Summary
Stephan Rühlmann is an experienced infrastructure and operations leader with 12 years in IT management and over two decades of hands-on experience across Nokia, NSN, Atos and Kesko. He currently manages Infrastructure Services at Kesko, overseeing network service management, incident and vendor management, and the strategic development of tools, processes and future IT landscapes. Known for blending product-oriented, agile engineering instincts with pragmatic service management (ITIL) practices, he has repeatedly led cloud deployments, global migrations and large cross-functional teams. Stephan’s background includes heading cloud engineering and operations teams, running global outsourcing and migration programs, and driving process-driven transformation in both telecom and retail contexts. Colleagues describe him as a change agent who balances operational rigor with continuous improvement and scalable tooling. Based in Pirkkala, Finland, he pairs technical depth with vendor and project leadership that accelerates infrastructure modernization.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
English, Finnish, German, Swedish