etusivu - Tricolore

TRICOLORE

ABOUT ME

Experienced leader with a demonstrated history of managing growth, new business build-up, new business model creation, sales and B2B marketing and working in the M&A projects and start-up industry. Skilled in Board roles, Leadership, Coaching, Sales, Marketing, Service Design, ICT-market segment, software development, Data Center, Management, and Business Development and Innovation. Strong strategy and business development professional who knows how to implement and organize the plan. In my view M&A is important tool in developing business and organizing for growth.

Strong exprerience on general management based on full P&L responsibility and as CEO managing business lines and staff functions. Demonstrated strong experience in international sales and marketing management in ICT B2B segment in IBM, Cisco and EMC. While working in IBM I went through IMD MBA courses and while in Cisco the Insead MBA courses.

I typically work for 1-2 companies at a time to help them to create and execute their strategy and plans.

EXPERIENCE

I have worked over 30 years in IT, software and networking industries both in large corporations and in start-ups in various roles, mainly as CEO, GM, EVP and Director. Recent years have focused in growth projects as management consultant starting up new business areas and acquisitions mainly in information technology industry. These projects include strategy creation and update processes, implementation plans, acquisitions (from search, DD to closing), new service business management, branding and marketing plans and execution, sponsoring, communications, recruiting and other general management functions (but not other support functions like finance and legal).

My M&A experience started at Cisco in late 1990s where we focused mainly on technology and software companies and later I worked in first wave of IT venture capital industry as advisor, co-investor and board member with prominent VC investors in Finland. The start-up industry and it’s challenges became very familiar both from investor and entrepreneur perspective. Focus on recent years has been on IT service and software companies and have closed 1-2 deals per year.