Jouko Salo

Jouko Salo joined the Finnish Funding Agency of Technology and Innovation (Tekes) in 1997 and has worked in the Silicon Valley office of Tekes 2001 - 2003 and again from August 2008. He manages Tekes researcher visitor programs with UC Berkeley and Stanford University. His main responsibility is to promote and facilitate joint research between Finnish universities and research institutes and UC Berkeley and Stanford. At Berkeley Tekes is a member of International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) and the CITRIS (Center for Information Technology in the Interest of Society) program. At Stanford Tekes is a member of H-STAR (Human-Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute).

Salo has 11 years of experience in the European IT industry. He has held management positions in product development and marketing departments of Nokia, ICL and Fujitsu. From 1999 to 2001 he was the Program Manager of the USIX (User-Oriented Information Technology) program of Tekes. 86 research groups and 81 IT companies participated in the program. The total volume of R&D projects funded through the USIX program was USD 80 million.

Work Experience

• Program Manager, Finnish Funding Agency of Technology and Innovation (Tekes) Santa Clara, California, USA 2008-present
• Senior Technology Adviser, Finnish National Technology Agency (Tekes), Pirkanmaa TE-Center Tampere, Finland 1997-2001, 2003-2008
• Senior Technology Adviser, Finnish National Technology Agency (Tekes) San Jose, California, USA 2001-2003
• Information Manager, Fujitsu ICL Computers Oy Espoo, Finland 1991-1996
• Product Manager, Nokia Data Oy Helsinki, Finland 1986 - 1991

Education

• MSc, Computer Science, Tampere University of Technology, 1986

Awards, Honors and Significant Achievements

• Member of Panel of Judges (Education), The Tech Museum Awards, The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose CA 2001, 2002, 2008, 2009
• Trustee, Board of Trustees, International Computer Science Institute (ICSI), Berkeley CA 2005-2008
• Adviser, Council for Promotion of Information Society through Education, Research and Culture 1997-2000, Finnish Ministry of Education
• National Contact Point, Multimedia Content and Tools, IST Programme of EU's 4th Framework Program, 1997-1998
• Steering group member of several research projects at Finnish universities and research institutes 1997-present

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