I lead industrial sales and technical support to the companies 1point5 Oy represents. I also give technical support in our consultation assignments, whilst working very closely with the CEO on a diverse range of issues.

As a member of the executive board I was responsible for sales of steel structures to mining machine manufacturers and the sales of customized rim solutions for agriculture, forestry, and earthmoving machinery. I coordinated product development projects and marketing efforts. Focus of my work was on new customer acquisition and developing international distribution network, I consider having been successful in both.

Building up sales- and representation network to sell and implement sawmill machinery, complete sawmills, and further processing plants. Complete mill sales also included automation systems and power plants. My area of responsibility was new market areas for the company: Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, China, Australia, and New Zealand. Significant plant deliveries to Finland and the United Kingdom, as well as individual machine deliveries to Australia.

In the first phase, mapping export opportunities for sawmills and drying technology and restarting of exports and active marketing. I recruited representatives to Russia, South America, France, Sweden, and Norway. Later, I led these representatives and a nine-person sales team. The focus of my work was on Russia, where Jartek became a clear market leader because of determined work.

Starting marketing of company manufacturing mechanical forest industry equipment for the domestic markets, establishing sales organization and network of representatives as well as leading the sales. I also started marketing the company in Russia. At Kit-Sell, I consider having succeeded especially in starting marketing from a very modest level and in starting the exports. I believe that because of my work, a company operating only in the domestic markets transformed into a small-scale global player. In addition to domestic deliveries, we managed to sell and implement machinery and mills to Sweden, Denmark, France, and New Zealand.

Management of an engineering bureau employing 4-6 persons. The family business was financially in poor condition when I had to take it over after my father had to retire suddenly. In May 2001, Klasu Konsult's business operations were sold to Kit-Sell Oy. Klasu Konsult Oy's personnel’s employment relationship continued in the buyer's organization. At Klasu Konsult, I became familiar with the everyday life of an entrepreneur through both successes and failures. I consider myself to have succeeded in learning fast a new line of business; solution sales and consulting, and in the fact that I managed to keep the company afloat.

For a young engineer, Jaakko Pöyry was a university of project management and global business. Successes in work quickly lead to unexpectedly responsible roles that increased my skills and significantly increased my tolerance of stress. After steel structure and piping design tasks in the beginning, I moved on to installation supervision assignments to e.g. China and Sweden, where I also supported the client's project and design organization. For the last years, I was in site management assignments at installations as well as in challenging problem-solving tasks, e.g. in France and in Sweden.