Experience

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  Finnish air force reserve

  Jan 1989 - now

  Reserve flying officer

  MANDATORY SERVICE; Karelian Air Command, Fighter Squadron 31, Flight Line Mechanic on MiG-21BIS, 11.10.1989 - 5.9.1990RESERVE SERVICE: Satakunta Air Command, Reserve Flying Officer.OTHER RESERVE DUTY; 1998 - 2010 team coordinator, PR, commentator and photographer for Finnish Air Force Display Team Midnight Hawks

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  Finnair

  May 1989 - Oct 1989

  Ramp worker

  It was time of DC-9, MD-80, B737, Tu-154 etc and all cargo, luggages etc were loaded to aircraft by manpower, manually. Good physical work!

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  City of vantaa

  Sept 1990 - May 1991

  Teacher

  Had a 6th grade class to take care (12 years old kids)

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  Helsinki-vantaa airport

  Mar 1991 - Sept 1991

  Terminal officer

  Managing and handling business jet aircraft and customers at Helsinki Vantaa International Airport Business Flight Center, also handled CSCE-Helsinki summit visitors at the airport in July 1992.Helsinki Summit info9 July 1992 (All day - Main Conference day)At the second Helsinki Summit, the Heads of State or Government declared the CSCE to be a regional arrangement in the sense of Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter.They recognized the CSCE Helsinki Summit Document 1992: The Challenges of Change and made official the creation of the institutions of the High Commissioner on National Minorities, the Forum for Security Co-operation and the Economic Forum.During the Summit, a statement was issued on the withdrawal of foreign troops from the Baltic States and - in response to the Yugoslav crisis - participating States confirmed the suspension of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from the CSCE. Show less

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  Mackenzie’s house repair, sc, usa

  Apr 1992 - Oct 1992

  House renovation worker

  House repair and renovation worker performing all kind of repairing work like painting, wood work etc.

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  S & s aircraft service inc, fl, usa

  Oct 1992 - Jun 1993

  Commercial pilot, flight instructor

  Pilot for company’s aircraft in taxi operations, flight instructing and working as assistant manager for Placid Lakes, FL, base.

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  Concordium ltd

  Jul 1993 - Jul 1997

  Commercial pilot

  Company’s Cessna C-185 floatplane pilot in Lapland’s wilderness, summer time only, as it is impossible to fly floatplanes in winter due ice and snow

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  Air vertical ltd

  Jun 1996 - Sept 1996

  Commercial pilot

  Pilot for air to ground photography missions all around Finland, also part time 1997.

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  Finland's airport festival / oulu international airshow

  Jul 1996 - Jul 1997

  Project coordinator (manager)

  Oulu International Airshow is still the biggest ever organised airshow in Finland. Over 200 aircraft and 40 000 people.My main task was aircraft participation management and aviation media, and also performed many other tasks.

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  Filtronic lk oy (ltd)

  Nov 1997 - Feb 2002

  Project / product manager

  I started to work as Project Manager in R&D when I joined the company. At the time it was owned by Nokia and was the main supplier for helical filters for mobile phones like Nokia 2110. Nokia sold 1998 LK-Products to Filtronic plc. Due my business background, I got later additional responsibility of Wireless Local Loop (WLL) market. I was in charge also of these R&D projects. As product manager for WLL I travelled the world visiting customers and trade expos. Later I transferred within the company to mobile phone antenna business unit. FLK had secured deal to supply antennas for Nokia 3310 phone family, which later became the most sold mobile phone in the world. I had full responsibility of the program, which included also acquisition of production lines. This time FLK was setting up a factory to Suzhou China and I was involved in that project too. Nokia 3310 was one of the first products to be manufactured in our new China factory, and we needed to set up whole supplier network there. Show less

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  Midnight hawks, finnish air force display team

  Jun 1999 - Aug 2011

  Coordinator, commentator, photographer, public affairs

  Team coordinator, photographer, commentator and other support to keep Finnish Air Force Display Team Midnight Hawks displaying around Finland and Europe

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  Lapland air taxi ltd

  Aug 1999 - Sept 1999

  Commercial pilot

  I flew Maule floatplane in Lapland’s wilderness

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  Night sky ltd

  Jun 2000 - Jan 2019

  Owner

  Night Sky was aviation consulting company specializing in airshow management, aviation consulting (military and civil), aviation photography, aviation journalism, flight instructing and other aviation related issues.Night Sky operations were merged to Aviator Media Ltd in January 2019.

