Ilkka von Schulman

•Strategy processes and strategy implementation 

​•Business ecosystem and value network planning​

•Business and IT transformations

​•ERP strategies, ERP ecosystem choices and planning of ERP transformations

•ERP/CRM project planning and lead.

•Digital business and services, target operating model design and design thinking ​

•Post-merger IT integration and carve-out project management.

• Analytical – make quickly sense of complex problems and focus on high priority issues

• A consistent, capable and skilled change leader

• Leading teams through challenging change situations, in multicultural and virtual set up​

• Working with various stakeholder groups, e.g. experts, steering groups, leadership teams and C-level decision makers

• +30 years of experience from both vendor and customer side including companies like UPM-Kymmene, Tieto, Cognizant and TCS

• +30 years of experience in project and program manager roles

• Most relevant positions:

  • Tieto, global consulting lead: strategic advisor and program lead.

  • TCS Lead Digital Consultant, Nordics: advised customers in digital strategies and transformations.  

  • Cognizant Business Consulting, Head of Business Consulting: business transformation planning, target operating model design and transformation program management.

• Master of Science (IT), Tampere University of Technology, Finland

• Doctoral studies, University of Economics, Turku, Finland

• Basic and advanced studies in Social Psychology, Helsinki University, Finland