Technology Executive

Head of Ecosystem Development, Network Monetization Platform

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Strategically relocated to Silicon Valley to spearhead the North American market entry for Nokia's programmable network business unit, reporting to senior leadership.

• North American GTM & Strategy: Leading the execution of strategic partnerships in North America, from C-suite engagement and technical evangelism to full solution integration.
• Portfolio Engineering: Constructing the portfolio of market-ready solutions that serve as the proven use cases for the GTM and Business Development teams to scale.
• Commercial Acceleration: Establishing direct CXO-level engagement channels with partners to rapidly validate the platform's value proposition and drive adoption.

Head of Ecosystem Development

Espoo, Finland

Promoted to lead the foundational, end-to-end execution for the new Network as Code (NaC) platform, defining the partner strategy from zero-to-one.

• Architecting the Incubation: Led the creation of the foundational global partner program and developer evangelism, while also spearheading the core technical and business solutioning that translated the NaC blueprint into a viable product.
• Driving E2E Commercialization: From identifying initial customers and leading technical demos to persuading stakeholders and signing the platform's first partners (including Kepit Systems, Immersal, and Elmo), proving the NaC business model.
• Orchestrating Global Scale: Following initial success, was strategically relocated to Nokia HQ (Aug 2024) to integrate E2E execution leadership closer to the new Business Unit.
• Business Excellence Award: Recognized for business excellence following the successful scale-out of the NMP Business Unit.
• Chief Evangelist: Acted as the primary global technical and strategic evangelist for NaC, leading C-suite workshops and keynotes at major industry forums.

Nokia Arena Innovation Program Manager

Tampere, Finland

Selected to build and lead the flagship Nokia Arena 5G innovation program, owning the strategic budget and creating a 40+ company partner ecosystem from the ground up.

• E2E Program Direction: Managed full technical solution architecture and commercial showcase strategy.
• Showcase Strategy & GTM: Transformed the Arena into Nokia's premier GTM showcase and lead-generation engine, personally leading 35+ external customer & partner engagements and showcasing solutions to over 1,000 technical and business leaders.
• Market Leadership: Directed the program's full external communications strategy, securing 5 press releases and 10+ public videos to amplify Nokia's 5G market leadership.

Productivity & Operational Excellence Lead

Tampere, Finland

• Operational Leadership: Selected to lead operational excellence for a large-scale agile organization.
• Throughput Optimization: Increased organizational throughput by 26% in 6 months by architecting a new operational framework that eliminated >90% of process complexity.
• Impact Recognition: Received the Nokia Business Excellence Award for high-impact operational improvements.

Product Owner

Tampere, Finland

• Merit-Based Advancement: Promoted immediately upon graduation (skipping Junior levels) directly due to the proven impact of my IEEE-published thesis and C++ PoC.
• Product Backlog Ownership: Held full responsibility for the team backlog, driving value delivery and ensuring strategic alignment for legacy products.

Software Developer

Tampere, Finland

• Rapid Advancement: Secured ownership of critical legacy product components within months of joining by architecting a C++ PoC that delivered 3.7x throughput.