Aalto University is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland. It was established in 2010 as a merger of three major Finnish universities: the Helsinki University of Technology, the Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Art and Design Helsinki. Aalto University is part of LUMI AI Factory initiative, co maintain Finnish quantum computing research infrastructure, and part of the European Digital Innovation Hub Finnish AI Region.
I'm a technical project manager and grant specialist, where I'm responsible for
- identifying, setting up collaboration between university, industry, and other stakeholders vis public-private partnerships (EU funding - Horizon Europe etc, Business Finland / national funding, Academy of Finland, ...).
- Setting up ecosystem consisting of academia / research, industry, public authorities
- Grant writer (write R&D / innovation proposal), aiming for various technology maturity level (laboratory to industry prototype). Led and supported over 15 projects .
- Coordinate and lead team members in ongoing projects. I have been involved in leading and coordinating team members within international (EU) / national funded projects, working together with teams from other organizations surpassing various ethnic, nationality, language backgrounds.