 2016

  Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden Worked as independent project evaluator for Vinnova (Sweden’s innovation agency). Topics: Future Wireless Networking, IOT, Big Data, ...



DIGILE

• Finland
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Chairman of DIGILE Oy's (http://www.digile.fi/) election committee.

  • May 2014 - May 2015

  Espoo Chairman of DIGILE Ltd.'s election committee.

• Chairman of the Board of Directors

  • Aug 2013 - May 2014

  Espoo, Finland Chairman of DIGILE (http://www.digile.fi/) - formerly know as TIVIT- Board of Directors (My role as a Chairman of the board ended because I had been board member for the maximum number of allowed years.) - Continuation of the same role in TIVIT OY BoD (Company name changed) During my time as Chairman of the Board DIGILE developed into the largest SHOK company and established its role as a very significant player in the Finnish ICT sector. Participated also to the formation… Show more Chairman of DIGILE (http://www.digile.fi/) - formerly know as TIVIT- Board of Directors (My role as a Chairman of the board ended because I had been board member for the maximum number of allowed years.) - Continuation of the same role in TIVIT OY BoD (Company name changed) During my time as Chairman of the Board DIGILE developed into the largest SHOK company and established its role as a very significant player in the Finnish ICT sector. Participated also to the formation of N4S (Need for Speed) program preparation and led the Ericsson Finland preparation efforts.



Ericsson

• Sweden
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Program Manager (External R&D Collaboration) at Ericsson Finland

  • Jan 2012 - Mar 2015

  Finland Responsible for External R&D Collaboration development within R&D organization at Ericsson Finland. The main responsibility of the role was to boost the Ericsson Finland's R&D center to work more with external partners. Main achievement: At the end of year 2014 the volume of External collaboration at Ericsson Finland was tripled compared to the volume at the end of year 2008. NOTE: Since the teams and collaborators were usually in different physical locations I managed the… Show more Responsible for External R&D Collaboration development within R&D organization at Ericsson Finland. The main responsibility of the role was to boost the Ericsson Finland's R&D center to work more with external partners. Main achievement: At the end of year 2014 the volume of External collaboration at Ericsson Finland was tripled compared to the volume at the end of year 2008. NOTE: Since the teams and collaborators were usually in different physical locations I managed the work using modern online tools and transformed the distributed nature of the work to big strength. External Funding activities: - Mar 2012 - Feb 2013: I Led the ParallaX Public Private Partnership effort that got positive funding decision from TEKES during spring 2013. May/June 2013 & May/June 2014: Independent reviewer for EIT ICT Labs, Future Networking Services action line. - Fall 2014 & Spring 2015: Independent reviewer (and consensus report author) for “Celtic + - Proposal Calls” projects.

• External R&D Collaboration Manager at Ericsson Finland

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2011

  Finland The main responsibility of the work was to boost the Ericsson Finland's R&D center to work more with external partners. During this period the volume of External collaboration was significantly increased and Ericsson Finland R&D center was recognized as one of the key partners in Finnish ICT sector. New activities initiated: - 1st ever ITEA 2 project (DIAMONDS) were started at Ericsson (Finland). - 1st ever Ericsson Finland led TIVIT IOT program was established. -… Show more The main responsibility of the work was to boost the Ericsson Finland's R&D center to work more with external partners. During this period the volume of External collaboration was significantly increased and Ericsson Finland R&D center was recognized as one of the key partners in Finnish ICT sector. New activities initiated: - 1st ever ITEA 2 project (DIAMONDS) were started at Ericsson (Finland). - 1st ever Ericsson Finland led TIVIT IOT program was established. - Also several EU and CELTIC+ project were started.

• Member of IPR Board

  • Jan 1999 - Dec 2009

  Jorvas The purpose of IPR board of Ericsson Finland was to screen the IVD's (Invention Disclosures) developed by Ericsson Finland's employees and decide upon the further actions for said IVD. Normal actions included decisions to file the application, reject the idea, ask for more info, idea refinement suggestions. During this time I also filed together with other inventors several patent applications.

