Leonidas Pekka Kambiselis

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1 Leonidas Pekka Kambiselis Languages: Finnish, Greek, English Working experience: 14 years Introduction My colleagues describe me as a multitalented Consultant and Project Manager. I have worked among others for Nokia, Microsoft, Panasonic, Huawei, Tieto, Wärtsilä, Telefonica, Vodafone and the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation. My specialisation is in User-centered design (UCD) and User-driven development (UDD) which I have studied in Aalto University and later been further trained at Nokia s R&D centre in Helsinki. With a 6+ years of working experience as a Project Manager I can see the big picture and propose appropriate solutions. Depending on the nature of the project my tasks include pitching for an idea, negotiating with CTO s and mid-level managers, searching for suitable partners, leading design and development teams, and keeping an eye on deliverables and budget. The industries I have worked for have been FinTech, Automotive, Healthcare, IT and SaaS where projects typically last between 3 and 24 moths. The teams I have participated on have been awarded multiple times in international competitions in Germany and the United States. Before becoming a Project Manager I worked for years as a UX/UI designer for Accenture, before founding my own startup. As of today I have delivered 100+ projects and my longterm goal is to share this collected knowledge through an e-book. Experience Consultant, Covve Athens 2018 Responsible for the product redesign. Covve is a 14 people tech-startup with a 2M funding mainly from the National Bank of Greece and Deutsche Telecom. Worked closely with the CEO and CTO on strategic UX design, monitoring software-analytics and arranging design workshops. Project managed partners in Poland and supervised the production of marketing content for the Indian market. Chief Executive Officer, Pixelhero Ltd - Finland/Estonia Founder of the company and responsible for new business generation. Established a subcontractors network in Estonia, Serbia and Greece for the production of marketing material for Finnish clients. Traveled several months per year. In 2014 the company focused on mobile apps design and started collaborating with Harman International using Microsoft technologies. Interviewed and hired designers, developers and sales people.

2 Consultant, Tieto - Finland 2017 As part of Tieto I participated in concepting and redesign phases of Automatia s Ottonet banking system. The software controls the daily operations of approximately 1,800 ATM s in Finland and is used by Nordea, Danske Bank, and OP financial group. Helped management to prioritise design changes as well as to envision more optimised user-workflows, based on user-interviews and data-analytics which my team collected. According to client feedback the project was highly successful. Consultant, Huawei Finland/China Brainstorming and concepting of Huawei s next generation mobile applications to be released in Worked at Huawei s R&D centres in Tampere and Helsinki in close co-operation with Harman international s developers in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Recruited suitable designers and project managed their work. Main deliverables were a 3D accelerated mobile operating system and its 6 core applications. According to project feedback the deliverables were of top-quality. Project Manager, Cisco Networks - Finland 2017 Advertising campaign for Cisco. Was in charge of overall budget and timeline. Produced a set of cinema-graph videos, managed actors, photographers, and arranged green-screen equipment availability in Tallinn to meet the project budget. Presented the final outcome to the Head of Nordic Marketing at Cisco Networks. According to client the material surpassed all expectations. Consultant, Softability Finland 2017 Worked on a VR/AR concept related to coal mining and how specialised personal can be trained under hard conditions under different work-scenarios. My team did an an analysis on overall usability of the 3D interface utilising Microsoft HoloLens hardware, and produced a set of software prototypes. Consultant, Verto Analytics Finland 2016 Innovation on the user-experience of Verto Analytics core offering the MONITOR software as an effort to gain new revenue streams for the company. Created a concept that would serve new prospects focusing on upcoming features of the software. Organised several strategic design workshops, aligning the vision of the company stakeholders with that of the design team. The web-based analytics platform is used by Facebook, Google, Uber, and Electronic Arts. According to client feedback the project outcomes were extremely useful for the product development team. Consultant, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Kenya / Finland 2016 The project led by M4ID Helsinki was focused on innovating new approaches for the design of a labour ward in low resource settings in Africa. Worked in a team of 20 international designers. The project gained significant press coverage in Scandinavia.

