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Helsinki Metropolitan Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Focusing on what really matters -- our Customers!

New York, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

We accomplish everything in life with the help of other people. But finding great new connections is hard. Needle in the haystack hard, you know.That's why we built Brella.We help people to grow their business network. Or to be precise, we help event organizers to do that.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates / Singapore

I managed and coached our Sales Team in Singapore. My goal was to maximize the teams' sales energy, focus and motivation: WHAT we do, HOW we do it and especially WHY we do this. In that respect, I provided all of my experience to develop the new team to reach their full potential.

Helsinki, Finland

It was great to be part of the Management Events Sales team. All of my colleagues were veterans or company legends. I was told: "It will be a rocky road young man, but if you manage to sell during this economical situation, you can be sure you can do anything in the future". I began with 2 buying customers in my portfolio. After 1.5 years I established 46 buying customers and the turnover of my sales summed just over 1.4 million Dollars. My customers were from a diverse array of… Show more It was great to be part of the Management Events Sales team. All of my colleagues were veterans or company legends. I was told: "It will be a rocky road young man, but if you manage to sell during this economical situation, you can be sure you can do anything in the future". I began with 2 buying customers in my portfolio. After 1.5 years I established 46 buying customers and the turnover of my sales summed just over 1.4 million Dollars. My customers were from a diverse array of backgrounds ranging from small start-ups to multinational enterprises. Almost all of them were new sales and began as cold contacts.However, Management Events was a dream job I always had another dream to do my Masters degree in the US. The reason for this is simple: I wanted to be surrounded by people who are better at story-telling than I am. So I made a big decision, applied to a masters program in SF, took a loan from the bank and eventually got accepted! This is one of the moments I call: "a big turning point of my life". Show less

My main goal was to bring people together. Management Events organizes invitation only events for TOP500 companies in Europe. My responsibilities included organizing, coordinating and facilitating four events. Ultimately I committed 580 hard to reach C-level executives with a turnover totaling just over 950,000 Euros.During my first year in the organization I was promoted to Sales Manager role.Additionally, I was elected into the Young Professionals Program, a talent and leadership… Show more My main goal was to bring people together. Management Events organizes invitation only events for TOP500 companies in Europe. My responsibilities included organizing, coordinating and facilitating four events. Ultimately I committed 580 hard to reach C-level executives with a turnover totaling just over 950,000 Euros.During my first year in the organization I was promoted to Sales Manager role.Additionally, I was elected into the Young Professionals Program, a talent and leadership program, consisting of young employees who delivered excellent results and were motivated to grow and challenge themselves. Show less

Barcelona Area, Spain

I worked as an Inside Sales Representative in the Nordic Image and Printing department at Hewlett Packard in Barcelona. I worked together with 11 different nationalities in an effort to achieve a mutual goal: seeking potential customers, creating the need and delivering a hot lead to our sales managers. My leads were quite strong, one of which delivered a bit over 5m Euros. Perhaps this was the reason I was offered a permanent position at HP in Finland. I was thrilled, but I declined… Show more I worked as an Inside Sales Representative in the Nordic Image and Printing department at Hewlett Packard in Barcelona. I worked together with 11 different nationalities in an effort to achieve a mutual goal: seeking potential customers, creating the need and delivering a hot lead to our sales managers. My leads were quite strong, one of which delivered a bit over 5m Euros. Perhaps this was the reason I was offered a permanent position at HP in Finland. I was thrilled, but I declined the offer because my gut feeling said I need to choose Management Events. It was listed as the best place to work in Finland during that time. Show less

Barcelona Area, Spain

Try to imagine selling a product like an electric toothbrush via phone or actually, let me put it this way: would you buy an electrical toothbrush if someone tried to sell it to you over the phone? I was working as a telemarketer selling different products like razors and electric toothbrushes via phone to end users. This was the first real test regarding my storytelling skill.My milestones often involved successfully remotely selling an electrical toothbrush to a Dentist via… Show more Try to imagine selling a product like an electric toothbrush via phone or actually, let me put it this way: would you buy an electrical toothbrush if someone tried to sell it to you over the phone? I was working as a telemarketer selling different products like razors and electric toothbrushes via phone to end users. This was the first real test regarding my storytelling skill.My milestones often involved successfully remotely selling an electrical toothbrush to a Dentist via telephone. My record was 16 toothbrushes sold in a day.I would recommend telemarketing to everyone in their early career stages. It really pushes you to your uncomfortable zone every single day. Given that, once the uncomfortable feeling becomes comfortable, you have truly mastered a valuable skill. If it doesn't, don't worry, you can always try something else :) Show less

