Mika Nieminen

- Contributing, facilitating and managing business developments project in the areas of services, automation/IoT and business processes - Administering M&A efforts within Halton Group - Supervising IT/development activities

- Participating in selecting investment opportunities in Aavesti Ltd, a small angel investment company - Advising management of the invested companies

- Building the manufacturing, installation and commissioning capabilities and processes for ZenRobotics Ltd, that develops artificial intelligence based recycling robots - Organizing and negotiating design and manufacturing partnerships and component and other supply and procurement agreements - Leading a team developing the mechanical and automation solutions for the product - Setting up the initial operational processes

- Development and operations of product management covering the mobile network product portfolio (new product introductions, creation of global service and manufacturing capabilities, etc.) - Managing global change and reorganisation projects - Reviewing and approving together with the business management new product proposals, business cases and RFI/RFP proposals and replies

- Responsible for the strategy and product portfolio management of all the NSN product business units - Leading a team of business development managers and analysts working on strategy, business development, processes, governance and reorganizations - Responsible for the execution of several M&A projects - Product strategy and portfolio was defined and implemented during the first year after integration and all required restructuring, etc. actions are completed - Several change and reorganization programs were implemented throughout the organisation

- Part of the initial team creating the integration organisation and project plan of Nokia Networks and Siemens Communications merger - Leading the project merging Nokia Siemens Networks' product portfolio (500 products, ~20000 employees in 50 R&D sites) - Very complex portfolio migration project completed in time and delivered all required results (target product portfolio and business case definition and change management, communication, R&D restructuring and relocation etc. plans)

- Managing and contributing to new business development, organisation and process development projects initiated by the top management - Implementing and managing of vision and strategy projects and processes - Responsibility for several M&A and partnership projects together with investment banks and venture funds - Part of the Nokia-Siemens merger negotiation team from the very beginning being responsible for the business case modelling and for the integration planning

- Leading a team of business analysts responsible for strategy, business and process development projects initiated by the top management - Managing a team of senior business developers identifying and developing new business opportunities and assessment and preparation of business cases - Responsibility for M&A and partnership negotiations with other industry players including venture funds and investment banks - Leading successfully the development and implementation of several new business activities and process, structural and organisational changes

- Responsibility for the development of Nokia's optical network strategy and negotiated the partner agreements - Creation of the marketing strategy, plans and actions for optical transport systems - Key account sales - End-user and market studies

- Management of the optical fiber finishing business unit - Turned an unprofitable business to the one of most profitable units and grew the business 120% in three years - Sales of fiber-optic production equipment in Europe, especially to large multinational accounts (over 10€ million sales / year)

- Marketing of optical fiber and fiber optic cable manufacturing systems and - Sales in Europe, especially to multinational accounts

- Development and managing of automation and process control system for all business lines of Nextrom

- Development of the industrial robot mechanics and control software