Global President at International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP)
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
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- Global President at International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP)
- Chairman of the Board at Ravensoft Ltd
- Board Member at Ravensoft Ltd
- Board Member at Board Member of IAMCP Global Board of Directors
- Founder, Chief Executive Officer at TELLUS International, Inc
- Education
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- Helsinki School of Economics
- Hanken Svenska handelshögskolan
- Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu
- Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu
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Petri I. Salonen’s Summary
With a strong academic and professional background, my personal mission is to work with technology companies, both European and US and help these organizations to globalize their operations.
Today, TELLUS servers clients on all three continents (Europe, US and Latin America and Asia). TELLUS provides services in multiple areas such as:
- Business development with lead generation and marketing
- Distribution of technology products to US and Latin Americas
- Strategy development for technology companies within different areas such as
o Setting development strategy
o Setting marketing and sales strategy
o Setting market segmentation strategy
TELLUS has exposure to Asian markets and with its network of partners, TELLUS can provide help in design services, software development and other software product development related activities.
TELLUS Technology solutions provides consulting services in enterprise data warehousing, business intelligence and customer relationship management solutions. TELLUS helps its enterprise clients to set its technology strategy, align this with overall business strategy to fuel growth.
Petri I. Salonen’s Specialties:
Experienced software technology executive with extensive background in building business partner and sales channel in the US as well as Europe.
Management consulting in enterprise software, business intelligence and technology strategy
Experience in business intelligence software solutions from both product development and usage perspective
Software business models, software distribution, software development, software product line development, domain-specific modeling
Petri I. Salonen’s Experience
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Global President
International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners (IAMCP)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
IAMCP is a global Microsoft partner organization with thousands of members around the globe. The aim of this non-profit association is to facilitate business between partners and to provide a strong offering to clients with different needs. There are chapters around the world with regular meetings and according to IDC study in 2007 the IAMCP ecosystem generated 6.8 Billion US in revenue.
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Chairman of the Board
Ravensoft Ltd
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
Ravensoft provides world-class services in the area of software development with all of the aspects of software lifecycle management. Ravensoft software architects and developers master the art of mobility software, business intelligence, analytics and Microsoft SharePoint. Ravensoft has a long background in developing software for other ISV's with lots of excellent references. Ravensoft is Microsoft Gold Certified Partner with office in Manchester, UK and Helsinki, Finland
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Board Member
Ravensoft Ltd
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years)
To bring experience of international software product business to the company and to act as advisor in the growth of the company
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Board Member
Board Member of IAMCP Global Board of Directors
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; International Trade and Development industry)
July 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
My role within the global IAMCP board of directors is to open IAMCP chapters around the world. The international board consist of directors from all over the world representing all major geographies.
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Founder, Chief Executive Officer
TELLUS International, Inc
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2005 — Present (4 years 2 months)
Founder of an international organization providing management services for software- and high-technology companies that want to globalize their business. Tellus International provides an affordable alternative for companies to extend their offerings around the world. Tellus International provides virtual office services for European companies that want to offer their services specifically in United States.
Petri I. Salonen’s Education
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Helsinki School of Economics
Ph.D. , Information Systems Science , August 1995 — September 2004
Doctor of Science (Economics)
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Hanken Svenska handelshögskolan
M.Sc , Management Accounting, Accounting , 1985 — 1989
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Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu
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Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu
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Petri I. Salonen’s Interests:
Author of a Finnish business book "Onnistu suuressa maailmassa - opas globaaleille kilpakentille" http://www.onnistusuuressamaailmassa.com Business intelligence and analytics, writing books and articles, travel, golf, motorcycling
Petri I. Salonen’s Groups:
Member of the Finnish Software Entreprenours Association (http://www.ohjelmistoyrittajat.fi/in-english)
Director of International Executive Board, International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners
Past President, International Assoctiation of Microsoft Certified Partners (www.iamcp.org) Dallas Fort Worth Chapter
Offical Mentor for multiple chapters around the world of International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners
Finnish American Business Guild (FABG) for Greater DFW Metroplex area
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Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members) -
eOffice -
DFW Entrepreneur Network -
PartnerPoint - An Online Community of Microsoft Partners -
Microsoft Dynamics CRM. -
Business Intelligence -
EPM - Business Intelligence -
Friends of Finland -
SQL Server -
Global Worker -
Web 2.0 -
Enterprise Software Community -
Business Intelligence Professionals -
International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners -
Microsoft Dynamics Consultants -
Microsoft Excel Users -
Linking Dallas -
Helsinki School of Economics Alumni -
GroupLinked.com -
Independent Software Vendors (ISV'S) -
Startup Specialists -
Microsoft Business Intelligence -
Microsoft BI -
Social Media Today -
Social Media Marketing -
IAMCP - DFW -
SalesBlogcast.com -
SQLServerCentral -
Software + Services (SAAS) -
TELLUS Club -
Microsoft Partner Network -
Finnish Software Entrepreneurs -
Data Warehouse & Business Intelligence Architects -
Finnish Hi-tech Start-up Community -
Software as a Service (SaaS) Group -
Microsoft Developers -
DSM Forum -
Hanken - Svenska Handelshögskolan -
MTBC Connections -
Make IT Green -
Latin America Network -
SharePoint Workspace Global User Group -
IAMCP - India - West Chapter -
MSDev Community -
Oklahoma IAMCP -
Suomen Ekonomiliitto - SEFE - Finlands Ekonomförbund -
Band of Entrepreneurs -
Make IT Blossom -
Computers in the Cloud -
Innovation Management Officer (IMO) Finland
Petri I. Salonen’s Honors:
2002 Businessman of the year, selected by The Finnish American Business Guild in the Greater DFW Metroplex area
2004 DM Review top 100 Award for InfoManager solution - corporate CEO during that time.
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