TietoEnator names Ari Karppinen SVP and president of processing and network unit
As part of TietoEnator's management rotation Ari Karppinen has been appointed TietoEnator's Senior Vice President and President of the Processing and Network business area effective 1 October 2005.
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Ari Karppinen will be a member of the Operative Management Team and Development Management Team and will report to Pentti Heikkinen, the Chief Operating Officer of TietoEnator.
Ari Karppinen was born in 1957 and holds an MSc degree in engineering. He has worked for TietoEnator since 1987 in different management positions, the last two years heading the Manufacturing business unit in the Production and Logistics business area. Processing and Network will continue its ongoing consolidation process according to existing plans under Ari Karppinen's management.
The current President of Processing and Network, Juhani Lano (born 1948), will take over the responsibility of implementing TietoEnator's global sourcing strategy and will be based in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The development of low-cost services as part of TietoEnator's growth strategy will require senior level management attention in the next coming years. In his new role Juhani Lano will report to Petteri Kekkonen, TietoEnator's head of Global Sourcing.