Kimmo Karhu
Assistant Professor Of Strategic Management Of Technology And Innovation
Helsinki, Mainland Finland
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Top SchoolKimmo Karhu is an academic-practitioner who bridges strategic management research and operational tech leadership, with 13 years of experience spanning university research and teaching, city-wide data strategy, and product development. As Assistant Professor at Aalto University he researches platform strategy and digitalisation while teaching and coordinating strategy programs, and he has taught over 20 executive courses on AI, platforms and digitalisation. Previously Head of Data for the City of Helsinki and VP of Product Development in industry, he combines hands-on software delivery and off-shore development experience with evidence-based consultancy on platform growth. Known for interdisciplinary collaboration, he leads department-level strategy work and contributes to public-sector digital transformation through board and advisory roles. An engineer-turned-scholar with a D.Sc. from Aalto, he consistently applies rigorous research to practical challenges across public, private and academic settings.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Science (Technology), Information Systems and Services, Doctor of Science (Technology), Information Systems and Services at Aalto UniversityMaster of Science (Technology), Computer Science, Master of Science (Technology), Computer Science at Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan
Finnish, Swedish, French, English
Github Skills (1)
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
aalto-trafficsense/regular-routes-client
Jan 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:5 PRs, 8 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 3 months
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