Dr. Petri I. Salonen

Current

• Board Member at Ravensoft Ltd
• Founder, Chief Executive Officer at TELLUS International, Inc

Education

• Helsinki School of Economics
• Hanken Svenska handelshögskolan
• Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu

• Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu

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Dr. Petri I. Salonen’s Summary

My passion is within the ISV (Independent Software Vendor) ecosystem development. I work with ISVs around the world helping them to align themselves to the IT ecosystem of choice. The alignment consists of analysis of technology strategy, market segmentation, business model, sales-marketing and channel development strategy.

I do research in cloud computing (SaaS) that is very close to the topics in my doctoral dissertation from 2004 (Evaluation of a Product Platform Strategy for Analytical Application Software) with a focus on business models and financial profitability of cloud computing initiatives.

To achieve the goals in my professional work, I have combined a healthy combination of research, strategy development and solution delivery to end user organizations and this corresponds to the three business areas that TELLUS represents: ISV strategy development, solution delivery and ecosystem research.

My passion is to educate, to write books (first one came out in to book stores in January 2008 and second one will be out in first half of 2010) and speak about current topics for different audiences in different parts of the globe. TELLUS stands for "The Globe" whereby I have kept my mission since founding TELLUS International, Inc.

Dr. Petri I. Salonen’s Specialties:

International software business, channel development, board of directors, software business strategy development, business intelligence, SaaS, Software plus Services, Microsoft Azure, software business models, software development, software product lines, software product platforms, domain-specific modeling,

Dr. Petri I. Salonen’s Experience

• Board Member

  Ravensoft Ltd

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  To bring experience of international software product business to the company and to act as advisor in the growth of the company

• Founder, Chief Executive Officer

  TELLUS International, Inc

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 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.

Dr. Petri I. Salonen’s Education

• Helsinki School of Economics

  Ph.D. , Information Systems Science , August 1995 — September 2004

  Doctor of Science (Economics)

• Hanken Svenska handelshögskolan

  M.Sc , Management Accounting, Accounting , 1985 — 1989

• Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu

• Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu

Additional Information

Dr. 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

Dr. Petri I. Salonen’s Groups:

Member of the Finnish Software Entreprenours Association (http://www.ohjelmistoyrittajat.fi/in-english)

Former Worldwide President for International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners

Former 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

•    Blue: The DallasBlue Business Network (25,000+ members)
•    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
•    Latin America Network
•    SharePoint Workspace Global User Group
•    IAMCP - India - West Chapter
•    MSDev Community
•    Financial Modelling in Excel
•    Oklahoma IAMCP
•    Suomen Ekonomiliitto - SEFE - Finlands Ekonomförbund
•    Band of Entrepreneurs
•    Computers in the Cloud
•    Innovation Management Officer (IMO) Finland
•    Eurocloud

Dr. 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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