Ville Patola

Ville Patola is an experienced professional currently serving as a Senior Project Manager at Neste since January 2020, focusing on NEXBTL and pretreatment technology development. Ville has a proven track record of exceeding project targets and previously held roles as Project Manager and NEXBTL Development Engineer, contributing to the upscaling of research results. Prior to Neste, Ville worked at Glaston Corporation from January 2014 to January 2020, progressing from R&D Engineer to Data Analytics Lead, where responsibilities included developing new products and leading an analytics team for glass tempering automation. Ville's earlier experience includes various positions at UPM and a master thesis project at UPM - The Biofore Company. Educational qualifications include a Master of Science in Product Development and a Bachelor of Engineering in Integrated Production and Product Development from Tampere University of Technology.