Petri Pohjanen

Angestellt, Senior Safety Project Manager / Product Owner, u-blox AG

Mainz, Deutschland

Über mich

Dear reader, During the last 25 years I have established development programs and business opportunities for mobile payment and location service platforms, visionary Smartphone with 3D touch, Class II medical imaging devices for diabetes and veterinary care, imaging sensor-controlled Internet of Things systems, Virtual and Augmented Reality environments, a miniaturized hyperspectral camera and algorithms for food and health analysis and automotive industry, and lastly ISO 26262 and SOTIF compliant GNSS Measurement Engine and Position Engine for autonomous driving. I know how to create and lead a good development flow towards international approvals and an easily understandable product message to various markets. I know how to create sales and maintain the customers. My style is to constantly ensure equal responsibility to everyone in the team. Each individual having the power and trust for her and his deliverables. And with this building the respect to everyone's work in the teams.

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Product Management
Business Development
Customer Relationship Management
Product Development
Medical Devices
Medical technology development
Mobile technology development
Corporate strategy management
International Business Development
New Product Launches
Operational Management
Team leadership
Organizational Development
Business Process Management
Customer orientation
Value argumentation
Product marketing
Solution development
Planning
Roadmaps
Distribution Management
Market Analysis
Customer segmentation
Business Networking
Competitor Analysis
Customer management
Agile Development
Regulatory Compliance
Approvals Management
Marketing
Sales
International Project Management
International Sales
Innovation Management
Product innovation
Market Research
Research and Development
User experience
User interface design
Medical Imaging
Medical technology planning
Distributor Management
Program Management
Start-ups
ISO 13485
FDA Regulation
CFDA
Product Road Map
Product Lifecycle Management

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Petri Pohjanen

  • Bis heute 6 Jahre und 2 Monate, seit Apr. 2018

    Senior Safety Project Manager / Product Owner

    u-blox AG

    • Leading the ISO 26262 compliant Measurement Engine and Position Engine in-house and outsourced development teams (~40 employees). • Managing and steering the work processes, timelines, reporting, the Functional Safety and ASPICE assessments (TÜV SÜD and Munich Safety), and creation of u-blox first Safety Case and Functional Safe product release. • Transitioning a proof-of-concept phase work towards u-blox first ISO 26262 and SOTIF compliant end-to-end Safety Products and new ADAS business opportunities

  • 4 Monate, Dez. 2017 - März 2018

    Project Manager

    Valtronic Technologies

    • Created a medical device for a multinational pharma company to digitalise their self-injection systems. • Established and transferring the proof-of-concept phase into very time restricted hardware and embedded software development program (ISO 13485, CFR 21 part 11, IEC 62304) • Managed the customer relationship, User Needs, DFMEA, Design Input/output work with internal and external teams. • Unfortunately, the project was cancelled due to customer delays

  • 1 Jahr und 4 Monate, Mai 2015 - Aug. 2016

    Project Manager New Product and Business Development

    Heptagon Advanced Micro Optics

    • Established and controlled the development of a miniaturized hyperspectral camera module with embedded middleware, programmable interfaces, and cloud based spectral data analysis algorithms for consumer and industrial products. • Designed the business and support service models and marketing and sales strategies for Heptagon to establish entirely new segments in IoT, UAV and Drones, Autonomous Vehicles, Mobile, Food Analysis, Wearable Health and Medical device domains.

  • 5 Jahre und 9 Monate, Aug. 2009 - Apr. 2015

    Principal Consultant

    Agentle Oy

    • Advised on product features, usability, reimbursements, health economics, standards and regulations (CE, FDA/510k), and the medical device specific sales budgets. • Guided the healthcare related electronic information sharing fundamentals into the products (IHE, HL7, DICOM). • Assisted on market opportunity analysis, business plans, P&L models, marketing and sales strategies and launch schedules for different markets. • Gave recommendations on the advisory board and key opinion leader selections.

  • 2 Jahre und 4 Monate, Feb. 2012 - Mai 2014

    Program Coordinator

    University of Oulu / CIE

    • Transferred University research work into start-ups through market analysis, patent research, and development support. • Defined business possibilities for IoT, Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality products and big data analysis research work. • Assisted the research and development work in Smart Cities, e-Tourism, Mobility as a Service, Digital Health, Indoor positioning, P2P data distribution and eLearning programs.

  • 7 Monate, Feb. 2012 - Aug. 2012

    Head of Region

    Scope Associates Oy

    • Assisted in creating the industrial design and usability for the customer products. • Defined product roadmaps and features for Automated Home controllers. • Helped on creating IPR management programs for customers development teams. • Supported on building the development steps towards international approvals. • Provided contacts and guidance for international distributor partner selections and agreements.

  • 4 Monate, Sep. 2009 - Dez. 2009

    CTO

    Invicor ltd

    • Defined the automated Invention Management Service and established the development team. • Led the server and mobile device application development in close co-operation with international open innovation researchers and institutions. • Marketed and sold multi-day innovation tournaments and workshops to biggest Finnish companies (exceeding the sales targets twofold). • Participated in fundraising, investment negotiations, and closing financing rounds.

  • 3 Jahre und 6 Monate, Feb. 2006 - Juli 2009

    CTO

    Optomed

    • I Invented entirely new product concept for primary care and veterinary medicine. • Managed all in-house and outsourced cross-functional development and productions teams’ work (~30 employees) • Supervised the software design (IEC 62304), modality and communication (IHE, HL7, DICOM), fundus camera requirements (ISO 10940), quality (21 CFR 820, ISO 13485), safety (IEC 60601, ISO 15004), labelling (UDI), user manuals, CE (MDD 93/42/EEC), Device History File compilation, FDA/510k and CFDA approval processes

  • 1 Jahr und 5 Monate, Sep. 2004 - Jan. 2006

    Development Manager

    University of Oulu / MediaTeam

    • Defined and created enhanced and mixed reality products and big data research and education environments. • Established and controlled Internet of Things -research programs for home automation, environment analysis and control, activity monitoring, continuous care and emergency response. • Created a research program to study close proximity radio (RFID, NFC, Bluetooth, ZigBee) payment, personalization, and environment control methods from the mobile operators market perspective.

  • 2 Jahre und 7 Monate, März 2002 - Sep. 2004

    Operations Manager

    Myorigo

    • Established and led the design and development of product features, interfaces, and usability (~60 employees). • Active in growing the company to ~80 employees (internal and external) and reducing the churn to almost zero. • Steered market opportunity assessments, marketing, and pre-sales activities with marketing team (achieved sales ~$1 M). • Established and controlled Myorigo outsourcing site in Trieste, Italy ($0.1 M under budget).

  • 4 Jahre und 7 Monate, Sep. 1997 - März 2002

    Development Manager

    TeliaSonera

    • Invented and led the development of several mobile applications and end-user testing scenarios (leading to 11 patents). • Engaged in establishing and growing the department to ~60 employees. • Partnered with several international content, technology, and payment service providers (valued ~$1 M).

Ausbildung von Petri Pohjanen

  • 9 Monate, Sep. 2013 - Mai 2014

    International Marketing

    Oulu Business School

    Courses in industrial relationships, product- and marketing strategies, consumer behaviour and business to business marketing.

  • 7 Jahre und 5 Monate, Aug. 1991 - Dez. 1998

    Master of Science

    University of Oulu

    Thesis: Electronic Commerce in Wireless Networks

Sprachen

  • Finnisch

    Muttersprache

  • Englisch

    Fließend

  • Schwedisch

    Grundlagen

  • Deutsch

    Grundlagen

Interessen

Photography
Cooking

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