CTO of the Year 2012

CTO Petra Lundström at Fortum Corporation has been chosen as 2012 Chief Technology Officer of the Year. Read more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012 CTO of the Year, Petra Lundström and the Chairman of the Jury, Yrjö Neuvo.


The CTO of the Year Award

The title of "CTO of the Year" is awarded annually to highlight the importance of Chief Technology Officers to the future competitiveness of Finnish companies.The CTO's role in a company includes acting as a link between customers, technology and other departments in the organisation.

The CTO of the Year Award is given to exceptional technology leaders who meet the following criteria:

The winning CTO is:

  • adding significant value to their company's performance through technology,
  • communicating their company's technologies and the benefits they provide to all stakeholders in an understandable manner,
  • an inspiring leader and team-builder, and
  • contributing to working groups, associations and other bodies working to advance development of both the industrial sector in which their company operates and society at large.

The CTO's company has:

  • a technology-enabled product and service portfolio which is innovative, widely-recognised and globally-competitive,
  • built a strong community for technological collaboration, and
  • an effective innovation process in which company-wide participation is encouraged.
Societal Impact:
  • The CTO contributes to working groups, societies and other bodies working for development of the society at large and his/her industry in general

Assessment of all the above criteria took into account the size of each nominated CTO's company. To allow the jury to request additional supporting information if required, all nominations must include the nominator's contact details.

 

The Jury

  • Chairman: Yrjö Neuvo, Board Member, Technology Academy Finland
  • Mona Grönstrand, Former CTO of Datex (GE Healthcare)
  • Lars Gädda, Research Director, Forestcluster Ltd
  • Tapani Järvinen, Chairman, Technology Academy Finland's Industry Council
  • Matti Kleimola, Professor, Former CTO, Wärtsilä Corporation
  • Pekka Koponen, CEO, Spinverse
  • Matti Packalén, Professional Board Member
  • Jari Pasanen, Vice President, SITRA
  • Timo Kekkonen, Vice President, Confederation of Finnish Industries

Further information:

President & CEO Ainomaija Haarla
Technology Academy Finland
Tel. +358 40 7160 703, firstname.lastname@technologyacademy.fi

 

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