My CV
Curriculum Vitae
Ari-Martti Pohtola
EDUCATION
Asikkala Comprehensive School, upper level. 1982
Lahti Institute Of Commercial Training, Commercial School. 1984
Lahti Institute Of Commercial Training, Commercial College. 1986
Western International University (London Campus) Bachelor Of Science program, business Administration, studies and grades for Pascal, 1990 and Database Management, 1990
WORK EXPERIENCE
OpenText, Director, 2018 - onwards. Responsible for Liaison Technologies TechOps EU and Application Engineering EU departments 2018 - 2020, Director, OpenText Data Center operations 2020 - onwards
KPMG Finland, Senior Manager, responsible for KPMG Finland Business Continuity operations, Performance Manager for KPMG Finland Enterprise Architects team 2014 - 2018
Appelsiini Finland, Director, Security and Infrastructure (Elisa Corporate Customers, Elisa Links, Director of Technology) 2005 - 2014
Nokia, Manager, Wintel Platform FI, Espoo and Salo Sites (I was also leading the Nokia Espoo B2B SUN Solaris group until March 2005) 2003 - 2005
Independent ICT-consultant (mainly working for Nokia) 2002
Tera Group, Chief Technology Officer, technical evaluation of the investment companies, technical management of the Tera portfolio companies and Tera Plc technical network in Helsinki, Frankfurt, Tel Aviv and London. 2001 – 2002
Sonera SmartTrust, Director, Technical Sales, EMEA, Running the Technical Sales Managers group in EMEA -area. 2000 – 2001
NovoGroup Plc, Department Manager, Networks, responsible for NovoGroup network department and Novosys networking/security products and network consultancy team, Novosys (subsidiary of NovoGroup Plc), Manager, Networks, responsible for Sales, Marketing, Planning and Management of the networking sales/consultancy team. 1998 – 2000
Oy Amitel Ltd, Network Product Manager, marketing and product management for networking products, clusters, LAN - equipment and fibre channel solutions. 1997 – 1998
Novosys (subsidiary of NovoGroup Plc) Systems Engineer, NT and Network planning and implementations, technical consulting. Large projects with Helsinki City Education Dept., Helsinki City Health Care Dept.,Finnish Government, Finnish Post LTD. 1995 – 1997
Helsinki South-Eastern And Eastern Main Health Care District, ADP-Designer, Computer hardware and Software development, maintenance of computer hardware and software as a Main Operator, network implementations, planning the networks topology in the SE and E district. 1990 –1995
First Child Care Limited, London England, database design and implementation for First Child Care Ltd. 1990
Herttoniemi Hospital, Systems Supervisor. 1989
Herttoniemi Hospital, Operator. 1988
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
IBM Top Team Finland, Technical Engineer Of The Year 1996
Novosys Ltd, Technical Engineer Of The Year 1997
Cisco Systems Finland, Cisco Reseller Of The Year 1999, (on behalf of Novosys Ltd) 1999
Nokia BI ICO, Excellent performer, SUN Platform 2004
Finnish TOP-100 influental IT -persons list, (Tietoviikko, Finnish leading IT-magazine) awarded in visionaries and influental persons –segment. 2008.
Successful company acquisition to Elisa Oyj 2009.
Finnish TOP-100 influental IT -persons list, (Tietoviikko, Finnish leading IT-magazine) awarded in visionaries and influental persons –segment. 2009.
