BIO / Curriculum Vitae.
Long experience in media, marketing communication and wireless industries with several management, executive consultancy and development positions within marketing communication, media, broadcasting, mobile industries, digital communication and academic world.
I have been in charge for various projects internationally, sharing several advisory roles in companies in Europe, Asia, Far-East and USA. Since early 1990s, worked with companies and brands like Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Siemens, Vodafone, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, BMW, MINI, Shell, Vivendi Universal, RTL Group, ABC, Disney, NBC, ALLER, Unilever, SPG, Taylor Nelson Sofres, TeliaSonera, PacBell/Cingular, AT&T Wireless, advertising agencies like WPP Group and J.Walter Thompson, European Commission and several governmental officies around the world.
Currently I enjoy several advisory executive consulting roles in media, marketing, trade and investments business in Europe, Middle East and United States. Just recently I made a real return into the Finnish marketing communication business, too. But only in terms of food & drink; see below for more info of Tatti & Tatti's.
In the fall 2002, I was listed one of the "150 Most Networked Future Business Leaders in Finland". Even that was sure flattering - and pretty funny, frankly - since then I have mostly worked outside the Scandinavian region with various strategy and executive consulting projects in marketing communication and telecommunication industries. And further developing my international network - that's what I do believe as the most valuable skill in this modern world!
I traveled through business college and School of Economics, learned from various tasks in banking, finance, marketing and as entrepreneur. I saw the birth of dot.com and internet media in late 1990s, I have been within teams to enjoy and suffer of acquisitions then, I ran teams developing revolutionary mobile applications since 1999 - that's the history in brief. Right now, as we speak, I am involved with several projects in digital media and multichannel marketing communications, new business ventures and much more.
To put it short, I do work and breath the convergence of all media channels and consumer behaviour. And continuously looking for that Big Thing in that business framework. And work with interesting things and join clever people only around the world.
Finnish citizen, born in Helsinki, happily married for 22 years, proud father of three sons (1990, 1991, 1993). Really feeling the whole world as my hometown - okay, maybe with a pretty strong Californian flavor wherever we live on this beautiful globe.
Every day, every week, I do share my time between interesting strategy and business developments projects in media, marketing communication, technology and hospitality, always keen to see how an idea might become as a real entity and corporation. For more information on the companies I founded, co-founded, have some investments or share some other key decision making role please link my Linkedin Profile or click for a longer version of this page.
During the last 15 years I have provided over 200 due dilligence documents, strategy analysis and executive management strategies in Scandinavia, Europe, Middle-East and United Stated. Due to confidentiality of those projects, please contact me directly for more any references and additional details.
Complete branding strategies and executive consulting work on marketing communications, advertising, broadcasting, brand building and retail for hospitality, food & beverage, various distribution and logistic industries, financials and car business in Europe, Middle-East and USA. Also plenty of executive level strategy work for telecommunication business worldwide. Companies include wireless network carriers, mobile phone manufacturers and content providers. I have worked with several strategy reports and due dilligence documents for media business in Europe and USA. Clients include magazine publishers, newspaper publisher, broadcasters and new media publishers.