Dr. Simon Hannus Email & Phone Number

Tampere, FI

Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland

Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland

Tampere Area, Finland

1. Business acceleration and development projects for SME-companies2. Securing financing, development grants, and public funding to start-ups3. M&A and the managing divestment process of companies for entrepreneurs4. Participating in several startups as partner and advisor– Providing firm valuations according to multiple models– Conducting commercial due.

Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland

Tampere Area, Finland

– Securing great bids for entrepreneurs selling their companies– Providing firm valuations according to multiple models– Conducting commercial due diligences and financial analysis– Managing the full sales cycle from buyer identification to the signed contract

Tampere, Finland

− Research focus on how investment- and private equity firms create business value and achieve superior returns on investment (ROI) by fundamental changes to acquired companies. The types of changes concern the strategic direction, operational improvements, financial engineering, & corporate governance.− Three leading private equity firms in the Nordic.

Tampere, Finland

− At Swedish investment firm: new business ventures, business negotiations, acquisitions, and investment analysis.− As managing director at Finnish company lead a team of 20+ technicians at an electronic services company.− Swiftly expanded repair capacity by 30% and added PC repair capability. Improved throughput repair times for considerably resulted in.

Lund, Sweden

− US software company creating mobile phone testing suits used by operators.Related to Push Development AB.− Identifying new business ventures and cooperation partners in Europe, e.g. w2bi later sold to Advantest.− Created core product business plan and planned the future strategy.− Carried out demos and pilots for operators and mobile manufacturers in EU.

Stockholm, Sweden

− Member of the executive board at the startup company. Assisted in setting up the new business new venture, business plan, budgets.− Networking and business meetings with prospective partners and clients.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA & Bracknell, United Kingdom

− Responsible for marketing and product management of wireless, networking, and multimedia –solutions, enabling 30% of the business unit revenues ($15 mUSD).− External marketing to international high tech –customers and test equipment partners. Close cooperation with sales department, corporate customers, and R&D department.− Product management, Market.

Lausanne Area, Switzerland & Espoo, Finland

− In Switzerland responsible for the Sales & Marketing of all transmission products to Swiss operators. Drove sales activities (>10 m€), arranged road shows, made presentations, tenders, and certifications.− As support engineer responsible for the technical support of all OEM-microwave radios.− As project engineer participated and led the software.

Dr.Sc. (Tech)., Industrial Engineering And Management, Excellent / 4.3.

"Value creation in private equity: A case study of outperforming buyouts in the Nordic countries" Press release (in Finnish).

Approved Board Member (Abm / Hhj), Business Administration And Management

Msc Eng, Industrial Engineering And Management

Master’s thesis within industrial engineering and management. Thesis part of a larger corporate consulting project in Scandinavia.