Kari Saukkonen
Finops Lead at Nordea
Helsinki, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolKari Saukkonen is a FinOps leader with 10+ years of cloud and IT transformation experience, currently building a centralized FinOps practice at Nordea from the ground up. He combines deep technical architecture and DevOps background across Azure, AWS and hybrid platforms with hands-on cost optimization, budgeting and governance expertise. Previously he advised CxOs and led cloud transformation programs at TietoEvry, Nordcloud (IBM) and Capgemini, translating business needs into operating models, platform designs and measurable cost savings. Kari’s roots as an API manager and solution architect give him a rare mix of platform-level implementation knowledge and commercial perspective on cloud economics. He holds multiple Azure, AWS and specialized trainings (including DevOps, security, Purview and AI fundamentals) and often focuses on pragmatic automation to make cloud financial controls repeatable. Based in Helsinki, he’s known for turning complex migration and governance challenges into standardized, scalable practices that stick.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Cloud PaaS architecture, Cloud PaaS architecture at MS Azure CloudLinuxFoundationX: LFS158x, LinuxFoundationX: LFS158x at edXMS Self learningArchitec training Q3/2020, Architec training Q3/2020 at AWSCapability to use Google cloud and understand What kind of IaaS, PaaS solution there are, Capability to use Google cloud and understand What kind of IaaS, PaaS solution there are at Googlemicrosoft courceBlockchain architecture, Blockchain architecture at Fujitsu Lab.AWS academyMS Azure Purview training, MS Azure Purview training at Microsoft Finland / Azure PurviewMS selflearning pathAI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals, AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals at Microsoft learningAzure Fundamentals AZ-900, Azure Fundamentals AZ-900 at Microsoft courceSC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals, SC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals at microsoft courcesMachine Learning training, Machine Learning training at MS Azure
Github Skills (6)
sensor9
pid9
switch8
iot4
telescope3
arduino2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
komakallio/komaserver
Jun 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:9 PRs, 93 pushes, 11 branches in 7 years 10 months
komakallio/komahub
Jan 2017 - Aug 2022
KomaHub Remote Power Switch and Sensor Platform
Contributions:1 release, 121 commits, 61 pushes in 5 years 7 months
sensorpowerpower-switchswitchiot
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