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  Pohto - the institute for management and technological training

  Jan 2002 - Jun 2017

  Development manager

  POHTO (www.pohto.fi) is privately owned Institute of Management and Technology located at Oulu (main offce) and Tampere. Its owners were well know companies like Nokia, Stora Enso, Outokumpu, Kemira to name few. I was part of POHTO*s leadership and management team and worked continuously with several companies around Finland and also in Europe. Mostly I worked on management/leadership and project management development, but was involved on wide variety of tasks and challenges. Typically I first visited my customer companies, then analyze their current business situation and needs and based on those create development programs to their business/employees/management to achieve common targets, both hard and soft ones. These programs could be two days long effective support or several years long development programs. At POHTO I worked basically as independent entrepreneur with own targets and strategies, naturally in line with POHTO’s ones. As I planned and designed development programs myself, I have excellent teaching skills (both Finnish / English) and personally like teaching and coaching people. Show less

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  Tampere international airshow 2010

  Dec 2009 - Aug 2010

  Airshow and flight display director (fdd)

  The main airshow event 2010 in Finland with some 36000 people and several military (Finnish AF, Finnish Army Aviation, Finnish Border Guard, Luftwaffe, USAF, RNLAF) and civil aircraft.I had full management responsibility of all airshow related issues. I worked very closely with Finnish AF, Finnish Army Aviation, Border Guard, Turku Airport Authority and Finnish Civil Aviation Administration.

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  Turku international airshow 2011

  Dec 2010 - Jul 2011

  Airshow and flying display director (fdd)

  Turku Airshow 18.-19.6.2011 was the annual main airshow of Finland, starring USAF Thunderbirds in addition of Finnish AF Midnight Hawks, F-18, Finnish Army NH90, Border Guard helicopters, RNLAF F-16, USAF A-10 and many other civilian performers.As Airshow Director I had full management responsibility of all airshow related issues and was also in charge of USAF Thunderbirds display team visit ( 8 x F-16 Fighters, 2 x C-17 cargo aircraft and some 100 military people - http://thunderbirds.airforce.com/) in addition of airshow director duties. I worked very closely with US Embassy, Finnish AF, Finnish Army Aviation, Border Guard, Turku Airport Authority and Finnish Civil Aviation Administration.Show was success even weather was not the best one. Saturday over 20 000 people, Sunday little less due weather. Show less

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  Aviator media ltd

  Nov 2012 - Dec 2014

  Managing director

  Aviator magazine was the first digital only Finnish aviation magazine in Finland. It was published by Aviator Media Ltd. Free numbers are available from http://www.lehtiluukku.fi/pub?id=24700

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  Lappeenranta international airshow 2013

  Dec 2012 - Jun 2013

  Airshow and flying display director (fdd)

  Lappeenranta Airshow was the annual main airshow of Finland, starring Finnish AF Midnight Hawks, F-18, Finnish Army NH90, Border Guard helicopters, SwedAF Gripen and many other performers.As Airshow Director I had full management responsibility of all airshow related issues, I worked very closely with Finnish AF, Finnish Army Aviation, Border Guard, Lappeenranta Airport Authority and Finnish Civil Aviation Administration.Show was success and everyone was happy with the result. www.lias2013.fi Show less

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  Oulu international airshow 2014

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2014

  Airshow and flying display director (fdd)

