SUMMARY
EXPERIENCED SENIOR MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL
I have an extensive track record in telecom, chemical, media and management consulting businesses in an international environment. I am highly motivated, hardworking, outgoing person with solid over 20 years’ experience on productivity & operations improvement, sales & collaboration management and data governance.
I enjoy working with customers, partners and colleagues from different levels and functions from a shop floor to the executive level. My long experience in B2B partner and sales management has trained my psychological eye and negotiation skills to be able to build fruitful internal and external collaborations.
Strong guidance for me has always been that what I do, it must be connected ultimately either to the growth of the business, improvement of customer experience or financial performance of a company.
CORE COMPETENCIES
LEADERSHIP & COACHING
Leading multinational teams as a line, matrix and program/project manager for over 15 years has taught me how to coach, support and motivate people and teams to achieve and surpass targets.
IMPLEMENTOR
My vast and varied experience in managing large scale transformation initiatives and executing business process & operations performance improvement projects have honed me into a valuable asset to any organization who wants make things happen. I have an ability to quickly understand situations, create and focus on proactive actions, hence anticipate and avoid adverse events and consequences.
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
I have utilized successfully many quality management, business process & profitability improvement methods and practices, such as
INNOVATOR
I have innovated and concepted several solutions for media and telecom industries. For example:
INTERNATIONAL
I have a determined drive and enthusiasm to work in fast-paced international environment and with persons from different levels and functions of a company that has enabled me to achieve remarkably positive results and professional networks.
EDUCATION
LANGUAGES (CEF)
FREE TIME
I have an extensive track record in telecom, chemical, media and management consulting businesses in an international environment. I am highly motivated, hardworking, outgoing person with solid over 20 years’ experience on productivity & operations improvement, sales & collaboration management and data governance.
I enjoy working with customers, partners and colleagues from different levels and functions from a shop floor to the executive level. My long experience in B2B partner and sales management has trained my psychological eye and negotiation skills to be able to build fruitful internal and external collaborations.
Strong guidance for me has always been that what I do, it must be connected ultimately either to the growth of the business, improvement of customer experience or financial performance of a company.
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Productivity Improvement
- Quality and Operations Performance Management
- Business Simplification, Transformation and Integration
- B2B Sales & Partner Management
- Data Governance, Data Quality Management and MDM
- Customer Relationship Management
- Program & Project Management
- Start-ups and business development
- Leadership and coaching
- General Management
LEADERSHIP & COACHING
Leading multinational teams as a line, matrix and program/project manager for over 15 years has taught me how to coach, support and motivate people and teams to achieve and surpass targets.
- Management team memberships and team & business line management positions (Nokia Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks and AkzoNobel BV)
- Top management positions in consulting and media businesses (IMIG, Mediaamo, Conecto Media)
- Advisor and mentor for some companies in Finland & Estonia
- Line, matrix and program/project management professional
IMPLEMENTOR
My vast and varied experience in managing large scale transformation initiatives and executing business process & operations performance improvement projects have honed me into a valuable asset to any organization who wants make things happen. I have an ability to quickly understand situations, create and focus on proactive actions, hence anticipate and avoid adverse events and consequences.
- Restructuring of telecom service operations and organizations in Nokia Networks
- Improving resource utilization of Nokia Networks’ Services BU engineering resources to boost profitability worldwide
- Leading implementation of challenging integrations in the mergers of Nokia Networks - Siemens and NSN - Motorola
- Successful executions as a leader in over 20 projects/programs in telecom, paper machine and chemical industries (business process efficiency, quality improvement, operations performance, productivity, transformation, MDM and ICT)
- Several print and digital media solution launches for domestic and international customers
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
I have utilized successfully many quality management, business process & profitability improvement methods and practices, such as
- Continuous Improvement / Kaizen,
- LEAN
- Six-Sigma
- Toyota Kata
- Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)
- Activity Based Costing (ABC)
- Overhead Value Analysis (OVA)
- Benchmarking
- Balanced Scorecard
- Price of Non-Conformance (PoNC)
- Malcolm Baldrige
INNOVATOR
I have innovated and concepted several solutions for media and telecom industries. For example:
- Several unique digital (mobile & online) marketing and print media products
- Online resource utilization measurement system in telecom service industry
- Intelligent data quality monitoring system for large scale mobile operator support services
INTERNATIONAL
I have a determined drive and enthusiasm to work in fast-paced international environment and with persons from different levels and functions of a company that has enabled me to achieve remarkably positive results and professional networks.
- Lived in Finland, USA and Netherlands
- Leading and coaching of multicultural teams consisting of persons from every continent
- Professional connections mainly in Europe, North America and Asia
EDUCATION
- M.Sc. (Tech), Industrial Management, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
- MBA courses in Marketing Management, University of Mississippi, USA
- Numerous courses e.g. in leadership, service excellence, quality management, business process management and corporate development
LANGUAGES (CEF)
- Finnish, native speaker
- English, proficient (C2)
- Swedish, independent (B1)
- Spanish, basic (A1)
FREE TIME
- Family and friends
- Running, gym, skiing, skating, rollerblading, tennis and basket ball
- Woodwork - E.g. making wooden furnitures
- Spanish language studies