Ilkka Tamminen
Director, Head Of Project Management, Global Database Studies
Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolIlkka Tamminen is a senior healthcare operations leader with over two decades of experience designing and running global clinical programs, now serving as Director and Head of Project Management for Global Database Studies at IQVIA. He blends deep therapeutic expertise in metabolic diseases, oncology and neurology with strong capabilities in real-world evidence, GCP and clinical research operations. Known for building efficient global processes, Ilkka has led organizational and system development initiatives that streamline data-driven study delivery across markets. He pairs hands-on project leadership with team coaching experience from line management to international programme oversight, consistently delivering trials on time and on budget. Outside pharma operations, he has contributed technical work to open-source software (improving reliability and test coverage in the Plover stenotype engine), reflecting a practical penchant for robust systems and automation. Based in Finland with an academic background in biology, Ilkka brings a scientist’s rigour to large-scale program management and process improvement.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Biology/Biological Sciences, General at Turun yliopisto - University of Turku
Github Skills (5)
steganography10
serial-communication10
python10
testing10
pytest9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
openstenoproject/plover
Jul 2014 - Oct 2020
Open source stenotype engine
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:8 commits, 5 PRs, 15 comments in 6 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Ilkka primarily focused on improving the reliability and efficiency of the `plover` stenotype engine. Their contributions involved refactoring serial port communication code to prevent CPU overuse and adding timeout mechanisms. Furthermore, the user updated and expanded the test suite, creating tests for timeout scenarios and improving overall test coverage. These changes contribute to a more robust and responsive stenotype engine.
desktop-applicationscriptingpythoncppwindows
Elktro/plover
Feb 2016 - Aug 2019
Open source stenotype engine
Contributions:7 pushes, 5 branches, 1 comment in 3 years 6 months
stenotypecpp
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