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- Leading Hydrogen and Power-to-X Business Development Team- Development of business and financial models- Offtake negotiations- Strategy implementation, creating detailed business plans

Leading and supporting market development in various hydrogen and power-to-x domains such as transport and industrial use cases, as well as creating value through sector integration incl. waste heat utilisation and flexibility provision.- Building internal and external partnerships- Evaluation and validation of business opportunities- Developing business models- Assessing of risks and opportunities - Contributing to H2 and PtX strategy development

One of the founding members and Chair of Executive Committee for Future Energy Leaders Finland Programme 2021. FEL Finland is a national programme that connects young energy experts with diverse backgrounds and to support them on their way to become a future energy leader.

Strategic advising for corporate management in energy industry in projects such as • Commercial and technical due diligences• Market analyses and technology screenings• Facilitation of strategy processes and provision of expert recommendations• Procurement support including scope definition, supplier interviews and process management • Policy impact assessments

Electricity market design development on national, Nordic and European levels to increase flexibility in the electricity system.• Reserve markets development (including rules for aggregation of distributed resources, procurement processes, etc.)• Project manager in an EU-funded R&D project INTERRFACE regarding value stacking of distributed flexibility and improved TSO-DSO cooperation• Expert secretary for the Smart Grid Working Group of Finland's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 2016-2018• Co-founder and leader of Fingrid Young Professionals network which is a part of Finland Young Professionals network and provides fresh insights to Fingrid's top management on various topics

Helsinki, Finland

Working for more transparent and efficient electricity markets on national, regional and European levels. • Transparency legislation and data publishing: product owner of Fingrid Open Data, admin in ENTSO-E's transparency platform• Inter-TSO compensation settlement and budgeting• Customer service and issuing of Guarantees of origin for energy produced from renewable resources• Various market development projects, e.g. Nordic study on implicit losses and influencing and implementing of European electricity market network codes and guidelines

Helsinki, Finland

I evaluated the liquidity and efficiency of the existing electricity derivatives market in Nordics and discussed the possible impacts of implementation of long-term transmission rights in Finland to the Finnish transmission system operator Fingrid.

Helsinki, Finland

I participated in studies and projects related to electricity markets and European market integration, e.g. cost assessment of internal congestion management, feasibility study of Nordic-Baltic balancing market integration and preparation of European network codes.

I was expert secretary for the Finnish smart grid working group that suggested concrete measures to improve opportunities for the customers to participate in electricity markets and to improve security of supply in a cost-efficient manner. The working group consisted of 21 members representing policy makers, regulators, TSO, DSOs, small and large electricity consumers, electricity producers and retailers.

Tampere, Finland

A team of cross-disciplinary students created an augmented reality (AR) demo application for Metso Automation to be utilised in industrial factory environment.

Tampere, Finland

Vaasa, Finland

Vaasa, Finland

Tampere, Finland

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4.5 EECS course on Strategic Foresight in Business Management

Master'S Degree, Power Engineering

Mayor: Electricity networks and markets Minor: Industrial management Bachelor's thesis: The effects of geomagnetically induced currents.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.)

Management and International Business. Exchange studies on campus Cuernavaca and campus Santa Fe. The courses were in Spanish.