“Timo is a seasoned project and program director with a business transformation and results focused perspective, built on experience in strategic advisory, solution delivery and outsourcing”
Special skills
IT Service Management operating model (AD, AM, EUS)
IT strategy, including development of target operating models, implementation roadmaps and business cases
Vendor evaluation, selection and management
Organizational change management and enablement
Program portfolio management
Program management office establishment and operations•Project management and agile methodologies (CMM-I, PMBOK, SAFe)
Outsourcing, including balanced use of onsite and offshore team
Strengths
Combining IT project deliveries with business case realization and organizational change perspectives
Leadership in multi-cultural, multi-location, multi-vendor, multi-client and virtual set ups and working in senior executive steering bodies.
Broad functional knowledge including banking, insurance, capital markets, manufacturing and public administration
Broad technical knowledge including custom and package software, SaaS and cloud.
Relevant experience
25+ years of experience in driving complex business and IT transformation programs and projects in global scale
Interim C-level IT leadership roles (CIO, Chief Transformation Officer) in Nordic mid-sized companies
Line organization and team leadership: Commercial and contractual management of an outsourced IT project delivery unit, Department COO of global technology delivery organization
Management advisor for CIOs on e.g. IT strategy, digitalization, project portfolio management, application portfolio optimization, and IT vendor selection
Education
MSc (Eng), Helsinki University of Technology 1993 (Major: Software Engineering)
MSc (Econ), Helsinki School of Economics 1997 (Major: International Business, part of studies completed in Hofstra University MBA Program).
