-Develop investment portfolio, support in investment and public grant applications-Engage partners and ecosystem actors in innovating in the the raw materials value chain, through organising match-making events, ideation workshops, business idea competitions, call for startups, coaching and training entrepreneurs at bootcamps etc. -Support partners in succeeding their proposals (organise info day, proposal clinics, reviewing drafts...)-Manage portfolio of innovation projects from project planning, kick-off, review, go to market plan, reporting and follow-up.-Recruit new partners and startups to enlarge the open innovation ecosystem-Participate in defining the organisation's financial sustainability strategy-Create template and online platform for startup application and evaluation process-Intervene as mentor and trainer in various startup/entrepreneurship eventsEIT RawMaterials is one of the 6 Innovation communities of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union supported by the European Commission under the Horizon2020 Framework programme. Budget over 14 years (2015-2029): ~270 M€Read more at: eitrawmaterials.eu

The @EIT RawMaterials mission is to boost the competitiveness, growth and attractiveness of the European raw materials sector via radical innovation and entrepreneurship.My targets are to significantly improve the innovation rate in the raw materials value chain through scouting for startup ideas and coaching early stage startup and SMEs to scale up their business via the funding instruments offered by EIT.

Selling and executing consultancy services for EU funding proposal writing and participating in RD&I projects in go-to-market planning:-Project planning workshop-Training workshop on how to write good proposals-Analysing result exploitation paths, impacts, market and competitive landscape-Intellectual property and knowledge protection strategy-Business plan-Investor pitch-Investment memorandum-Coach startups and SMEs leaders in their innovation and growth strategy, from early stage idea to go-to-market strategy, business and financial planning, access to public and private investments.Spinverse is the Nordic leader in innovation and management consulting, specialised in driving open innovation ecosystems, arranging funding and commercialising emerging technologies (see: spinverse.com)

European Commission External Evaluation Expert within the Horizon2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (SME-Instrument and Fast Track to Innovation Pilot, Researcher's Mobility).

Helsinki Innovation Services is 100% owned by University of Helsinki and its purpose is to commercialise inventions from University's research.- Processing Invention disclosure, freedom to operate, patent landscaping, commercial potential assessment- Supporting researchers in exploiting their innovations related to ICT sectors, electronics, engineering and bio-informatics- Early business development and commercialization projects

Supporting Finnish SMEs go international by acting as external business development consultant:-Promoting SMEs products and IPR at relevant match-making fairs and partnering events-Matching partners, customers, investors, licensees/licensors outside Finland-Sourcing innovation from universities and research institutes -Supporting in accessing EU finance and EU fundingMore info:www.enterpriseeurope.fi

Technology assessment, patenting, research commercialization-Spin-out process management as "Entrepreneur in residence": Created investment proposals for two start-ups

-Technology scouting and business analyses from idea to spin-out company- Investment analyses for venture capitals-Technology scouting from University of Helsinki

Deputy Group Leader (multidisciplinary and multicultural team of 18 people): - Resource planning and management - Marketing & commercialization of research results - Prospecting new funding opportunitiesResearch in Bioinformatics: - Data analysis and biomarkers discovery in personalized medicine - Data integration and visualization - Metabolite analysis - Gene expression analysisSpin-out champion for Zora Biosciences, acting as interim Managing Director (grant application, liaising with VTT Ventures and consultants, business plan writing and investor's prospect, recruitment and procurement)See article in VTT magazine Innozone, 2006 (pp. 14-16):www.vtt.fi/files/publications/impulse/innozone_1_2006.pdf‎

-European project preparation -Participated in research projects on information processing, knowledge engineering, data mining in customer profiling, CRM, multilingual e-commerce, machine translation, information retrieval(MKBEEM: Multilingual Knowledge Based European Electronic Marketplace, FP5-IST, GA ID: IST-1999-10589, 1.1.2000-31.10.2002, coord. France Telecom, Budget €4.2M)

-Participated in WEBTRAN project on Natural Language Processing, machine translation of controlled language for clothing catalogue

Startup operation management:IT & Lab infrastructure, project management, marketing, data analysis.Featured in magazines: Innozone and Docteurs & Co.(On sabbatical leave from VTT)