• Research Manager at NomadicLab (an Ericsson Research laboratory in Finland)

  • Jun 1999 - Dec 2008

  Finland I was Fully responsible for NomadicLab's (Ericsson Research laboratory @ Finland) management. I led transformation of Nomadiclab from local unit to one of the biggest Ericsson Research laboratories in the Ericsson Research organization. The laboratory grew from 10+ person loosely connected researchers to internationally recognized (e.g. at IETF & 3GPP) laboratory with 50 highly competent and motivated researchers. The research responsibility areas increased from 2 "(IP)Mobility &… Show more I was Fully responsible for NomadicLab's (Ericsson Research laboratory @ Finland) management. I led transformation of Nomadiclab from local unit to one of the biggest Ericsson Research laboratories in the Ericsson Research organization. The laboratory grew from 10+ person loosely connected researchers to internationally recognized (e.g. at IETF & 3GPP) laboratory with 50 highly competent and motivated researchers. The research responsibility areas increased from 2 "(IP)Mobility & Security and IP Applications" to 4 major research areas: (IP)Mobility & Future Internet, (IP & Telecom) Security, Wireless Access Networks and IP Signaling. - All of the areas become Internationally recognized and individuals were selected to represent Ericsson e.g. at IETF or 3GPP standardization. Specials: 2002: The highest ever measured employee satisfaction level at Ericsson Finland was at NomadicLab. The employee satisfaction remained at the same level the whole time I was leading the unit. According the surveys "the organizational efficiency was very high" and we had "NO efficiency barriers"! Other example: During year 2008 there were close to 2 filed patent applications/each employee, whereas during 1999 the same ratio was ½ patent applications/employee. On External Collaboration side large number of TEKES projects were started and more importantly also 1st ever Ericsson Finland Initiated EU-project (PSIRP) was started. My personal activities: • 2001/2002: I Led both the Ericsson and other partners work in Work Package 3 of EU-IST 6WINIT (IPv6 Wireless Internet IniTiative) project. • 2003/2004: I was one of the co-authors for the WWI’s (Wireless Word Initiative) WWRF (Wireless World Research Forum) 1st book of Visions. • 2004: I Led the thematic group “Cooperative Networks” of TEKES NETS program until end of the NETS program. • I Initiated several TEKES cooperation projects with external partners, Like VHO (innovation prototyping for vertical handover).

• Section Manager at NomadicLab

  • Oct 1998 - May 1999

  Finland Section Manager at Nomadiclab. Ericsson Reseach Laboratory in Finland. I was responsible for the Mobility and Security research section that grew quickly to the most important part of NomadicLab's operations. Additionally, I was also responsible of the overall NomadicLab financial & project management and HRM. - On the External collaboration front I led the laboratory's participation in (GPRS in Otaniemi) GO-Project. The overall laboratory management improved… Show more Section Manager at Nomadiclab. Ericsson Reseach Laboratory in Finland. I was responsible for the Mobility and Security research section that grew quickly to the most important part of NomadicLab's operations. Additionally, I was also responsible of the overall NomadicLab financial & project management and HRM. - On the External collaboration front I led the laboratory's participation in (GPRS in Otaniemi) GO-Project. The overall laboratory management improved greatly during this short period.

• Internet Researcher at NomadicLab

  • Feb 1998 - Sep 1998

  Finland Research topics: Differentiated Services @ Internet, IP-Security, IPv6, Mobile-IPv6 and Wireless Internet Access. I proved very quickly that I could change field of profession successfully AND I really helped to boost the Laboratory's IPv6 and MIPv6 research team results.



Celtic-Plus / EUREKA Cluster

• Independent reviewer for Celtic+ Autumn 2014 & Spring 2015 calls.

  • Oct 2014 - Feb 2015

  Finland The task included independent reviews of Celtic + Autumn 2014 & Spring 2015 calls. As evaluator I wrote reviews for selected projects. I also chaired two project reviews that meant coordination the review teams effort and included also summary review that was based on my own and other reviewers consolidated texts.



EIT ICT Labs

• Germany
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Independent reviewer for EIT ICT Labs Call for 2013 & 2014 project proposals

  • May 2013 - Jun 2014

  Espoo Independent reviewer for EIT ICT Labs project proposals. Roughly 30+ proposals were evaluated in both calls.



Tieto- ja viestintäteollisuuden tutkimus TIVIT Oy

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chairman of the Board of Directors

  • Apr 2012 - Jul 2013

  Espoo, Finland Chairman of the of TIVIT Ltd. (Tieto- ja viestintäteollisuuden tutkimus Oy) Board of Directors. NOTE: Role continued in the DIGILE OY part (Company name changed) Active role in creating and starting "Need 4 Speed" large scale AGILE development PPP project with a lot of partners.

