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Tallinn, Harjumaa, Ee

GScan uses cosmic rays (muons) to look inside any critical infrastructure like bridges, tunnels, buildings• This is the only tech capable of actually seeing more than 40cm into concrete or steel• With 30x higher accuracy than industry standards our 3D models help bridge owners & operators to know the actual condition of their assets.• Stellar feedback from current customers (eg UK National Highways, global civil engineering companies like Atkins)• The total ERP (emission reduction potential) of GScan products in 2035 will be 105,246,297tCO2e/year. This impact is achieved by 3 achieving goals: o Significantly extending infrastructure life span by replacing demolishing with renovation o Reducing considerably renovation budgets and material use by more accurate retrofitting and reconstruction. o Enabling circular economy by providing fact-based data about existing structures and materials for the re-use of materials•Recognitions: Member of the TOP50 Deep Tech EIC Scaling Club. Built World Paris Startup competition winner. New Civil Engineer 2024 Annual Awards nominee.

With 1000+ members, the main goal of Estonian HR Society's (Eesti HR Selts) is to create a supportive and inspiring network of people passionate about HR. There is no membership fee to join. Our keywords are #speed #agility #innovation #honesty #simplicity #togetherweachievemore

In my work I've had the opportunity to have 500+ sparring, mentoring and coaching sessions. With the goal of giving back and staying fresh myself, I enjoy doing part-time mentoring and coaching. My 4 favorite topics are: 1. HR-mentoring: Becoming a strategic HR partner | Creating HR team & structure | HR annual/quarterly plans and HR programs 2. Leadership coaching: You're a leader, now what? | Achieving results AND team engagement at the same time | Becoming a better leader3. Team workshop facilitations: Building high-performance & high-trust teams | Setting goals | Creating team purpose & team agreements4. Making the development leap: Reaching the next level | Career restart | Career change

Tallinn, Harjumaa, Ee

Skeleton Technologies is the is a Global Cleantech 100 company and global leader in graphene-based ultracapacitors and energy-storage systems for automotive, transportation, grid and industrial applications. We operate Europe’s largest ultracapacitor production facility in Saxony, Germany and we’re employing 300 employees in Estonia and Germany ang growing, supported by strong demand from large customers and 200 MEUR of raised capital.My main role & achievements:• Leading team of 12 with full responsibility for HR, Talent Acquisition and Workplaces. Member of senior leadership team, reporting to CEO• Growing the company from 240 to 300, increasing recruitment capability to 40 hires/quarter. Achieving solid jump in Kununu & Glassdoor scores • Together with Production Management reduced the sick leave rate from 15+% to <8% and changing the trend in measurable employee engagement• Reduced newcomer turnover by 35% by improving processes and bringing data into HR

Tallinn, Estonia, Ee

Global Delivery Leadership team is responsible for the delivery of world-class projects in software engineering, data & design, and strategic consulting.My core focus areas are:- Strategic level Delivery organization development, making sure that our competitiveness increases and the company is growing- Building a high-performing leadership team with great collaboration across borders- Initiating and leading our international Project Manager community to support the professional growth of our 100+ Project/Program/Delivery Managers and making sure that our best practices and common ways of working are increasingly used across borders - Designing and starting the Global PMO function to increase project margins and higher business value for customers - Spearheading the companywide strategic initiative to achieve a jump in our leadership quality- Supporting and mentoring our People & Culture leaders in Finland, Serbia, and UAE

Tallinn, Estonia, Ee

Based in Oman. As an acting COO, I was part of the new Nortal MEA leadership team that carried out (as a team effort) a hugely successful turnaround of our business in the region. Our 6 main achievements were:1. Building a winning team with best-in-class sales & delivery co-operation in Nortal where the energy goes to delivering one of the most impactful (and difficult) digital transformation projects in the region2. Transformed our break-even business in the region to double-digit profitability margins, while simultaneously achieving a jump in employee engagement (employee voluntary turnover dropping by 50%) 3. Building a competitive and sustainable local organization. Successfully created a traineeship program with the goal of hiring top local talent that embraces our “delivering, no matter what” culture. Taking extra effort to turn MEA organization into being a true part of Nortal, not a desert guerilla operation. 4. Spearheading the capability jump of Project Management, resulting in better ran projects from all stakeholder perspectives5. Keeping the bar high and being proactive in difficult decisions. Improved the employee experience while reducing HR&Admin cost level by 30%6. Helped to create a turnaround in our Botswana project, turning our biggest loss-making project in Nortal's history to green.

