"Tero is a practical, collaborative leader who has been designing major transformation journeys and leading his team members through many changes, such as operating mode renewal, digital business introduction, M&A and outsourcing."
Strategy, operating model and enterprise architecture creation for digital intensive business, services and processes
Ecosystem and supplier selection, competitive bidding, agreement negotiations, onboarding & outsourcing across multiple organisations
Roadmapping, target setting and action planning
Business case and portfolio management
Program Management combining operating mode and technology changes with people change leadership
Improving sales, product management and supply chain with ICT
ICT transformations e.g. ICT restructuring, M&A, Outsourcing
Process Improvement based on Lean and data driven practices
Information security, quality, and CSR management systems
Analytical – easy to see the big picture, but also details
Ability to lead small and large projects and programs, hands on, systematically and with proven results
Leading teams through challenging change situations, in multicultural and virtual set-ups
Working with various stakeholder groups, e.g. experts, steering groups, leadership teams and C-level decision makers
Enterprise level strategy formulation combined with operating model and enterprise architecture creation
Domain specific operating model, solution architecture, supplier selection and program management in areas of Sales, Product Lifecycle Management, ERP, MES and digital business
ICT ecosystem management
8 years as CIO in international public and growth companies
16 years in VP/Director level ICT positions in global, internet focused business and ICT environments
Global line and program management with virtual, distributed teams
Tens of M&A, outsourcing and restructuring implementations
Unique combination of practical change leadership with deep ICT technology, customer experience and operating model knowhow
Master of Science (ICT), University of Turku, Finland
Doctoral studies, School of Economics, Turku, Finland
“Mini MBA”, diploma in the Aalto EE
Strategic insight & exploration, Helsinki University of Technology
Certified Board Member, Chamber of Commerce, Finland.
Industry certifications in process development, project management, agile development, ICT service management and change management.