Kari Huoponen

Kari Huoponen has extensive work experience in various roles and industries. Kari is currently the Director of Sales and Business Development at Oy Samlink Ab, where they are responsible for building a new sales culture and expanding into new markets. Prior to this, they served as the Managing Director for Nordics at Trilleco, a no-code IIoT and circular economy platform company.

In their earlier career, Kari worked at IBM for over three decades, holding multiple positions such as Enterprise Sales Unit Executive, Industrial Sector Leader, and Nordic Service Provider Solution Leader. Kari played a key role in digital transformation projects and business development for IBM Finland, focusing on areas like digitalization, blockchain, AI, IoT, and cloud technologies.

Kari has also been involved in other organizations, including serving as an Advisory Board Member for Climate Leadership Coalition and as a Board Member for Nordic Processor Oy. Their work experience also includes roles at Nokia Industrial Electronics/Afora as a Programmer/Analyst and at Nokia as a Global Client Executive and in various sales and management positions.

Overall, Kari Huoponen has a proven track record of successfully leading sales, business development, and digital transformation initiatives in the technology and industrial sectors.

Kari Huoponen's education history is as follows:

Kari Huoponen obtained a M.Sc (Eng) degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, and Operations Research from Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan, from the years 1981 to 1986.

In 2020 to 2021, Kari Huoponen pursued Business Administration and Management studies for their next leadership role at Aalto University.

In 2017, Kari Huoponen completed an Executive Education program in Leadership at Harvard University.

From 1996 to 2000, Kari Huoponen earned an MBA degree in Business Administration from The Open University.

In 2005, Kari Huoponen participated in an Executive Education program at INSEAD, specializing in Client leadership and the Master Deal Making Programme.

Additionally, Kari Huoponen has obtained several certifications:

- RevenueStorming from Revenue Storm in November 2022.

- Leading with Vision from LinkedIn in July 2022.

- Critical Thinking for More Effective Communication from LinkedIn in March 2022.

- Developing Assertive Leadership from LinkedIn in March 2022.

- No-Code Solutions for Websites and Apps from LinkedIn in May 2021.

- 20 Habits of Executive Leadership from LinkedIn in March 2021.

- Cybersecurity for Executives from LinkedIn in March 2021.

- Reasonable Cybersecurity for Business Leaders from LinkedIn in March 2021.

- Transitioning to a Career in Cybersecurity from LinkedIn in March 2021.

- Collaborative Leadership from LinkedIn in October 2020.

- Critical Thinking from LinkedIn in October 2020.

- Leading with Emotional Intelligence from LinkedIn in October 2020.

- Strategic Thinking from LinkedIn in October 2020.

- Developing Executive Presence from LinkedIn in August 2020.

- Foundations of The Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) from LinkedIn in August 2020.

- Becoming a Thought Leader from LinkedIn in January 2019.

- Creativity Bootcamp from LinkedIn in January 2019.

- Senior Certified Project Executive from IBM in December 2016.

- Electronics Insights & Solutions (Silver) from IBM in July 2016.

It should be noted that there is a certification mentioned, Breakthrough Value Leadership from IBM, but no specific month or year of obtaining the certification is given.