EXPERIENCES

Over the years, I gained experience across a diverse range of contexts as I have worked and/or studied in Finland, Japan, Singapore, and Vietnam in government and academia. I have worked as Head of Faculty of Information Technology, Senior Researcher, Program Manager, Lecturer, and Project Manager. Recent positions:

• 2023-Present: University Lecturer, Information Systems, University of Vaasa, Finland

• 2018-2023: Assistant Professor, Information Systems, University of Vaasa, Finland

• 2015-2018: Researcher, Knowledge and Information Management, Tampere University, Finland

SELECTED EDUCATION AND CAREER CERTIFICATIONS

• PhD in Business and Technology Management, Tampere University

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Certification,  # CSCO11748135, Cisco Systems.

• Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Certification, # 7814476. 

• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) Certification, # 7814476.

• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) Certification, # D193-9699.

• Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Certification, #D193-9678.

• ICT Project Management, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Japan.

• Project Management for Information Systems, Institute of Systems Science (ISS), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.

• ICT Project Management, Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders, United Nations.

RECENT EXTERNAL EVALUATION

• Innovation - Concepts and Perspectives course, Kristiania University College, Norway, 2023

• IT Strategy and Architecture course, Kristiania University College, Norway (2021, 2022,  2023)

RECENT COURSES

• TITE-3360 Information Systems Project, University of Vaasa, Finland (Instructor; Fall 2019,  Fall 2020,  Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023)

• TECH-3040 Project Management: Methods, Tools, and Applications, University of Vaasa, Finland (Co-instructor; Fall 2023)

• TECH-3001 Academic Career (Fall), University of Vaasa, Finland  (Instructor; Spring/Fall 2021, Spring/Fall 2022, Spring/Fall 2023)

• TECH-3010 Research Methods, University of Vaasa, Finland (Coordinator and Co-instructor for Quantitative section; Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall  2023)

• TITE-3370 Management of Cyber Security, University of Vaasa, Finland (Co-instructor; Spring 2019, Spring 2021)

• TITE-2230 Enterprise Architecture, University of Vaasa, Finland (Co-instructor; Spring 2020)

• TITE-2220 Introduction to E-Business, University of Vaasa, Finland (Instructor; Fall 2018)

• TLO-35256 Data and Information Management, Tampere University of Technology, Finland (Assistant; Fall 2016, Fall 2017)

RECENT MASTER STUDENTS

• Niklas Nuutinen (Graduated 2022, now at Accenture, Helsinki, Finland)

• Pierantonio Silvani (Graduated 2022, now at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland)

• Janne Arponen 

• Marko Viita-aho

• Asko Uuras

• Emil Malmberg

• Emma Saari

• Joni  Huoponen

• Jere Korhonen

RESEARCH INTEREST

• Information Systems (e.g., Enterprise Architecture, Digital Transformation, Energy Informatics, Citizen Science,Project Management)

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

• Study on public private interplays in enhancing Telecentres/Cultural, National Foundation for Science & Technology Development, #502.02-2019.14, Co-PI, 1.2019-1.2022.

• Holistically speaking: Institutionalising Enterprise Architecture in the Public Sector (HOPE-project),  # 306000, Academy of Finland, Researcher, 9.2016-9.2018.

PUBLICATIONS 

• Google Scholar

• Research Gate

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES 

Presenter/Presentation

My research was  presented at:

• Information and Communication Technologies for Organization and Society (ICTO2023, Paris, France)

• Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2022, USA)

• Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2022, Hawaii, Online, USA)

• Energy Week (Vaasa 2022, Finland)

• DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics (DACH 2022, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany)

• International Conference on Business Informatics and Information Systems (WI 2022,Germany)

• International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2021, Online, València, Spain)

• Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS 2021, Sweden)

• International Conference of Scandinavian Simulation Society (SIMS 2021, Online,Finland)

• Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2020, Online, Dubai, UAE)

• Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2020, Hawaii, USA)

• Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2019, China)

• European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2019, Sweden)

• International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2017, Korea)

• Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2017, Malaysia)

• European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2017, Portugal)

• Conference on Internet of Things – Business Models, Users, and Networks (CTTE and CMI 2017, Denmark)

• Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2016, Taiwan)

• European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2016, Turkey)

• Scandinavian Workshop on E-Government (SWEG 2016, Norway)

• Information Systems Research Conference in Scandinavia (IRIS38 2015, Finland)

Editor

• Information Systems Frontiers (co-editor, 2021-)

Reviewer

Journals

• Journal of Strategy Information Systems

• International Journal of Innovation and Technology  Management

• Australian Journal of Management

• Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems

• Journal of Economics and Management

Conferences

• International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023)

• European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

• Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022)

• Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

• Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2021)

• International Conference on Business Informatics and Information Systems (Wirtschaftsinformatik 2023)

• International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2019)

• The 13th Scandinavian Workshop on E-Government (SWEG 2016)

• Integrated Series in Information Systems, Vol. 38 (Springer International Publishing 2017)

• Information systems research seminar in Scandinavian (IRIS 2015)

Society  Member

• AIS Member: Association for Information Systems (AIS).

• Program Committee:  28th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD2019), Toulon, France.