Mikko Markus Email & Phone Number

California, United States

California, United States

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Strategy and business planning lead for HP’s Hybrid Work / Poly division. Owning Strategy development from definition through operational planning to monitoring execution. Reporting to SVP of Corporate Strategy.• Lead the development of long-term strategy for a newly formed division including Poly (HP acquired Poly for $3.3B in 2022) and HP’s Peripherals businesses • Lead the development of various newly required analytical capabilities (e.g. Poly specific customer and market insights) to drive data driven decision making • Established key performance indicators and metrics (incl. CEO level scorecard) to track post-integration performance • Managing partner alliance with Zoom, owning quarterly CEO reviews between HP and Zoom• Mentoring and championing Poly post-integration; fostering cross-functional collaboration for success

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Strategy and business planning lead for HP's Consumer PC and Work & Gaming Peripherals (+$15B annual revenue) division. Reporting to GM of the Consumer PC division.• Coordinated strategy creation and business execution, coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders• Developed inorganic growth strategy to support company's long-term strategic goals, resulting in HP's $425M acquisition of leading Gaming peripheral brand HyperX in 2021• Owning short- and long-term business planning, delivering actionable plans aligning with HP's long-term strategy• Responsible for aligning key performance indicators and metrics to track progress of strategic initiatives

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Leading Cost Management and Strategy team for Consumer PC division, ensuring an industry-leading end-to-end cost structure. Reporting to GM of the Consumer PC division. Leading a team of 5 managers located in Colorado, Texas, and Taipei, Taiwan.• Delivered +$130M in material and non-material cost savings in fiscal year 2017, exceeding savingstargets• Leading a cost and price competitiveness improvement project of low-end PCs for emerging markets, resulting in an incremental +10% revenue growth

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

• Driving the Long-Term Planning and Interlock process for HP’s Consumer PC division, ensuring alignment with Corporate Guidance and Region plans

San Diego, Ca, Us

Reporting to the CFO and responsible for all P&L management and decision making support for the Global Events Division (Revenue $150m+, OPEX $80m+, Headcount 80+).• Operationalized a strategic planning process to define company's long-term financial forecast, ensuring alignment with private equity shareholder• Led transformation of Competitor Group’s international business to a profit sharing business model, resulting in select events returning to profitability• Led optimization of event portfolio and resource allocation leading to +7% Y/Y increase in gross margin• Redesigned pricing models to align with marketing activities, and optimized pricing tiers resulting in +5% increase in revenue through increased event registrations and increased ASPs• Guided Accounting Department on cash and liquidity forecasting and managing compliance with debt covenants

Redmond, Washington, Us

Microsoft acquired Nokia's Devices business in April 2014.• Leading post-acquisition finance activities for integrating Nokia’s Connected Device business unit with Microsoft’s Surface business unit. This included support in aligning product roadmaps and investments, establishing new P&L responsibilities, and integrating with Microsoft's financial infrastructure.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

• Finance lead for newly formed Connected Devices Business Unit. Partnered with SVP to drive strategic direction setting and operational activities for a new business/product line (Nokia's entry to tablet business)• Leading financial planning and analysis for business unit • Developed financial and operational metrics and scorecards to track performance against plan in order to facilitate a data driven review of business performance• Developed opportunity assessments, competitive evaluations, business models assessments to support the ramp-up and scaling of the tablet business• Managed product business cases, reviewed performance and progress of the execution according to set financial targets, and advised on the course of action required to ensure that the targets were met or exceeded

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

• Leading and managing financial planning and analysis for AT&T Business Team at Nokia’s San Diego location• Redesigned financial modeling of Nokia’s North America business. Built driver based financial models to guide decision making on business structure, channel strategy, pricing, and investment levels• Lead a warranty cost reduction project resulting in yearly savings of +$10 million in direct cost and operational expenses• Responsible for financial planning and reporting for headcount, operational expenditures and capital expenditures

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Helsinki, Fi