Juha-Pekka Sipponen

Current

• VP, Products, Mobile Phones, Devices at Nokia

Past

• Director, Ultimate Product Group, Nokia Nseries at Nokia
• Director, Strategy & Operational Development at Nokia Multimedia
• Director, S60 Multimedia at Nokia Technology Platforms

• Director, Media Applications at Nokia Mobile Software
• Business Program Manager, Media applications at Nokia
• Market development manager, wireless banking venture at at Nokia Ventures
• Internet and brand marketing related jobs at Nokia

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Education

• Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu
• Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

Connections

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Industry

Internet

Juha-Pekka Sipponen’s Summary

Internet, mobile devices, software, entertainment & media technology and business

Juha-Pekka Sipponen’s Specialties:

general management, technology management, strategy

Juha-Pekka Sipponen’s Experience

• VP, Products, Mobile Phones, Devices

  Nokia

  (Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

  November 2009 — Present (2 months)

  In charge of driving the portfolio, product and lifecycle management of all S30/S40 based devices.

• Director, Ultimate Product Group, Nokia Nseries

  Nokia

  (Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

  January 2008 — November 2009 (1 year 11 months)

  Heading one of the two product groups in the category management of Nokia Nseries, overseeing S60/Symbian-based products such as N85, N95, N96 and N97 as well as development in the Maemo (Nokia's Linux OS) platform.Having full product lifecycle responsibility from concepting to product end-of-life against the metrics of net sales, gross margin and consumer and market reception

• Director, Strategy & Operational Development

  Nokia Multimedia

  (Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

  December 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  Software strategy and process change related work in the area of device software and consumer internet services for Multimedia Experiences unit of Multimedia Business Group. The key contribution was Internet/Over-the-air based application software updating system and operative mode launched to S60 platform to support Nokia's entry to Internet based software services.

• Director, S60 Multimedia

  Nokia Technology Platforms

  (Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

  January 2005 — December 2006 (2 years )

  General management (feature roadmapping, product mgmt, R&D delivery, business development) responsibility over multimedia (audio & video & DRM & media mgmt &camera) section of S60 Platform, known best consumers through the Nokia Nseries based multimedia devices such as N91 musicphone, N93 cameraphone and N95 internet device. Executive ownership responsibility for partnering relationship with RealNetworks and a key role in evolving relationship with Microsoft/Windows Media. Experience with co-operation with community source development (helixcommunity.org) in the context of product development.

• Director, Media Applications

  Nokia Mobile Software

  (Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

  October 2003 — January 2005 (1 year 4 months)

  Planning and strategy role in the Symbian based platform organization, responsible for roadmapping, application strategy, standardization and in-licensing of media technology. Key role for partner relationships and negotiations with companies like RealNetworks, Microsoft and Sony. Experience of closing long-term licensing and partnering agreements with complex IPR terms requiring Executive Board level signoffs. Responsibility for the initiation and launch of CMLA (Content Management Licensing Adminstrator, http://www.cm-la.com/) DRM trust entity together with Intel, Samsung and Panasonic, including the responsibility for liaising with content owners such as music record labels and movie studios

• Business Program Manager, Media applications

  Nokia

  (Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

  January 2001 — October 2003 (2 years 10 months)

  Program management responsibility in the area of software content download, media format and DRM. Work included standardization work in Open Mobile Alliance gaining cross-industry support for the planned specifications.

• Market development manager, wireless banking venture

  at Nokia Ventures

  (Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

  2000 — 2001 (1 year )

  Business and market development for Wireless PKI based venture at Nokia that was eventually dismantled

• Internet and brand marketing related jobs

  Nokia

  (Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

  1995 — 2000 (5 years )

  The build-from-scratch-and-launch and general management responsibility over www.nokia.com company Web site during 1995-1999, including the setting of the operative mode, negotiating internal (IT etc) and external (Web agencies) relationship. Company brand harmonization work, including creation of brand guidelines consolidating the identities of various Nokia groups under "One Nokia concept" 1997-1998. Company project manager with full delivery and cost responsibility for Telecom99 exhibition 1999, one of the largest mobile trade shows of the decade.

Juha-Pekka Sipponen’s Education

• Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu

  M.Sc , Financial Accounting , 1991 — 1995

• Indiana University - Kelley School of Business

  Courses in finance and marketing (exchange student program) 1994 — 1994

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