Eija Virtanen

Eija Virtanen

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Project Manager | Change and Portfolio management | Process development

  • Education

    • Helsinki Business Polytechnic (Finnish: Helsingin liiketalouden ammattikorkeakoulu)

      1996 - 1999
      Bachelor's Degree Information Technology Bachelor of Business Administration (Finnish: Tradenomi)
    • ATK-Instituutti

      1991 - 1994
      Bachelor's Degree Information Technology Datanomi
    • Wakaru

      2016 - 2016
      IT Service & Project Management
    • HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences

      2008 - 2011
      Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Information Technology Master of Business Administration (Finnish: Tradenomi (ylempi AMK))

      I focused my studing to IT management, own leadership skills development and how to do the action research. The average of grades was 4,3/5.I made the Master's thesis to Arek. The title of thesis was ‘Global acquisition of specialist services for the service development in the earning-based pensions sector, Case: Arek’Rating was 5/5.http://publications.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/33699/Virtanen_Eija.pdf?sequence=1.

    • Haaga-Helia School of Vocational Teacher Education

      2016 - 2018
      High School Vocational teacher education programme

  • Experience

    • Aspo plc

      Jun 1982 - Nov 1983
      Programmer
    • Sp-palvelu Oy

      Nov 1983 - Dec 1993
      System Designer
    • Kela

      Oct 1994 - Mar 1996
      System Designer

      Software development and business analyst work

    • Ilmarinen

      Mar 1996 - Dec 2003

      J2EE software (Vuosi-ilmoitusjärjestelmä) development project (requirement analysis, design, implementation & testing), which included project managing, account managing, team leading, identity and access management. Software development and business analyst work

      • Project Manager - J2EE Project - Information Technology

        Dec 2001 - Dec 2003
      • System Designer

        Mar 1996 - Nov 2001
    • Arek Oy

      Jan 2004 - Sept 2014

      I worked as a team leader of the Internal Policies Development Team.I was responsible for • IT-vendor management the assessment and monitoring of cost saving, quidance and support for IT-acquisition• Change Management development, education and support of Centralized Change Management Tool (Rational ClearQuest)• System Management developing method of Arek systems work, delivery and pricing model of service development• Quality Management I performed a qualitative assessment of projects results. All the raised issues effected on Arek Oy's professional expertise in multiple areas and the improvement of Arek Oy as on learning organisation. In the development team were made the process map and process maturity assessment. All of the above issues were collected to ´Toimintamalli’ -portal in Intranet of Arek. Show less

      • Service manager - The identity and access management - Information Technology

        May 2012 - Sept 2014
      • Development Manager - The internal Policies Development - Information Technology

        Jan 2008 - Apr 2012
      • Program Manager - J2EE Project - Information Technology

        Jan 2004 - Dec 2007
    • Finitec Oy

      Mar 2015 - Oct 2015
      Program Coordinator - Information Technology

      I worked as program coordinator in a large development program (years 2015-2020) for a governmental organization. I developed various reports (tracking for progress, costs, workload estimate and realization, schedule and so on) which was able to provide forecasts of program performance. It was particularly important to get out the potential problems, which is an important contribution for program management and business domains. I wrote a handbook, trained and coached. I tested suitable tools which maybe helpful for program. Show less

    • Fennia

      Feb 2016 - now
      Project Manager - Information Technology
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • PRINCE2 Foundation

      APMG International
      Jun 2016
    • ITIL 2011 Foundation

      APMG International
      May 2016
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Member of the board

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