Tallinn, Estonia, Ee

Head of HR, eGovernment & Healthcare, Nordics & Baltics (ca 80% of our business)- Responsible for People & Culture for 500+ Nortal employees- Part of the core leadership team spearheading the successful market entry to the highly protected Finnish digital healthcare market. Building the onsite team from 0 (current team size 50+).- Established the first fully distributed team setup for the Finnish organization- Led HR co-operation across all Nortal countries with the goal of employees receiving similar employee experience - Implemented 1 recruitment tool (Lever) and created common ways of recruitment across 5 countries, including data & KPI-based approach to recruitment, structured interviewing, outbound marketing automation, etc.- Created extremely successful 1st international Summer University program where 50 top university graduates from 4 countries started their career in Nortal the same day.

Tallinn, Estonia, Ee

*Joined Nortal in the most turbulent crisis year in history (2 consecutive loss-making years, employee annual turnover peaked at ~ 40%, declining revenues)*Built-up the full HR & Talent Acquisition function from 0 for a 350-employee company*Stabilized the organization, personally led the leadership development initiative, and managed to reduce employee voluntary turnover by 50%*Achieved Best Employer Awards in 2014 (1st place) and 2015 (2nd place). *To support faster growth, created Talent Acquisition as a separate function with full business responsibility (key goals: time2hire, time2start, cost/hire, newcomer attrition, candidate experience).*Starting from business goals, used service design together with data and goal-based approach to rebuild all core HR processes (onboarding, offboarding, etc) to be highly efficient, transparent and provide top notch employee experience at the same time.*Initiated and spearheaded international HR collaboration across 5 independent countries.*Co-founded the Business Analysis Disruption community (ca 2.000 members where 200 seat events are sold out in hours)

Co-founder of the Pop Up Cafe, a small social project-based cafe in Kampala offering self-roasted coffee, delicious meals and free WiFi. The majority of our staff are special needs youth. I was responsible for the initial idea, making a business plan, raising money, setting up the organization together with local partners, and hiring a leader for the social business. Successfully merged the cafe to be part of NGO Mondo portfolio.

Tallinn, Ee

- History and Civic Studies teacher for full academic year in one of the worst schools in Tallinn.- Taught Grades 7 to 12.- 50% of my K9 and K12 students took the final examination state tests in Civic Studies. Through rigorous preparation and hard work my amazing students achieved top 20% results in the whole of Estonia - school ranked 40th out of all 207 schools in Estonia. Unfortunately, next year the school dropped back to the 156th place/

The Uganda Pioneers' Association (UPA) is a voluntary non-governmental organization. UPA works to promote community-based development, intercultural co-operation, and youth participation through voluntary work.My main responsibilities were - Helping Uganda Pioneers' Organisation to become a more self-sustainable organization my creating income-generating activities- Supporting international volunteers to succeed in their projects- Finding new impactful projects and organizations to partner with- Helping the UPA secretariat with Performance Management, Sales and marketing development

Tallinn, Ee

Elion (currently Telia) is the leading broadband and ICT provider in Estonia. As Head of Product Manager team I was responsible for profitability, customer loyalty, and business growth of 25.000 Small and Medium Business customers- Responsibility for product portfolio management and reaching €25mln revenue targets- Responsibility for growth - launching new products and services and entering new business areas- Responsibility for SMB customer loyalty

Tallinn, Ee

Led the award-winning B2B marketing team. First company in Estonia to implement full-scale digitalized marketing automation together with ROI-based approach to marketing and campaign management. Successfully implemented predictive analytics into all customer touchpoints. Key words: Automated churn management, inbound and outbound Next best offers, Customer Lifetime Value, Single view of a customer, Event-Based marketing, etc.

Tallinn, Ee

Vantaa, Fi

Associate Certified Coach (Acc)

Msc, School Of Business (Major: Marketing; Minor: It)

Postgraduate Exchange Student, Marketing