Tuula Erolainen 🪐

Tuula Erolainen has over 20 years of work experience in various roles in the IT and business industry. Tuula currently works at Tietoevry as the Head of Product Portfolio since February 2022. Prior to this, they were the Lead Product Manager Nordic at Tietoevry from March 2019 to February 2022.

Before joining Tietoevry, Tuula worked at Tieto from 2012 to 2019. Their roles at Tieto included Product Manager at E-trade B2B, Service Owner for three value-added services within the Product group E-invoicing, Lead Project Manager for cloud and development projects, Customer Service Manager, Project Portfolio Manager responsible for planning and optimizing project portfolios, and Program Manager for ERP Security program in cooperation with ICT Agency Haltik and Ministry of the Interior.

Prior to Tieto, Tuula worked at Strålfors Oy from 2007 to 2011, where they held roles such as Global Account Manager, Business Manager, and Senior Account Manager. Tuula also has extensive experience at OpusCapita from 1997 to 2007, where they held various roles including Concept Manager, Project Manager, Product Group Manager, and Sales Group Manager.

Overall, Tuula Erolainen has a diverse background with experience in product management, project management, sales, and leadership roles across different companies in the IT and business industry.

Tuula Erolainen's education history is as follows:

- Tuula obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Business Administration and Management from HELBUS Helsinki School of Business from 2024 to 2026.

- In 2003, they completed a postgraduate degree in Organizational Leadership from HSE Executive Education, a subsidiary of Aalto University.

- From 1991 to 1994, they earned a Vocational Qualification in IT (Datanomi) from Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences, specializing in Information Technology.

- In 2013, they completed the Project Manager Professional Programme from Tieto Academy in cooperation with Projekti-Instituutti, focusing on Project Management.

- Additionally, they participated in several training programs, including the Quantum Leap Development program for chosen Project Leaders from Tieto Academy in 2013 and the Oracle Siebel CRM Case Management training for Project Managers, also from Tieto Academy, in 2012.

- Tuula graduated from Kouvonrinteen lukio in 1988, completing their high school education.

- Tuula Erolainen obtained a certificate in Product Management Training from Mercuri International in 2018.

- Tuula has additional certifications, including Practical AI from Kajaani University of Applied Sciences (KAMK) (obtained in 2023), Leading Others from the Leadership Pipeline Institute (obtained in 2023), and Certified SAFe® 5 Lean Portfolio Manager from Scaled Agile, Inc. (obtained in June 2022). Tuula also holds a Product Management Certificate from Mercuri International Group (obtained in April 2018).