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Espoo, Fi

Member of the international IPMA Advisory Committee

Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland

Developing the organisations capabilities to better serve our strategy and to serve our customers even better.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland

Developing the Engineering & Projects organisation competences, skills and capabilities.

Helsinki Area, Finland

Developing Fortum's project management competences, capabilities, skills, processes and project culture to ensure excellent customer satisfaction and efficiency in our operations.Achievements:- Project management process definition, creation and deployment- Portfolio management process definition, creation and deployment- Project management development roadmap creation and follow-up- Project management training solutions developed with connection to career paths and PM levels- PM micro modular training concept piloted and further development planned- eNext PM professional's networking and experience sharing facilitation

Espoo, Finland

Growing the company business internationally in selected countries and developing the international strategy and concrete growth plans. Developing new business models, concepts and new products to the company service portfolio. Sales work and offering development balanced with regular training, coaching and consulting in all areas and aspects of PM including PM culture development. Serving new and existing customers with excellent customer satisfaction.

Leader, Executive Advisor and consultant training, developing and creating excellent business capabilities for the customers and companies I work with.Working as a trainer, coach, mentor and consultant for IIL (International Institute for learning) and Tieturi. Helping companies and individuals to develop their project management capabilities, competences, practices and leadership skills.

Leading one of Tieto’s key strategic business capabilities PPM (Program & Project mgmt) with global responsibility of the company PPM processes, tools, competences, communication, networking and further Tieto PPM area development.Leading, coordinating and improving the work and co-operation in the different Project management networks in different countries within the company.Developing, simplifying and deploying PM processes, methodologies and best practices globally. Linking the PPM processes with other surrounding processes in close co-operation with the other stakeholders and process ownersEstablishing new PMOs in different parts of the company and coordinating the common PMO co-operation, development and information sharing across all boundaries.Re-defining the Tieto global PPM career path and renewing the whole internal PPM training offering and creating new trainings based on the needs.Information and knowledge sharing globally through the internal monthly Webcasts.

Setting up and facilitating the global Program Management Center of Excellence reference network where program managers shared their experiences with the purpose of growing their capabilities and learning from each other through active participation, sharing, discussion and coaching/mentoring. Monthly best practices and personal learnings sharing and comparing experiences with participants through facilitated discussions. Co-operation with peer network colleagues and helping each other in challenging situations.

Working as a line manager for Tieto’s most experienced Program and Project managers (PPM). Leading the Team (30+ persons) with competence development focus and participating actively in the recruiting, offering development and sales work.PPM business development.Presenting the Tieto PPM (Project, Program and PMO) competencies in different national and international forums and seminars.Main contact person from Tieto actively participating in the co-operation with other Project & Program management associations and standardisation bodies like IPMA.

Global position including the overall management of the Program Management function with full budgeting and resourcing responsibility, direct line management of all Business Line Program managers and Program assistants around the world (6 countries), Responsibility for Program management excellence, competence development, process, tools and methodologies. Program progress, budget and resource allocation follow-up, cross-Program risk management/balancing, Agile Program & SW development process enhancement actions with process organisation and global Program Management Office development and management.Successful management of the Business Unit leadership team position required excellent multicultural leadership, good Product Lifecycle knowledge and working in close co-operation with the other BU leadership team members to create, manage and effectively deploy the company, Business Unit and Business line strategies.

Heading the newly formed Program management function in the Business Line with responsibility of the success of all customer deliveries, project and program management competences and capabilities, development portfolio follow-up and reporting. Direct line management of the BL Program managers, supporting the sales and ongoing customer deliveries. Working also as a Program advisor and managing & further developing the BL PMO.Working as a subject matter expert of PM area in the common company-wide process development re-defining the overall PM processes and synchronising them with all other related/connected processes.

During my years with Nokia I had the privilege of belonging to a culture that really appreciated personal competence development and encouraged people to take new responsibilities and do effective job rotation. By working in practice in different roles in different parts of the organisation gave me a thorough understanding how everything comes together in programs, projects, portfolios, serving customers as well as creating and managing profitable business by good leadership. I worked in a number of different positions such as: - Head of Program Office - Senior Program manager - Program manager - Consultant - Competence Area Manager - R&D manager - Sales support - Senior Product manager - Product manager - Project manager- Team leader- Group manager- Signalling expert- Trainer- Chief Architect- Architect- SW specialist- Senior Designer- SW Designer & Engineer- Testing engineer

Master Of Science (Msc)

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc)