Project Management Update from Finland

Jouko Vaskimo
International Correspondent
Finland

Jouko Vaskimo is Projects Director at IxonosPLC, a major Finnish ITconsultancy.  Jouko is also an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in Finland. Mr. Vaskimo graduated from Helsinki University of Technology in 1992.  Since then he has held project and PM related assignments with increasing levels for responsibility at Sinebrychoff, the oldest brewery in Scandinavia; Kemira Engineering Ltd, a major chemicals company; DNA Finland Ltd, a major Finnish mobile phone operator; and for Nokia. At IxonosPLC since 2006, Jouko is responsible for project management methodology and competence development within the Ixonos group and at Ixonos clients. Jouko holds the IPMA Level C (Project Manager) and Level B (Senior PM) certificates and is an IPMA assessor for Project Management Association Finland (PMAF). He is a member of the PMAF Board of Directors and a founding member of PMI Finland Chapter.  He received the PMP certificate in 2003.  Since October 2007, Jouko has been head of the Finnish delegation to ISO for creation of the new ISO 21 500: Project Management: Guide to project management – standard.  Jouko resides in Helsinki, Finland and can be contacted at jouko.vaskimo“at”ixonos.com.  Additional information about Jouko Vaskimo can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm.