Sami Silakoski Email & Phone Number

Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland

Tampere Area, Finland

As a Program Manager / Senior Project Manager I led project teams in large BSS transformation program for major East European Operator Group. My responsibilities ranged from cross-project resource management to the management and follow-up of individual development task. In Asian project I have worked as a Development Lead for Fixed Line Solution for Indonesian Operator, including management of daily development operations such as requirement management, Agile SW development and defect triaging. Most recently I worked as a development project manager in BSS transformation Program for major Italian operator with main responsibilities on planning & following towards internal development organizations. I have also led teams for BSS solution pre-analysis and internal SW re-factoring.

Tampere Area, Finland

Heading a team of Customer Technical Acceptance Managers (in Finland and US) in Microsoft Mobile Devices Technical Sales delivering customer/operator approvals for Lumia Devices globally. Main Technical Sales representative in Microsoft Mobile Phones SW Program and Shiprooms

Tampere Area, Finland

Leading In-Country testing team in Nokia Devices/Markets Technical Market Access Unit with global responsibility of leading In-country testing for Nokia Symbian/WP devicesAlso parallel started to work as Technical Sales responsible in Lumia Devices SW Program

Tampere Area, Finland

Leader of cross-functional unit responsible of Interoperability testing, SW Certifications, SW Platform operator testing, Application testing and testing labs and - networks.Staff responsibility of 80+ persons

Different team leader / project / Program manager positions in NMP IOP GroupJoined Nokia Mobile Phones 12th Apr 1999 as Senior Design Engineer in Nokia Mobile Phones IOP Group for setting up Server room for Internet services. Moved to lead networks team end of 2000. Worked in OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) as editor of 1st MMS Interoperability test specification. Held various Project/Technology/Program manager positions within IOP Group to ensure technology Interoperability of Symbian SW releases and devices

Project Manager in MET Technology (Finnish Union of Metal Industries, later know as Finnish Federation of Technology Industries) with participation to several Finnish and European technology projects aiming to wider utilization of Internet and Information and Communication Technologies generally in Business-to-Business data transfer. Implemented several Web based applications, databases, product catalogues and intranets by using HTTP server scripts, SQL server, Visual Basic and OLE Object commands

Tampere University of Technology, Department of Machine DesignAssisting teacher in Machine Drawing and Design of Machine parts.Role as Web-master continue as a part-time until Apr 1999. Implemented information management and registration system for 11th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'97) held in Tampere August 1997

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Researcher in Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT), Department of Structural Engineering / Metal & Composite Structures, 3.5 monthsFinite Element Method (FEM) based design and modelling of buckling plate structures under fire conditions

Hungary, Budapest

IAESTE Trainee in Technical University of Budapest, Department of Road Vehicles, 2 monthsmodelling and stability problems of semi-active wheel suspensions system

Special Study Project in VTT Machine Automation LaboratoryExpanding ABAQUS Finite Element Method program and PATRAN Graphical Pre/Post-Processor with double-curved shell element

Foreman of Asphalt paving teamAsvaltti-Haka Oy, total of 13 months during three summers

Master’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Good

Main subjects Mechanical Engineering (~80 points) and Machine Design (~30 points) 20 points extra studies in Mechanical Engineer

Master’S Degree, Civil Engineering

MSc in Civil/Structural Engineering, 17.10.1994 Exchange MSc Student in UMIST 1.9.1992 – 29.9.1993

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