Jouko Salo

Jouko Salo joined the Finnish National Technology Agency (Tekes) and its Information Technology department in 1997. His duties include R&D funding proposal evaluation and participating in the decision-making process. He is also the contact for ICSI's visitor program with Finland. From 2001 to 2003 Salo served as a Senior Technology Advisor in San Jose, California office of Tekes. His main responsibility was to promote joint research between Finnish universities and research institutes and UC Berkeley. 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. 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.

Work Experience

• Senior Technology Adviser, Finnish National Technology Agency (Tekes), Pirkanmaa TE-Center Tampere, Finland 1997-2001, 2003-present
• 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

• Adviser, Council for Promotion of Information Society through Education, Research and Culture 1997-2000, Finnish Ministry of Education
• Member of Panel of Judges (Education), The Tech Museum Awards, The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose CA 2001-2002
• 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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