Hannu Sauvala

Hannu Sauvala is an experienced Senior Quality Manager at Patria, with a career spanning over two decades in quality management and certification across the technology and aviation sectors. At Patria since July 2019, Hannu holds significant responsibilities for quality assurance. Prior roles include Senior Approval Specialist at ABB, where successful approvals for marine power conversion systems were achieved, and NFC Payment Professional at Microsoft, managing certification processes for NFC Windows phone products. A lengthy tenure at Nokia involved various roles in certification and standardization, including overseeing NFC product certifications and contributing to the NFC Forum and GSMA. Hannu's expertise is supported by a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the Helsinki Institute of Technology.