3 Product Owner, Microsoft Mobile Devices - Finland Creation of several mobile applications for the Windows Mobile platform. Worked onsite at Microsoft design studio in Espoo. Defined the UX principles and presented the outcomes to the project shareholders on weekly meetings. Assisted on conducting usability tests and supervised the interface design process, in a team of 40 international designers. Reported to Head of Design and several Product Owners. The mobile applications had between 2 and 8 million active users whose behaviour was partly tracked with the use of software-analytics. Won an IF design award in Germany and an IDEA finalist recognition in USA for the Lumia Creative Studio application. Design Consultant, Volkswagen Group - Germany / Helsinki 2015 Design work for Volkswagen Group working as part of Futurice service design team. Ideation on Internet of things, vehicle telematics, and cloud services utilisation. Conceptual animations and visualisations which were presented in Germany to the R&D team. According to client feedback to project shareholders were very pleased with the end results. Design Consultant, Wärtsilä - Norway / Finland Was hired by Wärtsilä Marine Solutions to assist on designing the user-interface of a PCS system used on modern vessels. The comprehensive system uses several control devices, indicators and modules which control the vessel. Co- operated with the clients team in Norway to create the software prototype, getting feedback from captains on real use scenarios. The client feedback was extremely positive and the project has gained significant press coverage globally. The project also won a Red Dot Design Award in Germany. Lead Designer / Project Manager, Fjord - Finland Fjord is a service design company part of Accenture. Worked in the Nokia team focusing on concepting, branding, graphic design, and visual components creation for several mobile apps. Later worked as a PM managing a compact team of four designers. Communicated the creative process and ideas to project shareholders on weekly meetings. Delegated tasks to freelancers when needed, interviewed prospect employees, and played an active role on client side meetings. Senior Designer, Sanoma Interactive - Finland In late 2007 Sanoma Interactive was one of the key-subcontractor s of the Nokia Research Centre. Worked onsite and from abroad for an international team consisting of copywriters, developers and sales people creating a broad range of POS (Point Of Sales) applications which were mobile applications running a special ROM, and which were placed on Nokia s and Vodafone s shops worldwide promoting the end-devices. Devices such as the legendary Nokia N95 and other Symbian devices such as the E71, 5800, N8 and others. Won a national award for most innovative e-learning application.

4 Lecturer, Metropolia - Finland Gave lectures in the department of 3D-visualisation providing seminars on interactive presentation techniques. Engaged in the broader scholarly and professional communities. Had a permanent position as a lecturer before moving back to commercial projects. Senior Designer, Various clients - Finland / Greece In early 2003 mobile phones were able to run 3D graphics in pre-rendered format and later in real-time format. Around that time Nokia released the N-Gage a device, for which some companies started producing game titles. Although the mobile games market didn t took off yet I had the chance to design some early 3D mobile games for several startup companies in Finland and to meet likeminded young professionals. Junior designer, Foundation of the Hellenic World Greece 2002 Did my colleague final year practice period at the Foundation of the Hellenic World in Athens, the only institution of its kind in Greece as a junior 3D artist for VR (Virtual Reality) installations and educational content. Education HnD Business Development - Teeside University College, Prague, (Courses included: business development, project management, financial planning, business concepts, competitors analysis, financial planning etc.) Master of Arts, Medialab - Aalto University, (Courses included: design management, design thinking, visual communication, systems of representation etc.) Bachelor of Arts - Middlesex University College, Athens, (Courses included: graphic design, art direction, media production etc.) Skills Service Design, User-Experience Design, User Analysis, Design Workshops, Project Planning, Team Building, Project Management, Team Leading, Business Development, Operations Management. Awards IF Design Award Creative Studio team, Microsoft Awarded by the if International Forum Design GmbH in Hamburg for excellence in design. The if DESIGN AWARD welcomes over 5,000 submissions from 70 countries every year. IDEA Finalist Creative Studio team, Microsoft

5 Awarded by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). The International Design Excellence Awards or IDEA is a premier international design competition, which recognises and promotes design excellence across a wide array of industries and disciplines conducted annually. Red Dot Award, Best of the Best Marine Solutions team, Wärtsilä The competition emphasises time lasting design and aesthetic form. Wärtsilä s industrial design based its propulsion control panel R&D work, on key contributions from the field of end-user research, interaction design, graphical user interface design and hardware design. Awarded by the Design Zentrum Nordhein Westfaled in Essen, Germany. References Leo is an exceptionally talented and super organised. He takes pleasure working independently on site, and is a joy to work with in house. Leo has the character, experience and confidence that it takes to turn a challenging project into a disciplined flow of creative excellence. Mikko Anttilainen, User Experience Specialist at Solibri Ridiculously professional' is the first phrase that comes to my mind when think about Leonidas. During working at Microsoft Mobile he showcased that he isn't only a good Service Designer but also very efficient, listens & understands client's needs and at the same time provides his suggestions how to make things better. Henri Molin, Manager of Consumer Engagement at Microsoft "I found Leonidas a great partner to work with: ready to do everything to help us succeed and get good results, and really competent in his area of expertise. I can recommend him without hesitation. Paajanen Eija, Product Marketing Manager at F-Secure "I worked with Leonidas at Nokia Design. He's very detailed, gets going very quickly and is a pleasure to work with. I would gladly work with him in the future, without hesitation. Shahil Soni, Senior Visual Designer at Microsoft "Leonidas managed several projects and has showed himself to be a very competent leader, patient, inspiring and passionate about his work. It was a pleasure to work with Leonidas and I ll be glad to work with him again. Jane Vita, Lead Service Designer at Digitalist Group "Leonidas is truly a great professional service designer who can see the whole picture, understand customer s needs and at the end come up with a really nice solution. I hope to work with him again in the future projects. Samuli Rajala, Project Manager at Mirum Agency