  The annual main airshow of Finland 2014.As Airshow and Display Director I had full responsibility of planning, arranging and managing challenging flight operations with my team of some 20 people. I also worked very closely with Event Director and his team to organize the whole airshow event. Before and during the event I also worked closely with Finavia - Finnish Airport Authority, TraFi - Civil Aviation Authority, Finnish AF, several foreign air forces and air arms, aircraft manufacturers, local authorities and several different companies. Main stars were Frecce Tricolori, Finnish Hurricane, Midnight Hawks to name few. In total over 70 aircraft and 18 000 people.www.tourdesky.fi Show less

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  Turku international airshow 2015

  Jan 2015 - Jun 2015

  Airshow and flying display director (fdd)

  The annual main airshow of Finland 2015.As Airshow and Display Director I had full responsibility of planning, arranging and managing challenging flight operations with my team of some 20 people. I also worked very closely with Event Director and his team to organize the whole airshow event. Before and during the event I also worked closely with Finavia - Finnish Airport Authority, TraFi - Civil Aviation Authority, Finnish AF, several foreign air forces and air arms, aircraft manufacturers, local authorities and several different companies. Turku Airshow was very successful event and it reached it targets.Worked closely with HX-program parcticipants (Finnish AF Hornet replacement program) Saab. Boeing, BAe Systems, Dassault and Boeing. Show less

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  Tour de sky - kuopio international airshow 2016

  Sept 2015 - Jun 2016

  Airshow and flying display director (fdd)

  The annual main airshow of Finland 2016 at Kuopio-Rissala airport June 18-19, 2016. www.tourdesky.fiAs Airshow and Display Director I had full responsibility of planning, arranging and managing challenging flight operations with my team of some 20 people. Weather conditions were very challenging but still we managed to run the whole flight display program, which required very good and on time managing and strong co-operation from my team.I also worked very closely with Event Director and his team to organize the whole airshow event. Before and during the event I also worked closely with Finavia - Finnish Airport Authority, TraFi - Civil Aviation Authority, Finnish AF, several foreign air forces and air arms, aircraft manufacturers, local authorities and several different companies.Worked closely with HX-program parcticipants (Finnish AF Hornet replacement program) Saab. Boeing, BAe Systems, Dassault and Boeing.www.tourdesky.fi Show less

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  Aeropact

  May 2016 - May 2016

  Airshow supervisor and adviser

  It was great privilege to support and work for Poznan airshow organized by Aeropact. It was pleasure to work with great team to make excellent airshow. My duties included flight operations and display management, but worked also with management team as Advisor.http://www.aerofestival.pl/pl/

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  Finland centenary airshow and seinäjoki int'​ airshow

  Aug 2016 - Jun 2017

  Airshow and flying display director (fdd)

  Finland Centenary Airshow at Kaivopuisto park seafront June 9, 2017. The annual main airshow of Finland 2017, Seinäjoki Int' Airshow June 10-11, 2017http://ilmailumuseo.fi/en/suomi100-finland-flies/https://airshow2017.fi/As Airshow and Display Director I had full responsibility of planning, arranging and managing challenging flight operations with my team of some 20 people. Planning and running an airshow is major program which requires strong project management, operations, leadership and aviation skills. Airshow is a project with hard dead-len, which can not move.Running an airshow right next to Helsinki City Center was challenging task, but it is Finland's Centenary year, so we did our best to give great aviation experience to all. Right after Friday evening Centenary Airshow almost all aircraft flew to Seinäjoki where we had other airshow next day,Worked closely with HX-program parcticipants (Finnish AF Hornet replacement program) Saab. Boeing, BAe Systems, Dassault and Boeing.Running and managing both Finland Centenary Airshow in Helsinki and the annual main airshow of Finland at Seinäjoki airport on same weekend was very demanding challenge. My team was really looking forward to this challenge and we run two great airshows on this weekend!We had over 130 000 people in Kaivopuisto park in Helsinki, thousands of boats and if we count near by islands, areas etc we reach easily over 200 000 spectators. In Greater Helsinki region leaves 1,25 million people (in Finland total 5.2 million), so well over 10% of local population came to see our Centenary Airshow. In addition three big media houses live streamed the whole display program (Friday evening from 16-21) and they had each some 200 000 watchers. So over 10% of whole Finland were watching Finland Centenary airshow!Seinäjoki airshow was also great success with great displays and big crowd. Show less