Jyväskylä

During this time working for Hertz I became particularly good driver. Working at Hertz was fun because we were able to meet lot of customers and it was always interesting to try different techniques when selling the insurance. Selling the insurance was basically our only way to earn a commission. Apparently I was good at selling those insurances because I was offered a job after my summer job ended. However I had already decided that I want to learn to speak Spanish and I was applying jobs in… Show more During this time working for Hertz I became particularly good driver. Working at Hertz was fun because we were able to meet lot of customers and it was always interesting to try different techniques when selling the insurance. Selling the insurance was basically our only way to earn a commission. Apparently I was good at selling those insurances because I was offered a job after my summer job ended. However I had already decided that I want to learn to speak Spanish and I was applying jobs in Spain. Show less

Netherlands

I was actually the first Finn working for this company. My goal was to open doors to new market opportunities in Finland. I've been told I opened doors pretty well. During the dynamic 4 months of active sales, I committed 18 new customers to the company. At the end of my internship I was offered a permanent position with the company. One of my colleagues told me that I'm very strong with Emotional Intelligence. This was the first time I heard about EI and I decided to decline the job… Show more I was actually the first Finn working for this company. My goal was to open doors to new market opportunities in Finland. I've been told I opened doors pretty well. During the dynamic 4 months of active sales, I committed 18 new customers to the company. At the end of my internship I was offered a permanent position with the company. One of my colleagues told me that I'm very strong with Emotional Intelligence. This was the first time I heard about EI and I decided to decline the job offer and explore more about the meaning of EI. After my internship, I wrote my thesis about "Emotional Intelligence and Quality Service in Personal Sales", which was eventually published in a business book in Finland. Show less

Jyväskylä

During this point of my professional career, I had dreamt of one day having my own supermarket. I was fascinated about providing the best possible service to my customers. I had a vision of a working community whom actively showed the customer that they cared. I recruited all the best people from Minimani who were a perfect fit for my vision and started my trainee program at Kesko, the biggest retail chain in Finland. After one year it was still fun, but I realized that this was not the… Show more During this point of my professional career, I had dreamt of one day having my own supermarket. I was fascinated about providing the best possible service to my customers. I had a vision of a working community whom actively showed the customer that they cared. I recruited all the best people from Minimani who were a perfect fit for my vision and started my trainee program at Kesko, the biggest retail chain in Finland. After one year it was still fun, but I realized that this was not the ball game I wanted to play for the rest of my life. I quit the program, decided to continue exploring the world and moved to The Netherlands. Show less

Jyväskylä

This would be the starting point of my career.It was autumn 2001. I was about to start my one week internship in Minimani - this relatively big supermarket. My father said to me that, "son, try to do your job as good as you can, perhaps they can offer you a place to pack customers Christmas presents". I tried as hard as I could imagine and in fact, after that one week as a trainee they offered to me a permanent contract in the company with a salary of 32 Finnish marks. Amazing! Of all… Show more This would be the starting point of my career.It was autumn 2001. I was about to start my one week internship in Minimani - this relatively big supermarket. My father said to me that, "son, try to do your job as good as you can, perhaps they can offer you a place to pack customers Christmas presents". I tried as hard as I could imagine and in fact, after that one week as a trainee they offered to me a permanent contract in the company with a salary of 32 Finnish marks. Amazing! Of all possible candidates in the world they decided to choose me, 15 years old kid. Since then I have been following my father's advice whatever I do.At age of 15, my diligence was rewarded with responsibility of taking care of commissions. I was ordered to replace the Head of the Department lady on her summer vacation. Later during my career, I was appointed as the head of frozen goods and meat. In addition, every New Year I was responsible to organize and manage the firework sales - my first real face to face customers. Come and ask about my sales dialogues, I was truly on fire.After selling my last package of fireworks - I moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina. I was lucky to be accepted to an exchange program. I call that moment: "a first big turning point of my life". Show less

Master'S Degree, International Business

Bachelor Of Business, Marketing & Sales

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Subject: Emotional intelligence & quality service in personal sales

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