OpenText, Celebrating OpenText Navigators, Leadership and attention to details 2021
OpenText, Celebrating OpenText Navigators, Staying Alert and Diligent 2022
OpenText Celebrating OpenText Navigators, Raise the bar 2023
OpenText Celebrating OpenText Navigators, Raise the bar 2024
CERTIFICATES AND ACCREDITATIONS
CISCO Systems, CISCO PRO 1996
IBM PSS 1996
COMPAQ ASE 1997
Microsoft MCP 1997 (NT 4.0 wksta, NT 4.0 Server, Networking Essentials)
HP Cluster Server Consultant Certification 1997
Cisco Systems, CISCO SMB 1998
IBM APSE, 1999
COMPAQ ASE PRO, Networking 1999
ITIL, IT-Service Management, Foundation Certificate 2004
VMware Sales Professional Program VSP 4 certificate, 2009
VMware Technical Sales Professional VTSP 4 certificate, 2009
VMware Infrastructure Virtualization Sales Accreditation 4, 2009
Vmware Infrastructure Virtualization Technical Sales Accreditation 4, 2009
Vmware Infrastructure Virtualization Technical Post-Sales Accreditation: Assessment Fundamentals, 2009
Vmware Infrastructure Virtualization Technical Post-Sales Accreditation: Capacity Planner Fundamentals, 2010
Vmware Infrastructure Virtualization Technical Post-Sales Accreditation: VI3 to vSphere 4 Upgrade, 2010
FOREIGN EXPERIENCE
Working and studying in London England
Work experience for First Child Care Ltd, programming, London England
Technical management for Nokia Finance Geneva IT-migration and new office, Switzerland
Technical management for building Nokia Johannnesburg Site IT-infrastructure, South Africa
Delivery of Cisco switches to Nokia Mobile Factory, Hungary
Several other projects for Customer / Investment / portfolio companies EMEA countries
EMEA and APAC Data center projects and Data Center Agreements
DIPLOMAS, TESTS, TRAINING AND COURSES
Data General Diploma, AOS/VS operating System 1988
Pääkaupunkiseudun Tietokeskus,PC-Network supporting 1989
Data General Diploma, CeoLight 1989
Data General Diploma, Ceolight Main Operator 1989
Data General Diploma, Managing Ceo to optimize performance 1989
Data General Diploma, Powerhouse basic features 1989
Data General Diploma, SQL 1990
Mikrotrain Oy Diploma, WP 4.20 Main Operator 1991
KT-Tietokeskus Diploma, Operating LAN Manager 1991
Teleware Diploma, Windows NT Server 1995
R. Linturi Oy Diploma, Windows NT advanced 1995
Microsoft Oy Diploma, Windows 95 basics and advanced 1995
Teleware Diploma, Systems Management Server (SMS) 1996
IBM PC Institute Certificate, IBM Server Systems Technical Training 1996
IBM PC Institute Certificate, IBM Server Windows NT Installation & Performance 1996
Compaq Training and test, SAC 1 1996
Compaq Training and test, SAC 2 1996
Cisco Systems Diploma, Cisco Pro 1996
Nordic Lantools Oy Diploma, Ethernet basic analysis (Sniffer) 1996
Nordic Lantools Oy Diploma, Advanced Ethernet analysis (Sniffer) 1996
Compaq Training and Certificate, CPQ Ase Optimizing and performance NT 1997
Compaq Training and Diploma, Networking products 1997
Bitwit Oy training, Certificate, Networking Essentials 1997
Bitwit Oy training, Certificate, MOC 688, Internetworking MS TCP/IP on MS Win NT 4.0 1997
Bitwit Oy training, Certificate, Implementing and Supporting MS Win NT 4.0 Server 1997
Bitwit Oy course,MOC 540, Microsoft Windows 95 1997
Bitwit Oy course MOC 732, Microsoft Systems And Management Server 1.2 1997
HP, cluster configuration training and Certificate 1997
Mercuri Urval, How to Present Yourself and Your products to the Customer 1998
Heikki Ahlsted Oy, Project Manager Training, 1998
Cisco Systems, small and medium business training, Diploma 1998
Cisco Systems, Lan switching and routing, training and Diploma 1998
Compaq Ase Pro, training, Certificate 1999
Yritysvalmennus Oy, Situational Leadership, part I 1999
Yritysvalmennus Oy, NovoPro, 3 Years training program for managers, started 1999
Yritysvalmennus Oy, Leading in changing environment, part II 1999
Bitwit Oy course, MOC 1560 Updating supporting skills from NT4 to Windows2000, 1999
3Com Finland, MNS Training, Test and Certificate, SuperStack II Layer 3 and Tagged VLAN Switching Solutions, 1999
Johtamistaidon Opisto, Management training for Sonera, part I, 2000
Sonera, Management training, part II, 2001
Johtamistaidon Opisto, Management training for Sonera, part III, 2001
Nokia NBI Impulse, People Management, 2003
Learning Systems, Challenging Leadership Situations, part I, 2003
Learning Systems, Challenging Leadership Situations, part II, 2003
Nokia People Processes, part I, 2004
Nokia People Processes, part II, 2004
Nokia People Processes, part III, 2004
HP Education, ITIL foundation training, IT-Service Management, ITIL Foundation Certificate 2004
Teleware, Win 2K3 new features 2005
Global Integration, Managing and Leading in a Virtual Team Environment 2005
Nokia Business Case training 2005
HP Education Services, ITIL v2 Foundation training 2006
HP Education Services, ITIL v3 Foundation for ITSM training 2007
Hanken & SSE Executive Education, Management training program for Elisa Managers, part I/III, 2013
Hanken & SSE Executive Education, Management training program for Elisa Managers, part II/III, 2013
Hanken & SSE Executive Education, Management training program for Elisa Managers, part III/III, 2013
KPMG, Basic Concepts in Risk Management, 2014
KPMG, CISSP training, 2015
LIAISON, Management training, Manager as a influencer in expert organisation, 2018
Several Udemi trainings in security and risk management 2022 - 2023