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  Aeropact

  Feb 2017 - Aug 2019

  LOTOS Aerobaltic Airshow 16.-18.8.2019. Biggest aviation event in Poland 2019, starring e.g. Saudi Hawks.Two day show at Gdynia Naval Airbase and two days evening show at Gdynia citu centre beach.Planning and running an airshow is major program which requires strong project management, operations, leadership and aviation skills. Airshow is a project with hard dead-len, which can not move. Aerobaltic 2018 airshow. Great show at airport and two evening airshows at Gdynia beach August 17.-19. 2019 Aerobaltic Evening and Night Airshow, Great success, 200 000 people, August 18-19, 2019

  • Flying Display Director (FDD)

    Sept 2018 - Aug 2019

  • Flying Display Director (FDD)

    Sept 2017 - Aug 2018

  • Flying Display Director (FDD)

    Feb 2017 - Aug 2017
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  Eurasia airshow

  Jun 2017 - Apr 2018

  Flying display director (fdd)

  Eurasia Airshow took place in Antalya on April 25-29, 2018, bringing together the decision-makers of the global aerospace industry!Eurasia Airshow was the first international civil organized airshow n Turkey and we created civilian airshow rules and regulations for this airshow which are in line with EASA rules.Eurasia Airshow had a wide exhibitor profile with civilian, commercial, and military aviation companies suppliers and foreign exhibitors make up nearly 70 percent of the participants.Antalya International Airport offered a total area of 300,000 square meters, of which 50,000 square meters will be designated as indoor space. There was also 65 business chalets and static/display exhibition area for more than 100 aircraft. The Eurasia Airshow attracted over 100,000 professional and public visitors from over 100 countries with more than 500 international exhibitors and 150 military and civilian delegations.The Airshow was held at Antalya International Airport, one of Turkey's top three busiest airports. The area and its sufficient infrastructure ensured a top-level exhibition of flight capabilities. Antalya was selected because it meets all the criteria for such an international aviation event: technical and operational infrastructure, military aircraft technical requirements, ground handling services, entertainment and shopping facilities, accommodation capacity, accessibility, and favorable weather conditions. Antalya had also stood out by its successful hosting of the 2015 G20 summit. Antalya's status as one of Turkey's and the world's top tourist destinations will help generate great interest in the exhibition.Participating aircraft included; A350-1000, B777F, B737-800, AN-70, AN-124, AN-178, SSJ100, ATAK, Turkish Stars, UH-60, CL-215, Ka-32, C-27J, AW139, AB412, SH-60, Mi-17, KT-1, S-76, CN-235, Saab 340, A319CJ, RAF Voyager, Czech Gripen, Polish MiG-29, Artur Kielak and several other great performers.https://www.eurasiaairshow.com/en_US/ Show less

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  Finnair

  Jun 2017 - Feb 2021

  Finnair Technical Operations (FTO) Project Management Office delivers a/c to new owners, takes a/c in, has responsibility of large modifications projects to our a/c, develops project management and does the best to support Finnair to meet the growing, diverse needs of Finnish and international customers. This is possible only if operations are competitive and profitable in the long term.Here are examples of major programs I managed. Finnair A32S family aircraft Mid-Life-Upgrade, including Wi-Fi installation and Cabin mods: https://youtu.be/xijndvg7wigNarrow-body fleet renewal program to be initiated within the strategy period. Major 3.5 -4.0 billion euro program to renew our narrow body fleet. I was in charge of operational evaluation and specification.Finnair wide-body fleet cabin renewal program. All Finnair wide body aircraft got e.g. completely new business and economy extra, taylor made seats and interior etc. Major renewal program end even it was COVID19 time we managed to run the program.https://company.finnair.com/en/media/all-releases/news?id=3109733https://company.finnair.com/en/media/all-releases/news?id=2998276 Show less

