MIKKO JUHANI VÄKIPARTA, M. Sc. (Eng.)
Born: 21st Sep 1973, Vantaa, FINLAND
Global phone number: +358 9 2316 3922
juhani@vakiparta.com

SUMMARY:

Mission: "To have a chance to improve society is the ultimate fulfillment in life". Serial Entrepreneur. Highly successful track record in identifying opportunities and developing them to wild success stories, measured in economical as well as sociological impact. Strong business background from leading high tech companies in the World: Nokia, Ericsson as well as private global enterprises. Thorough track record in Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

Current focus areas:

• Operational management, owning and advising in the board of successful high-tech corporations.
• Social media microfinance program.
• Life Management; large real estate “ecowellness center” projects creating places of optimal wellbeing for people, implemented in harmony with the surrounding nature and the ecosystem. Also coaching multinationals corporations and individuals in organizational wellbeing, authoring books and articles on wellness and life management.

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS:

Expert in identifying opportunities and developing them into wild success stories, measured in both economical and sociological impact.	Proven track record to ramp up organizations, projects and businesses from zero to fully flourishing ecosystems.
Strong management and entrepreneurial background ensuring excellent skills leading teams and individuals.	International experience in 4 continents of the World: South and North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Sound academic background.

Highlights of Current Activities:

2004- To-Date
FMA Ltd. (and others)
President of the Board and Founder

• Provider of high tech solutions (IT and telecommunications) developing countries to assist in leapfrogging the development of the society. Solutions include security, social media and telecommunications services that decrease the digital divide.
• Development of ecowellness centers. These real estate projects are creating places of optimal wellbeing for people, implemented in harmony with the surrounding nature and the ecosystem. Current largest project is in North Finland, with the total construction volume of in some thousands of apartments, hotel rooms, wellness spa and fitness facilities. Project pipeline extends to other Nordic countries, Brazil and Arab Emirates.
• Target to ramp up microfinance social media entity, to improve the lives of people in poverty, and providing still great ROI for the investors of this organization.
• Training and coaching of multinationals on organizational wellbeing. Reference companies include leading telecommunication companies of the world, one of the largest international consulting companies, pharmaceutical, media companies, as well as governmental entities and major seminars.
• Co-Author of book on the success and life balance: “Life Management” with Dr. Alexandre Feldman. Published in Finland by WSOY, 2006 (Life Management – Hallitse itse elämääsi). Articles on number of leading magazines and newspapers on life management.

Highlights of Past Activities:

2001-2004
Nokia, Asia-Pacific and Latin America
General Manager, Total Product Offer Management and Mobile Services, Latin America
Regional Project Manager, Asia-Pacific

• Due to company’s requirement relocated to Latin America, where overall management responsibility of 600 million people strong Latin American area of 30+ countries for Nokia’s media business in Nokia Multimedia Corp. Another target was to utilize Nokia’s tax incentives effectively to improve Nokia’s R&D operations in Brazil. This would also improve the overall R&D capability of Brazil and provide employment for few hundred people in less developed Amazons region.
• Created a “Future Solutions” division that grew from zero to over hundred people and organization providing R&D solutions to 5 continents of the world. The targets given were past by a wide margin.
• In Asia-Pacific, Profit / Loss responsibility for Sales of Mobile Services. Negotiated and built mobile service business in Thailand from nothing to become World’s sales volume leader at Nokia, providing about as much sales as rest of Asia-Pacific together in service business in 2004. Regional Project Manager, in charge of transferring this knowledge to Philippines, the most active service market in the World and other markets.
• Holistic understanding of Nokia’s business after running 6 different teams and business areas in three years, and successfully spin off the departments by knowledge transfer to local employees: business development, product marketing, after sales services, mobile services, customer relationship management and e-business. In charge of large number of direct and indirect teams.

2000-2001
Siam2You, South-East Asia, based in Bangkok, Thailand
Executive Consultant to CEO

• Created company’s successful wireless strategy as well as geographical expansion strategy that enabled the company make a successful Initial Public Offering (IPO) in May 2005 in Thailand.

2000
MadPulse Ltd (Holding Company), Asia-Pacific, based in Hong Kong, China
CEO, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

• Created group of mobile high tech companies with high-caliber international venture capitalist entities. Entities expanded quickly to 12 countries with close 20 operator customers. Successful exit of the company to UK listed entity with final price tag of 8 Million EUR in 2006. Currently holding no longer financial or other interests in these entities.

1996-2000
Ericsson, Asia-Pacific and Finland
Wireless Internet Regional Project Manager, Asia-Pacific
Senior Consultant, Thailand, Market Analyst, Finland

• In Asia-Pacific, One of the chief negotiators in building up Ericsson’s alliance network in Asia-Pacific looking at emergence of Mobile Media and Entertainment and Mobile Service Businesses. Responsible for critical alliance negotiations between Ericsson and leading Internet companies in Asia-Pacific.
• Significant part of the deliverable are confidential. Publicly announced: Reuters - financial information to handhelds (Account manager, Asia-Pacific). Sina.com, co-operation agreement between Ericsson and the biggest Chinese internet destination site. Beijing, PT Wireless 9.11.1999 (Global Account manager of negotiations.) a dozen of other global heavy-weight partners.
• In Thailand, In charge of analyzing Internet and Telecom markets of Thailand for top management. Achieved to predict the impact of Wireless Internet business and define WAP ALLIANCE project and competence transfer plan for whole Asia-Pacific take steps for Ericsson to be significant player in the changing market dynamics.
• In Finland, Benchmark Ericsson against 8 World-Class IT firms to recommend for Ericsson Finland 2005 strategy in the eve of convergence of Telecom and Internet business. This study was a breakthrough study discovered Ericsson’s serious problems and smoothen the restructuring significantly. New strategy to deliver 700% growth of service business.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Native or Fluent:
English, Finnish

Fair:
Swedish

Good:
German, Thai (Spoken), Portuguese, Spanish

Elementary:
Dutch, Lao (Spoken)

OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Dhonburi Rotary Club 2003, Thailand (home club of 2003 Rotary World President). São Paulo South Rotary Club, Brazil, 2004-

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• True global enabler having implemented actions across Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Europe, run organizations and traveled over 2 million km in some 75 countries as well as lived in 4 continents and 6 countries: Brazil, USA, Finland, Holland, Hong Kong (China) and Thailand.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND WORK RELATED COMPETENCE BUILD-UP:

• M.Sc (Eng), Tampere University of Technology, graduated 1999. Focus in Strategic Management in Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management. Technical Focus: Telecom and Internet Technologies. M.Sc.
• Ericsson Leadership, Management Institute and Business Academy courses in 1998-1999. Ericsson Business Intelligence Analyst Program Graduate, Class of 1999. Full list available on Request.
• MBA courses in evening program of ABAC, Bangkok, 1998-2000, a leading international MBA program.
• Strategic Profitability Management and Growth Strategies Leveraging E-Commerce by Dr. Balachandran, B.V of J.L.Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University, 2001
• Strategic Management of the Service Organization by Dr. Tiffany, P.A of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Haas school of Business of the University of California, Berkeley, 2001
• Nokia Leadership Institute programs 2001-2004, Nokia Navigator Graduate, Class of 2002. Full list available on Request.