Harri Rautiainen

Current

Founder and owner at SaxontheWeb.net
Founder and operator at Sax On The Web Forum

Past

Chairman of the Board at SBBY Suomen Big Band yhdistys
Marketing Director, International Division at Sonera Oyj
International Sales Manager at Symbolics Inc.

Sales & product marketing at DEC
sales at Digital Equipment Corporation
Product manager at Digital Equipment Corporation
Senior Product Marketing Manager, FMS, Graphics, Rainbow, VAXmate at Digital Equipment Corporation

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Education

Clark University
Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan
Helsingin Kaksoisyhteislyseo (HKYL)

Recommended

5 people have recommended Harri

Connections

489 connections

Industry

International Trade and Development

Websites

My Blog

Harri Rautiainen’s Summary

Website publisher (Sax On The Web http://saxontheweb.net/),
semi-professional Musician (saxophone)

2002-03 HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki
Lecturer: Entrepreneurship in Software Business

1989-1995 several Finnish IT-companies
International Sales Director (Europe)
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Harri Rautiainen’s Specialties:

Understanding technology from customer's point of view, International Sales and indirect distribution channels, Product Marketing and Promotion.

Harri Rautiainen’s Experience

Founder and owner

SaxontheWeb.net

(Music industry)

2002 — Present (7 years )

A comprehensive web site for all to do with saxophones.
World's biggest Saxophone discussion forum (http://forum.saxontheweb.net/ ) where both beginners and industry experts gather.
Founder and operator

Sax On The Web Forum

(Music industry)

July 1998 — Present (11 years 5 months)

Started as an off-spring of the Sax On The Web site.
Now has almost 30,000 members and is generally considered the leading forum for intelligent saxophone discussion.
Chairman of the Board

SBBY Suomen Big Band yhdistys

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

2001 — 2004 (3 years )

The National Association for Finnish Big Bands.
(Member of the Board 2001-2002.)
Marketing Director, International Division

Sonera Oyj

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TLSN; Telecommunications industry)

1995 — 2002 (7 years )

Internet and data service products.
Joint Venture planning and implementation.
International Sales Manager

Symbolics Inc.

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1986 — 1989 (3 years )

Managing Distributors in Europe and Israel out of Cambridge MA, USA.
Business and Marketing planning, Sales forecasting, Ongoing support and sales training plus closing of major end-user sales cases.

Member of the Symbolics High Achievers' Club every year.

Note also that Symbolics, the leading Artificial Intelligence and Expert system workstation manufacturer, was the first registered ".com" domain.
Sales & product marketing

DEC

(International Trade and Development industry)

1974 — 1986 (12 years )
sales

Digital Equipment Corporation

(International Trade and Development industry)

1973 — 1986 (13 years )
Product manager

Digital Equipment Corporation

(International Trade and Development industry)

1973 — 1986 (13 years )
Senior Product Marketing Manager, FMS, Graphics, Rainbow, VAXmate

Digital Equipment Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)

1974 — 1985 (11 years )

1974 - 1977 Senior Sales Engineer at Digital's Finnish subsidiary
1977 - 1981 in Maynard (PK3), Mass, USA: OEM and Corporate Marketing
1981 - 1982 in Maynard (ML): SW Engineering
1982 - 1985 in Marlboro and Littleton: Rainbow Group
responsible for $100 mill. business.