  • Project/Program Manager / Project Management Office (FTO)

    Jan 2021 - Feb 2021

  • Project/Program Manager / Project Office (FTO)

    Sept 2019 - Dec 2020

  • Project Manager / Fleet Management Projects

    Jun 2017 - Sept 2019
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  Nato tiger meet airshow / poznan airshow 2018

  Aug 2017 - May 2018

  Flying display director (fdd)

  Poznan Airshow 2018 was also NATO Tiger Meet Airshow.All Tiger Aircraft participated in static display and Tiger Squadron solo displays flew in flight program. On Static 3 x F-16, 3 x Typhoon, Hornet, Saab 105, Tornado, 2 x Gripen, Merlin, Puma, AB212, Gazelle, Mi-24, E-3, in flight display F-16, Rafale x 2, Typhoon, Mi-24, Gripen, Saab 105, MiG-29. In addition nice collection of warbirds and other aircraft like Spitfire, Yak-3, Boomerang, MiG-15UTI, TS-11 Iskra and An-2.http://www.poznanairshow.pl/en/ Show less

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  Turku airshow 2019

  Apr 2018 - Jun 2019

  Airshow and flying display director

  The annual main airshow of Finland 2019 also 100th Anniversary airshow of Finnish Aeronatical Association June 15-16, 2019.Planning and running an airshow is major program which requires strong project management, operations, leadership and aviation skills. Airshow is a project with hard dead-len, which can not move.Turku airshow was very successful and we had great selection of participants; Finnair A350, HX candidates; Saab Gripen, BAE Typhoon, Dassault Rafale and LM F-35A, Finnish AF, Polish AF, Acrobatic teams, helicopters, Me 109 to name few. Show less

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  Aviator media oy (ltd)

  Jan 2019 - now

  Company owner

  Aviator Media is aviation consulting company specializing in airshow management, aviation consulting (military and civil), aviation photography, aviation journalism, flight instructing, aviation publishing and other aviation subjects and fields of expertise.Night Sky Aviation Consulting operations/business were merged to Aviator Media Ltd in January 2019. www.aviatormedia.fi

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  Aviation museum society finland

  Feb 2020 - Aug 2020

  Flying display director

  Vesivehmaa drive-in-airshow August 15, 2020 was the first ever drive-in-airshow in Finland. Thanks to COVID19, we had to do something new to be able to meet all social distancing etc rules. Drive-in-airshow was great concept. It was free event and some 40 volunteers worked hard to make airshow a success. We did good job and over 1000 cars, lots of motorbikes, walkers etc turned up and followed the airshow.

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  Kaivopuisto airshow 2021

  Aug 2020 - Aug 2021

  Flying display director (fdd)

  The Kaivopuisto Airshow 2021, the main airshow of Finland August 6, 2021.Great success thousands and thousands of people, great weather, and great success. Well over 100 k saw the airshow.The show featured both civil aviation classics and today’s equipment. In addition to Friday, the ground exhibition was open on Saturday 7th August.The event was free and open to everyone.

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  Aeropact

  Aug 2020 - Sept 2021

  Flying display director (fdd)

  Aerobaltic Airshow Aug 21-22. 2021. The biggest Airshow in Poland. Several international participants like Red Arrows, Midnight Hawks, Gripens, Soloturk

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  Saab

  Mar 2021 - now

  Manager
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  Pori airshow 2022

  Sept 2021 - Jun 2022

  Flying display director (fdd)
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  The royal international air tattoo

  Jan 2022 - Jul 2023

  RIAT 2023 July 14-16 RIAT22

  • Deputy Flying Display Director

    Jul 2022 - Jul 2023

  • Deputy Flying Display Director

    Jan 2022 - Jul 2022
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  Turku airshow

  Jun 2022 - Sept 2023

  Flying display director

  The annual main airshow of Finland 2023 at Turku airport 17.-18.6.2023www.airshowturku.fi