Virpi Palkisto

Virpi Palkisto has extensive work experience in the field of business and data analytics. Currently, they hold the position of Sales and Marketing Data Analyst at Fonecta Oy since October 2022.

Prior to that, Virpi worked at OP Financial Group, starting in 2018. During their time there, they had multiple roles including Data Scientist and Business Data and Web Analyst. As a Data Scientist, they focused on customer analytics in the OP corporate insurance organization, particularly on customer churn and growth. Virpi was responsible for creating data architectures and models using various methods and tools like SAS, Microsoft, and open-source code languages such as Python.

Before joining OP Financial Group, Virpi worked at Nokia starting in 2005. Their roles at Nokia included Business Analysis Architect, Business Analyst for the Mobile Networks Product Portfolio Presales, Business Analyst, Radio Cloud Dimensioning Domain Owner, RNC Dimensioning Domain Owner, and RNC C&P Specialist. In these roles, they worked on various aspects of business analytics, sales automation, customer network diagnostics, investment rationalization, and capacity and performance requirements and models.

Throughout their career, Virpi has utilized a range of tools and technologies such as SAS, Microsoft Azure, Python, SQL Data Warehouse, machine learning studio, Power BI, and SAS Enterprise Guide.

Overall, Virpi Palkisto's work experience showcases their expertise in data analysis, business analytics, and sales automation within the telecommunications industry.

Virpi Palkisto completed their Master's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Helsinki from the years 1987 to 1993. Additionally, they obtained several certifications related to AWS through LinkedIn in 2020.