Janne Ronkainen
Senior Managing Consultant
"Janne is able to quickly figure out the big picture in very complex topics, forming a simplified overview for decision making on the most important issues."
Special skills
Thorough understanding of business processes and how business, people, and IT interact together to create value for customers and business partners (extended enterprise thinking)
Profound understanding of digital transformation (see education)
Several SAP Greenfield implementation experiences in multinational teams (ERP, SCM, BW, POSDM). Good knowledge on different SAP modules and their interactions
D365 Sales and Finance & Operations architecture design for Healthcare
Agile method understanding, implementations for the organisations (Kanban, Scrum, Safe)
Development team leadership (SAP consultants, internal development)
Experience in cloud transformation challenges and how to face them, hybrid cloud implementations
Strengths
Ability to quickly understand complex business scenarios and simplify them to understandable concepts for better decision-making
Able to discuss at all levels, from developers to C-level decision makers
Practical way of working; hands-on attitude to get problems solved
Solution-oriented mindset, ability to face challenges from many viewpoints
Curious mindset with a can-do attitude. I am “an opportunistic optimist.”
Relevant experience
25+ years of experience working on both the customer and vendor side in companies like Kesko, Terveystalo, Atos and Cor Group
15+ years experience in ICT project and program management
10+ years of experience in digital services development in retail and healthcare
7 years experience in enterprise architecture
4 years of experience in Azure, some experience in AWS, GCP
International SaaS business development experience (as a board member)
Experience in ICT transformation and transformation projects
Vendor management, sourcing experience for ICT development/projects
Relevant positions
Digital director at Cor Group
Enterprise Architect at Kesko grocery trade and Terveystalo
Board member at Reslink Oy
ICT manager at Kesko building and technical trade
IT Program Manager at Kesko Grocery trade
Education
Master Of Business Administration, Digital services, Laurea, 2018, Thesis: The effects of digital transformation for incumbent company
Bachelor of IT, Software Development, South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, 1994
Certified in TOGAF architecture framework, 2017