Professional Background
37 Years of IT Excellence
A seasoned Program Manager with nearly three decades of experience leading complex initiatives. I pair extensive management expertise with a decade of "boots-on-the-ground" experience in IT networking and security.
Broad Sector Impact
Decades of cross-industry success delivering results for both global giants and lean, high-output teams. My experience covers the full spectrum of the economy — Finance and Government to Energy and Manufacturing.
Bridging Strategy and Technology
I don't just manage projects; I understand them. I'm a technical PM who believes that deep immersion in the underlying tech is the key to successful delivery — I stay hands-on to ensure strategy aligns with reality.
Global Perspective
A native English speaker with a lifetime of international experience, I excel at navigating the cultural nuances of near- and offshore team dynamics.
Key Takeaways
- Infrastructure: Data Center strategy, moves, Mainframe modernization, Cloud migrations.
- End-to-End Delivery: From defining the initial strategy to final implementation — staying the course.
- Project Recovery: Expert at stepping into "challenged" projects to realign and deliver.
Selected Work-Place Experience
IBM / Kyndryl (Finland)
- Strategy planning and DC relocation of multi-customer Primary and DR Mainframe and distributed platforms
- RFP response handling
- DC relocation, closure, builds and moves
- Upgrade / refresh of IBM MF and storage environments, and multiple traditional DC platforms
- Migrate to cloud: transition out to AWS/Azure, region moves
- Migrate to DC: transition and transformation
- Consultant troubleshooter — mainframe and distributed projects
Nokia (Finland)
- Nokia Browsing Gateway
- Nokia WAP Gateway
Independent Consulting (UK)
- Technical (mostly network/security) consulting for multiple global clients, both short- and long-term assignments
Skills
- People and cultural communicator/motivator
- Situation troubleshooting
- English as business language specialist
- Strategy and business case planning and estimation
- RFP/SOW planning and execution monitoring
- Pre-sales planning/estimating
- Expectation realism, sponsor focused, stakeholder management
- Customer needs/awareness and results orientation
- Ability to perform in full size range of projects
- Effective in matrix organizations, with limited formal authority
- Multitasking, automation, AI assisted, budget orientated
Certifications
- Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Prince2 Practitioner
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
- Google Cloud Certified Cloud Digital Leader
- Amazon AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- ITIL v3 Foundation
- Certified Advanced RPA Professional (Automation Anywhere)
- Checkpoint Firewall 1 Certification
- Cisco Certified Network Associate
- Microsoft MCSE
Recent Project History
Contact
Email: nic@nicinter.net
Phone / WhatsApp: +358 50 3112559
Based in Finland ·
Dual citizen (UK &
Finland)
Languages: English (mother tongue), Finnish (B1), French (understanding)