Karri Laiho's Linkedin Analytics

Summary: Senior IT Director with over 20 years of broad international experience and cultural awareness in truly global corporations. Demanding people and project management positions in global IT and business unit functions. Track record of successfully achieving fast results via IT innovation portfolio and processes transformations in a multi-billion EUR business. Specialities: Global IT portfolio mgmt. and delivery in a multi-sourcing on/offshore setting. Operational IT excellence (ITIL, SIAM). International project management with end-to-end delivery accountability. Application Life-cycle Management. Operational transformation driven by process re-engineering and digitisation. Stakeholder and people management in a multicultural organisation. Style: To be easily available for my team and key stakeholders at all times. Mentor the experienced, manage the novices. Avoid black and white mentality, be flexible, adjusting to the situation. Listen first, talk after and decide based on facts. Trust your team, lead by example. Be the calm eye of the storm, with a clear plan forward. In the end success is all about the people, personal relationships and your team’s willingness to stretch and give their best, for you.