Heikki Sarajärvi Email & Phone Number

Back to being an entrepreneur! Navaia develops AI-based SaaS-services for manufacturing industry. First targets: eliminate the weeks that it takes to reply to RFQs and reduce waste in sheet metal component manufacturing. Increase revenue and double the profit, make your customers and engineers happier and reduce CO2 footprint of your factory.Below is the old story.I am an experienced entrepreneur with expertise in project management in different industries: statistics, mobile technology, digital media, advertising, consulting, and games. I have worked in an international environment since 1995. My roles have been managing director, program manager, project manager and business consultant among others. I also have successfully raised more than 20m€ financing from both public and private sources. I am currently a project manager at Statistics Finland and responsible for developing new statistics systems, like the one that outputs Nationals Accounts and Balance of Payments. One of my most challenging roles was as a program manager at Nokia. My task was to start the development of Nokia´s own app store, Ovi Store. I was responsible for managing the kick-off with all stakeholders, organizing weekly meetings, prioritizing development issues, and managing security and privacy audits. Before that task, I was responsible for creating commercial pilot programs for mobile content distribution. In both projects, I was very involved in analysing, choosing, and developing payment solutions. I learned different credit and debit card payment methods, PCI/DSS compliance, privacy requirements, and different digital wallet solutions in an international operating environment. The most ambitious enterprise I have started was Adaia. We wanted to build the toughest and coolest smartphone on earth. Our team consisted of ex-Nokia smartphone professionals, and we selected BMW DesignworksUSA for design work and Elektrobit for internals. We raised 5m€ financing, produced a prototype, and... well, it´s a long story.I know contracting and can read legalese in English and Finnish.

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