Nokia

Responsible for internal and B2B identity and access management, threat analysis, Nokia product PKI, privileged access management, authentication incl. single sign on and directory services  in NSN / Nokia.  Significant involvement/contribution to several IT contracts.  Line Management for ~30 people.
 
TRANSFORMATION
Transformed home grown Identity Management in Nokia Networks to a commercial platform for improved cloud provisioning, maintainability and cost/process efficiency.  Zero Trust, on-prem to cloud migration + native cloud and privileged access management projects. 

LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION
• Nokia Networks with Siemens Networks -> Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)
• NSN with Motorola Networks -> NSN
• Rebranding of NSN to Nokia
• Nokia Technologies with rest of Nokia -> Nokia
• Nokia with Alcatel Shanghai Bell -> Nokia and Nokia Shanghai Bell
• Nokia with Alcatel-Lucent -> Nokia

OUTSORCING / INSOURCING / CONTRACTING  
•  Major contribution to several IT contracts and related outsourcing / insourcing

COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT (recent)
• Google Cloud: Certified Professional Cloud Architect, April 2021, renewed in Jan 2023
• Google Cloud: Certified Professional Data Engineer, Oct 2023
• Leadership Launchpad management training
• Refresh of hands-on skills: 37 study weeks in Helsinki University and several courses in Udemy on cloud relevant programming during  2019-2022.
• Cybersecurity training: Managing Risk in the Information Age, 2018, Harvard

Head of Security and Identity Services

Responsible for IT infrastructure strategy, roadmap, finances, processes, risks, SOX, general people topics, operative supplier management, communications, unit governance, demand and portfolio management. Line management up to 20+ internal persons (for a short period of time for 200+ people)
  
Achievements:  
• Key contributor in Nokia-Siemens Networks day 1 and IT infrastructure integration
• Responsible for driving radical cost saving actions 
• Acting Head of IT Infrastructure & Common Platforms for 4 months.  230 persons in the unit.

Head of Operations Development / Business Liaison Management, IT Infrastructure

Responsibilities covered non business process specific applications like portals, content / document management, identity and access management, workstation services, client security services, common database / computing platforms, performance engineering, remote access solutions to operator networks from intranet and global program management. Line Management of 10 - 50+ people depending on the position.

Achievements:  
• Responsible for the "Terminal services" in the Nokia IT outsourcing contract with IBM
• Creating shared platforms for computing and database assets
• Global Program lead for Nokia Office Environment 2000 (NOE2000) with a mission to create / deploy Windows2000 based unified office infrastructure for Nokia worldwide with 100 people

Job titles
Head of Management solutions
Director & Head of Business Information Solutions
Platform Portfolio Manager, Technical Infrastructure
Head / Senior Manager of Computing Platforms
Service Manager
Global Program Manager

Various Positions

Responsibilities 
Creation of a global groupware and intranet platform and standard applications for Nokia’s internal use. Support of selected business applications, e.g. NET’s financial accounting in Finland. Planning, design and implementation of internal applications for finance / major customer accounts. Team lead. Loca IT infra at Espoo.  Mostly technical work: planning, and hands-on.

Wärtsilä

SW developer, Planning, design and implementation of  tailor made IT applications. Includes work at Wärtsilä Arabia and TMT-Tietoyhtiöt which was partially owned by Wärtsilä at the time.

Software Developer

I am a hands-on IT leader/manager with over 30 years of experience in building IT organizations with a positive spirit.  Experienced in IT management and technical tasks as well as in IT contracts / outsourcing / insourcing with international teams.  Certified Professional Cloud Architect and Data Engineer in Google Cloud. 

RECENT KEY PROJECTS

Zero Trust 
On-prem to cloud migration & native cloud
Privileged access management

OTHER KEY ACHIEVEMENTS since 2011

Integration / transformation from Identity and  Access Management (IAM) perspective:
• Nokia Networks with Siemens Networks -> Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)
• NSN with Motorola Networks ->  NSN
• Rebranding of NSN to Nokia
• Nokia Technologies with rest of Nokia -> Nokia
• Nokia with Alcatel Shanghai Bell -> Nokia and Nokia Shanghai Bell
• Nokia with Alcatel-Lucent  -> Nokia

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