Ari Karppinen

Experience

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  Nordberg-Lokomo Oy

  May 1993 - Dec 1998

  Production Development Engineer / Design Engineer

  Different positions: Design engineer for rock crushers (CAD design), Production development engineer in steel foundry, Design engineer for steel castings, Quality engineer in steel foundry

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  Nokia

  Jan 1998 - Apr 2014

  Manage R&D capability input and guidance for Nokia phones portfolio planning and decision making. Manage allocation of R&D capacity for product development covering also balancing and priorization of operational expenses. Work jointly with global multisite R&D and product planning teams, Steer R&D capacity and capability management practices. Report operatively to SVP of Phones Engineering and support Nokia Phones executive leadership team in product portfolio decision making. Working in Symbian SW Management team to make sure that the transition of the Symbian business is happening smoothly according to Nokia strategy and we are capable of delivering the needed SW releases with the partners and 3rd party companies we are working with.Leading definition and ramp-up of SW maintenance operation for Nokia Lumia Windows Phones. Leading the Symbian Smartphones Flex SW Planning team and activity which enables flexible resourcing of Symbian SW development Responsibility to steer and set the targets for the product planning and execution activities of Nokia Eseries 2011-2012 product programs from roadmapping to sales start to ensure their competitiveness and superior user experience with optimal timing. Responsibility to manage the SW development and delivery for the products of the device family Responsible to manage development of new convergence architecture platforms for Nseries product portfolio needs together with chipset suppliers and other partners Leading organization of appr. 140 people in Multimedia Tampere R&D Center. Accountable for implementing business group strategy locally. Responsible for R&D Center capacity and financial planning, competence development and coaching of people and allocation of people to product concepting, development and maintenance activities in R&D Center. Product program management responsibility of product development and volume production & sales start of a 3G mobile phone. Accountable for entire product business case. Product program management responsibility of product volume production, product maintenance including cost reduction and quality improvement, sales support for a Symbian smartphone Project management responsibility of design for manufacturability, prototype manufacturing, manufacturing process design & development and volume production ramp-up of a Nokia communicator and a Symbian smartphone

  • Director, R&D Capacity & Capability Management

    Oct 2013 - Apr 2014

  • Director, Symbian SW Management

    Sept 2011 - Sept 2013

  • Director, SW Planning

    Dec 2010 - Aug 2011

  • Director, Product Execution Management, Business Smartphones

    Aug 2009 - Dec 2010

  • Head of Symbian SW Timebox Program

    May 2008 - Aug 2009

  • Head of Multimedia Computers Convergence Engines

    Mar 2007 - Apr 2008

  • Head of Multimedia Tampere R&D Center

    Jul 2005 - Apr 2007

  • Product program manager

    Sept 2003 - Aug 2005

  • Product program manager, product maintenance

    Sept 2002 - Sept 2003

  • Operations project manager

    Jan 1998 - Sept 2002
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  Microsoft

  Apr 2014 - Nov 2015

  Director, R&D Capacity & Capability Management

  Manage R&D capability input and guidance for Microsoft phones portfolio planning and decision making. Manage allocation of R&D capacity for product development covering also balancing and priorization of operational expenses. Work jointly with global multisite R&D and product planning teams. Steer R&D capacity and capability management practices. Report operatively to SVP of Phones Engineering and support Microsoft Phones executive leadership team in product portfolio decision making.

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  Ari Karppinen Oy (Ltd.)

  Oct 2015 - Sept 2019

  Management Consultant, CEO

  I help my customer to improve efficiency in the product and service business. Smaller and larger challenges are made to be resolved.Specialities:- Business development- Operational development- Portfolio planning- Product management- Project management- Product and service development- Leadership

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  Steamlane

  Dec 2015 - now

  Co-founder & CEO

  Steamlane helps customers to utilize data-analytics in knowledge management, developing current products and services as well as forming new services and business models.We work with private businesses as well as with education and other public sector organizations.We are located in Tampere Finland.