Ilkka von Schulman

Ilkka von Schulman has a diverse work experience spanning over three decades. Ilkka began their career as an IT Consultant at SQ Consulting Oy in 1987. After that, they worked as a Business Analyst at UPM Raflatac from 1991 to 1996. Ilkka then served as the CIO at Walkisoft Worldwide from 1996 to 1998. Following this, they joined TT-Innovation as a Management Consultant from 1998 to 2001.

In 2006, Ilkka joined Tieto as an Executive Advisor, and during their tenure, they also served as the Head of Business Consulting from 2009 to 2011. Ilkka then moved to Cognizant and held the position of Director of Business Consulting Nordics from 2011 to 2014.

From 2014 to 2017, they worked at Tata Consultancy Services as a Digital Transformation Lead Consultant for the Nordics region. Since 2017, Ilkka has been associated with Midagon Finland, where they initially worked as a Senior Managing Consultant, focusing on digital disruption and industrial internet. Ilkka later served as the Executive Advisor before taking on the role of Director of Business and Architecture Transformation, leading business and ICT architecture renewal and transformations.

Ilkka von Schulman completed their Master of Engineering (MEng) degree in Computer Software Engineering from Tampere University of Technology in 1991. From 1991 to 1996, they pursued a Licentiate degree in Business/Managerial Economics at the Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku. In 2012, Ilkka enrolled in postgraduate studies at the University of Helsinki, focusing on Social Psychology and Management.

In addition to their formal education, Ilkka has obtained several certifications from LinkedIn. These certifications include Agile Project Management: Comparing Agile Tools, Learning Salesforce, Become a Data Scientist, Become an Agile Project Manager, Become an SEO Expert, Fostering Innovation, Learning Adobe Reports and Analytics, Learning Confluence, Learning Data Science: Tell Stories With Data, Learning JIRA Software, Learning NoSQL Databases, Learning Slack, Meeting the Challenge of Digital Transformation, Microsoft Azure Stack First Look, Microsoft Azure: Design Azure Web and Mobile Apps, Planning a Microsoft Cloud Solution, Shane Snow on Storytelling, Become a Content Strategist, Become a Six Sigma Black Belt, and Become an AMA Professional Certified Marketer in Digital Marketing. The certifications were obtained in the months of October and November in 2017.