Katja Koivu-Pirhonen
Experienced project and program manager
Application development and transition projects, Agile roles
I am a positive, energetic and accurate project management professional. I have extensive experience in different industries and different technologies and I am not afraid to take on challenges. I have hands-on experience managing large-scale projects in a multicultural and multi-editor environment as well as managing people through supervisors. My strengths are understanding and communicating with different parties and the need to complete tasks.
I have been involved in several projects developing new services using agile methods, taking the systems made into production and integrating the systems together.
I have also led the project management profession in a large international company, mentoring and developing the project management community.
Key competencies:
- Project and program management
- Technical project management
- Management and supervisory work
- Service management
- Supplier Management
- Leading multicultural and international teams of experts
- Integration
- Transition and transformation projects
- Deployments
- Multi-vendor environments
- Application development projects
- Application management services
- Agile