Pekka Vartiainen

I advise companies to succeed in their challenging positions. I have expertise in business management, information technology management, processes management, software development, business development, program/project management and data protection related areas. I have seen how to utilize IT from the business unit point of view. I have been more than 25 years in leadership roles both in information technology area and in process development area. I can help customers to succeed in different situations of the business. I am experienced of the situations, where you need to handle growth of the business and in the case of to create cost savings. I have experience from different business areas: banking, telecom, media, education, Contact/Call Center and software companies. Three ISACA certificates (CISA, CGEIT, CRISC) and Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster evidences that I can utilise the best practices in the business. Specialties: - Interim CIO (CIO as a Service) - DPO as a Service - Leadership and development of ICT organisations - Leading large change projects - Leading and keep in check large programs / projects - Developing relationship between business and IT organisations - Process management and development - Data Protection development and implementation (GDPR) - ICT agreements and agreement negotiations - ICT development in global environment and teams - Creation and management of partner/vendor network - Business unit leadership and development - Improving of cost-efficiency - ICT audits - I am able to speak about ICT without mystical buzzwords and abbreviations