Timo Pantsari Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Fi

Chief Information Officer (CIO/CTO) and Executive Board member of Sponda, a Blackstone portfolio company.Blackstone Real Estate #1 CIO/CTO globally – transformed Sponda’s (a Blackstone portfolio company in Finland) ICT operations from the lower third of portfolio companies to highest globally among ~57 portfolio companies employing 100 000+ people. Evaluation carried out by PwC (London).Other highlights:- First Blackstone Real Estate portfolio company to be ISO 27001 certified (ISO/IEC 27001)- European reference for Microsoft Azure cloud migrations ( https://nordcloud.com/case-studies/sponda-cloud-journey/ )- Sponda team built up basis for Blackstone's Data platform (this: https://www.businessinsider.com/blackstone-real-estate-tool-data-strategy-tech-private-equity-2021-10?r=US&IR=T )- Microsoft & Twoday reference for Microsoft M365 Copilot & GenAI implementation ( https://www.twoday.fi/sponda-copilot-microsoft-365-tekoaly-koulutus )

Espoo, Uusimaa, Fi

Helped Nordic companies achieve better value and more strategically aligned services from IT. Specialization in turnaround management and first-of-a-kind (FOAK) -solutions.

Helsinki, Southern Finland, Fi

Transformed the largest financial institution in Finland one program at a time. Lead very large and complex 30-50m€ transformational programmes within the group.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Headhunted to IBM to work at the Application Innovation Services competence sector. Turnaround management, project cleanup and delivery excellence specialist for complex projects as a Senior Project Manager / Technical Project Manager / Project Director / Project Executive. Also worked in a go-to-market (GTM) sales role responsible for application innovation and application management sales ranging from very small (tens of thousands) to very large (10m€+) engagements as the Opportunity Owner.Solid track record. Was very with successful with management of profit, schedule and client satisfaction and has received top Nordic scores in client satisfaction and project team satisfaction/feedback. Received 8 separate IBM Service Excellence Awards for his solid work.

Helsinki, Finland, Fi

Given the task to consolidate the Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) production of the Finnish operations to one department. Member of the SBU management board. Managed over 20 people in Finland and the Czech Republic.

Helsinki, Finland, Fi

Department manager of the Shared Competencies department at the Global Operations BU. The department handled projects within Finland and the Baltic countries. 21 direct employees (project managers & architects). Member of the SBU management board.Timo was the youngest person in Tieto Corporation's history to be promoted department manager, at only age 26.

Helsinki, Finland, Fi

Manager of Sampo Corp’s authorization centre. Six direct employees. The work consisted of IT security consulting and business process re-engineering. Received 10th position in the “Leader of the Year” ranking of the Processing & Network division and was selected as the “Manager of the Year” at Primasoft along with another manager.

Helsinki, Finland, Fi

In 2003 worked as a vice-team leader in a team with revenues of 3 million euros and in 2002 as a virtual team leader with revenues of 1 million euros. The design and implementation of the new IT security platform for the Finnish ministry of Justice and the implementation of the most advanced LDAP –system in Finland as the PM and architect. Chairman of the employee board and LDAP mentor of the Public & Healthcare division in Finland.

Masters In Science, Economics

Diploma Program, Executive Management

Bachelor In Business Administration, School Of Business - Economics