• Board Member

  • Apr 2011 - Mar 2012

  Espoo, Finland Member of TIVIT Ltd. (Tieto- ja viestintäteollisuuden tutkimus Oy) Board of Directors. - Besides of being the BoD member Raimo also created new program for DIGILE, namely: Internet of Things (IoT). NOTE: Continued directly in the DIGILE OY part (Company name changed)

• Board Member (deputy)

  • Apr 2008 - Mar 2011

  Espoo Member (deputy, but de-facto member) of TIVIT Ltd. (Tieto- ja viestintäteollisuuden tutkimus Oy) Board of Directors. As a BoD member and also before TIVIT was operational I pushed or helped to push together 2 TIVIT programs, namely Future Internet (FI) and Cloud Software (CS) multiparty collaborative (PPP) programs. Furthermore, I played also significant role in setting up the Flexible Services (FS) program.



Tekes (Teknologian ja innovaatioiden kehittämiskeskus)

• Member of GIGA program steering group

  • Oct 2005 - Mar 2011

  Helsinki I participated to the steering process of one of the biggest ever R&D funding programs in Finland. The steering group members gave guidance to the operational personnel at TEKES how to steer the actual program.



Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT)

• Member of board

  • Sep 2001 - Dec 2008

  Espoo The purpose of the Board was to oversee the operations of the HIIT. Members of the board were mainly selected from the industry to provide their expertise to guide the HIIT activities. Prior to the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology was founded I participated to the formation process of the HIIT together with other representatives from Finnish Industry and Academia.



CERN

• Switzerland
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Post Doc. Researcher (Experimental particle physics)

  • Jun 1996 - Jan 1998

  Switzerland I worked at CERN from mid 1996 until Jan 1998. My tasks included (physics) analysis software development, physics simulations and data analysis. For example, I developed models for observing potential charged Higgs boson's in LEP electron positron collisions. My work was integral part of the Finnish consortium efforts to the SILICON TRACKER group of DELPHI detector that was one of the four of the large physics experimental stations of the LEP (Large Electron Positron) Collider.



University of Helsinki

• Finland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher (with several work titles)

  • May 1989 - May 1996

  Helsinki (Mainly, short visits to Germany and Switzerland) My tasks included both physics research and teaching. I finished my my master thesis in December 1990 (received my masters degree in may 1991) and defended my doctoral thesis in April 1996 (received doctor diploma in may 1996). - I worked mainly in Helsinki, but during 1989, 1990 and 1992 I worked 7 months altogether at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. - During 1994 I also worked 5+ months at DESY/Hamburg participating to TESLA Linear Accelerator design. - NOTE: During this… Show more My tasks included both physics research and teaching. I finished my my master thesis in December 1990 (received my masters degree in may 1991) and defended my doctoral thesis in April 1996 (received doctor diploma in may 1996). - I worked mainly in Helsinki, but during 1989, 1990 and 1992 I worked 7 months altogether at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. - During 1994 I also worked 5+ months at DESY/Hamburg participating to TESLA Linear Accelerator design. - NOTE: During this time (Dec 1990 - Nov 1991) I also did my compulsory military service. Show less



DESY

• Germany
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Researcher

  • Jan 1994 - Jun 1994

  Hamburg Area, Germany I participated to TESLA Linear Collider design prestudy work, where I developed simulation models for conditions of electron positron collisions to verify the TESLA Linear Collider design parameters etc.



Finnish Defense Forces

• Finland
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Compulsory Military Service

  • Dec 1990 - Nov 1991

  Rovaniemi, Hyrylä, Hamina, Tampere/Lakiala (Compulsory) Military Service. Vänrikki, Reserve officer (corresponds to rank second lieutenant/ensing). NOTE: I served last part of his military service at "Puolustusvoimien Teknillinen Tutkimuslaitos (PVTT)" technical research center of Puolustusvoimat (PV - Finnish Defense Forces), where I created predictive mathematical models for radioactive fallout aerial measurements. I also wrote 2 internal reports for PV.



Yrjö Hedman ky & Tehdas-Asu Olavi Tenhunen Oy

• Salesperson (in a souvenir shop/hardware store and a clothing store)

  • Jun 1981 - Aug 1988

  Kaaresuvanto, Lappi, Finland Seasonal salesperson worker in combined a souvenir shop/hardware store, and a clothing store. - The customers were from all over Scandinavia, with whom I used Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish languages and even Danish. Other languages I used were English and German.