Mauri Tikka

CURRICULUM VITAE

Mauri Tikka (born 12th July 1965 in Helsinki)
married

Work history (details)

2009 Machina Ludens, free consultant.
2003 Nokia, System Architect. Information architecture, UML modeling, requirements engineering, ICT systems acquisition.
2000 Nokia Research Center, Senior Consultant. CMMI, Spice, inspection, ISO 15288, auditing, INCOSE, Systems Engineering, EU EUREKA.
1999 Master of Sciences. Master's thesis in the field of Einstein's General Relativity.
1997 Nokia Senior System Consultant. System development, 5 patents.
1994 Nokia Cellular Systems, System Engineer. ATM, GSM, 3G, ETSI, ATM Forum. Innovations and patenting.
1993 Nokia Telecommunications, Designer. OSI, fault tolerant computing.
1990 Finnish Meteorological Institute, trainee. MATLAB, ozone measurements, data analysis.
1989 Nokia Telecommunications, Software designer. SDL, C, PL/M programming. Fault tolerant real time computing.
1987 Imatran Voima, software specialist. Maintenance of DEC VAX clusters, HP3000 and IBM mainframes.
1985 Military service, corporal.
1984 Kaakontieto, programming work. Begin studies of theoretical physics in University of Helsinki.

Skills

I have accumulated experience from several techniques over the years.

TOOLS, TECHNIQUES, PRODUCTS	EXPERIENCE
Languages (15)
Product platforms / software (9)
Testing
OS PLATFORMS
BUSINESS AREA KNOWLEDGE
GENERAL COMPETENCE AREAS

Other

Screenwriting grant from The Finnish Film Foundation 2011
5 patents in the area of telecommunications.
Publications on the philosophy of software work (Aristos magazine)

Courses and seminars

04/2008 – Hype and Myths around Agile development, Alistair Coburn
04/2008 – Effective software development in the 21st century
11/2006 – Leading and Managing Organizational Change
10/2006 – Design Structure Matrix
09/2006 – Nokia's Code of Conduct Awareness
02/2006 – Tutorial on DoD Architecture Framework
02/2006 – Modular product architecture
01/2006 – System Architecting
11/2004 – Taming SW Product Families
09/2004 – UNA Requirements Development
12/2003 – Systems Engineering e-learning, Stevens Institute of Technology
12/2003 – NSSEF Seminar on System Architecture
08/2003 – Requirements Engineering and Management Training
05/2003 – NSSEF Workshop on Requirements from Customer to Roadmap
04/2003 – Requirements Engineering for System Development
11/2002 – Scenery (Leadership in NRC), Nokia Research Center
10/2002 – Scenery (Managing People), Nokia Research Center
??/???? – Inspection Leader, Tom Gilb
03/2002 – Scenery (Project Management), Nokia Research Center
07/2001 – International Symposium, INCOSE, Melbourne, Australia
06/2001 – Systems Engineering Overview course, RAMSE
04/2001 – Action Focused Assessment Training / CMM-SW, Tim Kasse
03/2001 – RTM Key User
10/2000 – CMMI, Tim Kasse
08/2000 – CMM Basic, Nokia Research Center
01/2000 – Amplifier (Development in R&D Specialist Role), Nokia Networks
12/1999 – Amplifier (NET Business Today & Technology), Nokia Networks
04/1999 – Managing Your Self, Nokia
11/1998 – Fixed Network Planning, Merito Forum
06/1998 – Dynamic Presentations (NLP), Lara Ewing
01/1998 – Onnistuminen ihmissuhteissa, Nokia
12/1997 – Explorer (Finance for Non-Financial People), Nokia NTC
11/1997 – Signalling System 7, United Kingdom
11/1997 – Explorer (Working Successfully in a Network Organisation), NTC
10/1997 – Explorer (Telecom Business Challenges), Nokia NTC
??/???? – ATM Forum symposium, Los Angeles, USA
06/1994 – Switching Platform, Nokia
05/1994 – Projektitoiminta, Nokia
02/1994 – Toiminnan laatu, Nokia
02/1994 – Järjestelmäsuunnittelu, Nokia

Language skills

Finnish (native), English (fluent), Swedish, German (basic), Japanese (beginner)

Hobbies and organisations

Spiritual and personal development
Computer games
Science fiction and movies
Electric guitar and composing

Contacts

E-mail me at:
mauri@machina.fi
My GnuPG key, in case you want your confidential message encrypted.