PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Name: Jarkko Antero Tiainen
Current Location: Helsinki, Finland
Phone number: +358 (0)50 3323197
E-mail: jarkko.tiainen@live.com
Studies: M. Sc. Product Development, Aalto University (major)
Corporate Finance, Helsinki School of Economics (minor)
PERSONAL INTERESTS
Sales, Solution development, business development, interdisciplinary projects and entrepreneurship
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Finnish (native), English (fluent), Swedish & Norwegian (good)
EDUCATION:
06/2012 Master’s degree, M. Sc. Product development
06/2012 Masters Thesis, Competence management as a part of research and development process.
06/2010 Bachelors degree, major Product development, minor Corporate Finance (Helsinki School of Economics)
12/2009 Candidates Thesis, Production of User manual in product development process
09/2007-06/2012 Helsinki University of Technology (Aalto University)
11/2006-3/2007 Reserve’s Officer School (RUK),
2004-2005 South West High School, Minneapolis Minnesota USA, exchange student
2003-2006 High School, Olarin matemaattis-luonnontiede painotteinen lukio
WORKING EXPERIENCE:
09/2017- ABB Marine & Ports, Sales Manager, Digital Services. Responsible for Digital Service sales on passenger and ice segment. Digital Services contain products and services such as: Marine Advisory Systems, Remote Diagnostic Systems, Automation System, Propulsion Remote Control System, Advanced Analytics, Cyber Security and Service Agreements for previously mentioned products.
02/2016-05/2017 Ramirent Norway, Key Account Manager for Oil&Gas. Building product and service portfolio for Oil & Gas market and having KAM role for largest Oil&Gas customers throughout Norway. Sales responsibility for Oil&Gas, Industry and Wind farm projects in Western Norway.
09/2013-12/2015 Wärtsilä Ship Power, Electrical & Automation, Sales Engineer for Wärtsilä 3C. Main responsibilities are generating customer specific solutions, specifications and quotations according to needs of sales. Perform technical assistance to sales and customers. Develop and maintain the sales tools.
06/2012- 08/2013 Wärtsilä Ship Power Solutions RnD, development engineer for a new system development project, Wärtsilä 3C. Main responsibility on developing the sales tools and processes for 3C product.
10/2011-06/2012 Wärtsilä Ship Power Technology, Master’s Thesis writer: Competence Management as a part of research and development process.
05/2010-09/2011 Wärtsilä Ship Power Technology, worked as a system development trainee in a new system development project. Personal responsibility was to develop and ramp up quotation management for new product.
05/2009-08/2009 Outotec Minerals Oy, worked in a team with industrial designer to produce a concept for assembly manual. I also tested software for more lean assembly manual production.
05/2008-08/2008 Metso Automation, assembled and tested special valves and reported the results. I also educated assembly for Swedish part time workers and managed the production in the special valve cell during summer months.
02/2008-05/2008 Sport Force OY, Top-Sport Lippulaiva, customer service and cashier work
2005- Substitute teacher in Kaitaa high school
2005-2006 Welldone, bartender
06/2005-08/2005 Hortensis Oy, landscaping
06/2003-08/2003 Metso Automation, ball valve assembly
2001-2005 Church of Espoonlahti
ADD. EXPERIENCE
02/2012-06/2013 CEO, WishBros. Inc. development, production, marketing and retail of life easing gadgets.
04/2011-06/2013 Co-founder of Wishbhone™, product and production design, business model design, IPR and patenting, early stage funding
08/2010-05/2011 Product development Project for Nokia Gears, project manager for interdisciplinary product development project.
02/2010-05/2010 Winner of Nokia Booklet bundling-case in marketing course
POSITIONS OF TRUST:
05/2010-05/2014 Member of board, Asunto-osakeyhtiö Ahdinhovi
11/2006-3/2007 Member of board, RUK 207 finance manager
2004-2010 Member of board, Olarin Eräkotkat boy scouts
Jarkko Tiainen. 