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Helsinki, FI

Billnäs

Kylmälä

Helsinki Area, Finland

Valoya offers light solutions for a wide range of horticultural lighting applications in controlled environments and in greenhouses globally. As VP for Special Project I focus on Global AG companies.

Helsinki Area, Finland

Key tasks in the VP Sales and Marketing role- Sales strategy creation and execution - Marketing strategy and brand building - Customer success management - Channel development - Recruitment and line management

Helsinki, Finland

• Established the core sales team, marketing function and the photo-biology research group.
• Created and implemented the brand & promotion strategy e.g. events, designs, channel mix.
• Cold calling, closing first major deals, take the company abroad.

• Managed a corporate wide program for developing a software release model with the target to move value further from hardware to software.
• Ensured deployment to more than 90% of NSN product lines by the end of 2011.

• Managed the development of a new SW maintenance model in the Core business unit (BU).
• Trained all BU product managers in Value-Based Selling of SW features, releases and maintenance.

• Headed the development of Networks on-line support services for operator customers globally.
• Line management of on-line services owners. Matrix management of local deployment managers.
• The successful deployment resulted in estimated annual savings of more than 20 M€.

• Managed the strategy creation, financial target setting, key actions and KPI follow up in countries.
• Profit / Loss responsibility for HW and SW services in the Region.
• Implemented governance structures, systems & reporting in countries (Middle East, CIS countries).

• North East Europe and Middle East, 1998 - 1999
• Managed the business, people and operations in the region. Annual revenue growth >20%.
• Profit & loss responsibility for HW Services in the Region
• Line management of HW Services personnel in the Region (global & local)
• Orchestrated the first ever HW swap service sales in Russia in the telecom industry.Finland, Batlics and Russia, 1997-1998
• Established and managed the hardware service business in Finland, Baltics and Russia.

• Responsible for sales and support of hearing aids and measuring equipment in clinics in Finland.
• Managed the launch and training to doctors of the first digital hearing aid on the Finnish market.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration, Management And Operations

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Electronics And Communications Engineering, It