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Management Team

Chaired by the CEO, the Management Group is in charge of the day-to-day management of the Group's business convenes regularly to discuss issues, in accordance with the Group's quality management system. The Management Group has no official status based on the Companies Act or Digia's Articles of Association i.e., it does not exercise authority by virtue of the Companies Act. In practice, the Management Group chaired by the CEO makes decisions on the company's day-to-day business operations, under the CEO's authority.

On a proposal submitted by the CEO, the Board of Directors confirms membership of the Management Group, typically comprising business-unit Vice Presidents and directors representing key functions.

The company's Board of Directors confirms the CEO's immediate subordinates' terms of employment, salary, remuneration, stock options and other benefits, as proposed by the CEO. Management Group members' compensation packages are tied to the Group's financial results, and their key employment terms are defined in writing.

Digia's Management Team consists following members:

   

Juha Varelius, b. 1963, M.B.A.
Digia's President and CEO as from the beginning of 2008. Reporting to the Board of Directors, Varelius is responsible for the company's operative business. Previously, he has served as the President and CEO of the technology company Everypoint Inc of Boston (2006-2007). He has also held managerial positions at Yahoo! and Everypoint in London (2002-2006). Moreover, he has served in various managerial positions at Sonera (1993-2002), acting in his last years there as Managing Director of Sonera Zed and a member of the Sonera Management Team.

   

Asko Hakonen, b. 1961, vocational qualification in business and administration
Senior Vice President, Solutions and Services, Management Team member since 2008. Previously, he has served as SVP of Software and Service Products (2009-2011) and held managerial positions at the Digia Industry and Trade division (2007-2008). Prior to joining Digia, Hakonen worked as a project and unit manager at Sentera Plc (1998-2006), where he was in charge of internet, mobile and ERP systems. Previously also held the post of project manager at Solagem Oy (1990-1997). Hakonen has worked in the IT sector since 1985.

     

Tommi Laitinen, b. 1968, vocational qualification in business and administration
Senior Vice President, new products and international product business, Management Team member since 2005. Previously, he has served at Digia as SVP of Competence organisation (2009-2010), SVP of Telecommunication division (2007-2008) and SVP in charge of the company's strategy and development (2005-2007). His previous positions at Digia Inc. included Vice President, Engineering (2002-2004); Director, Quality and Processes (2001-2002); and Business Unit Manager (1999-2000). Prior to that (1991-1999), he was in charge of various project and product management duties and software development duties.

   

Antti Lastunen, b. 1964, vocational qualification in business and administration
Senior Vice President, industries and marketing, Management Team member since 2008. Responsible for industries, strategic alliances and marketing operations. Previously, he has been in charge of Digia´s sales and marketing and before that Business Operations at SAP Nordic (2005-2008), and Large Enterprise Sales (2003-2004) and Manufacturing Industry Sales (2000-2002) at SAP Finland. Prior to that, he held positions in international customer management at SAP and Computer Associates Finland (1995-1997) and sales at Inter Marketing (1988-1994), respectively.

 

   

Harri Paani, b. 1963, M.Sc.
Senior Vice President, Industry Verticals. Management Team member since 2010. Paani is responsible for Digia’s scalable industry focused product-based business.  Earlier in Digia Paani has been responsible for the development and management of competences as well as project resourcing. Previously he has served as Business Development Director at Logica (2007-2009) and was responsible for specific large-scale sales projects and application outsourcing. Prior to that Paani worked at Computer Sciences Corporation in Finland and abroad (1997-2000). During that time he spearheaded software development unit located across several countries and acted as the CEO of CSC Finland. He was responsible for customer relations for a major international client and in charge of service provision in Finland, Sweden and Norway. Prior to that, he was the Chief Information Officer for the Sampo Group and Director of the Systems Development unit, also at the Sampo Group.. Prior to that, he was the Chief Information Officer for the Sampo Group and Director of the Systems Development unit, also at the Sampo Group.

  

Tom Puusola, b. 1967, Secondary school graduate in Technical Science
Senior Vice President, strategy & business development, Management Team member since 2012. Responsible for new market areas, strategy and development, mergers and acquisitions and IT. Previously on Digia level head of business development (2010-2011) and vice president, integration business unit (2009). Prior to that held managerial positions in integration business, strategic customers and development at the Digia Industry & Trade Division (2006-2008), Sentera Plc (2003-2006), Iocore Plc (2000-2003) and Open Solutions Group (1998-2000). Before joining Digia’s predecessor’s worked for Tekniikan Akateemisten Liitto TEK with publications and internet (1992-1998) and for Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus VTT with software development (1989-1992). Studied computer science at Helsinki University of Technology.

  

Mika Pälsi, b. 1970, LL.M.
General Counsel, Management Team member since 2009. In charge of legal matters and stock exchange communications at the company. Trained on the bench, post-graduate LL.M. studies at the Universities of Helsinki and Leicester (U.K.). Pälsi has over ten years' experience in international business law, both as an attorney and in-house counsel. Before joining Digia in 2009, Pälsi worked for Tieto Corporation, where he was in charge of providing legal counsel to one of their business units. Before moving into corporate practice, Pälsi worked as an attorney at Castrén & Snellman and as a solicitor at Allen & Gledhill Advocates & Solicitors (Singapore).

  

Harri Savolainen, b. 1965, M.Sc. Business Economics
Chief Financial Officer, Management Team member since 2010. Savolainen is in charge of Group Finance and Administration. Prior to joining Digia he worked for Logica Finland Ltd. where he, as a Member of Management Team was in charge of Logica Finland's finance, internal IT, HR and administration. Previously in his career, between 1997 and 2006 Savolainen worked at Siemens Ltd. as Director for Accounting, Controlling and Financing in Finland and the Baltic States, and between 1992 and 1997 at Mars Incorporated.

  

Kimmo Vainikainen, b. 1973, engineer
Director, competences. Management Team member since 2012, responsible for developing and leading the competences and project resourcing. Has previously led the project management office (2011), Digia’s competence line (2009-2011), Mobile area competence leader (2007-2008), site manager (2005-2006) and worked previously as a project manager and a consultant (2000-2004). Before Digia, Vainikainen has worked in development tasks for intensive care and anaesthetic software at Datex Ohmeda / Clinisoft Plc since 1998.

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