Nordic IT Veteran Joins Reksoft Board of Directors
Jun 22, 2007
Reksoft, a software outsourcing house headquartered in St. Petersburg, Russia, announced that its Board of Directors was joined by Veli Pohjolainen, an IT industry veteran with 20 years of experience in the IT services company in the Northern Europe.
For many years, Veli Pohjolainen has been the top executive with TietoEnator - the largest IT services company in Northern Europe with 16'000 employees and 1.6 billion Euro in revenues. During his career Mr. Pohjolainen held various management positions, including the position of Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee and retired from the company in 2005.
While being the member of TietoEnator's management team since 1989, Mr. Pohjolainen played a central role in creating the company's strategy and led its Banking and Finance vertical.
Mr. Pohjolainen was appointed Reksoft Member of the Board to boost the company's business development activities in the Nordic region and to advise the management on strategic issues.
"Mr. Pohjolainen has a unique experience of being with TietoEnator from when it was only 400 people company until it turned into an European IT powerhouse. We are confident that he will contribute this experience to help Reksoft to grow at the same speed," stated Allan Martinson, a fellow Reksoft Board Member and managing partner of MTVP, a venture capital firm.
"Reksoft has always regarded Northern Europe as the target market, which resulted in more than 20% of our FY2006 revenue coming out of this region. I believe that the support of Mr. Pohjolainen will add value and immensely enhance our customer relationships in the Nordics," added Alexander Egorov, Reksoft CEO.
"For me it is a fascinating opportunity to offer my experience and knowledge to Reksoft. I have already seen the great commitment from the management team to lead Reksoft to evolve into the world class professional services company," confirmed Veli Pohjolainen.
For many years, Veli Pohjolainen has been the top executive with TietoEnator - the largest IT services company in Northern Europe with 16'000 employees and 1.6 billion Euro in revenues. During his career Mr. Pohjolainen held various management positions, including the position of Senior Executive Vice President and Member of the Executive Committee and retired from the company in 2005.
While being the member of TietoEnator's management team since 1989, Mr. Pohjolainen played a central role in creating the company's strategy and led its Banking and Finance vertical.
Mr. Pohjolainen was appointed Reksoft Member of the Board to boost the company's business development activities in the Nordic region and to advise the management on strategic issues.
"Mr. Pohjolainen has a unique experience of being with TietoEnator from when it was only 400 people company until it turned into an European IT powerhouse. We are confident that he will contribute this experience to help Reksoft to grow at the same speed," stated Allan Martinson, a fellow Reksoft Board Member and managing partner of MTVP, a venture capital firm.
"Reksoft has always regarded Northern Europe as the target market, which resulted in more than 20% of our FY2006 revenue coming out of this region. I believe that the support of Mr. Pohjolainen will add value and immensely enhance our customer relationships in the Nordics," added Alexander Egorov, Reksoft CEO.
"For me it is a fascinating opportunity to offer my experience and knowledge to Reksoft. I have already seen the great commitment from the management team to lead Reksoft to evolve into the world class professional services company," confirmed Veli Pohjolainen.