Petri Maanonen

Petri Maanonen has a diverse work experience spanning over several companies and roles. In their most recent position as Commercial Product Director at The Qt Company, they were responsible for managing the commercial product management of the Qt Productivity Platform. Prior to that, they worked as a Product Director at Virta Ltd, where they managed Virta's Electric Vehicle (EV) charging platform. Petri also held a leadership role as the Head of SaaS Business and Value Management at Micro Focus, where they led a global team responsible for implementing best practice models on SaaS value selling. Petri Maanonen has also held various positions at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, including roles in SaaS GTM and Value Management and Solution Manager for Application Lifecycle Management. Petri has previous experience at Red Hat, EMC Computer Systems, Mercury Interactive, BMC Software, and Computer Associates Finland, where they held global account manager and marketing specialist roles.

Petri Maanonen has an extensive education history. In 1992, they attended the University of Helsinki for a year where they studied mathematics. From 1993 to 1995, they pursued a Bachelor's degree in International Business at Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu. Later, in 2011 and 2012, they attended Aalto Executive Education at Aalto University to earn an Executive MBA in Economics. In addition to their formal education, Petri Maanonen has obtained several certifications from Pragmatic Marketing. In 2013, they completed the Product Launch Essentials, Effective Product Marketing, and Pragmatic Marketing (PMC III) certifications.