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Meet the experts

Whether you need consulting services for your business or a keynote speaker for your event, FiCCC offers top-notch experts tailored to your needs. Check out our experts and get in touch. We're here for you!

Pasi Pylväs

FiCCC Director, Chip Fusion/Tamlink 

Technology trends

VC investors

Deep-tech startups

Finnish semiconductor ecosystem

Pasi Pylväs

Pasi's expertise is in end-to-end semiconductor knowledge from design to manufacturing and verification. With previous experience as a systems architect, combined with his education and work experience in the semiconductor industry, Pasi can offer insight on technology trends as well as national and EU level developments in the industry.


Pasi works as the director at FiCCC and is responsible for managing the operations of the competence center. 

pasi.pylväs@tamlink.fi​

Tomi Salo

Co-Creation Manager, Kvanttinova Oy 

Sensors

Microelectronics-based manufacturing processes

Optical gas measurement

Collaboration projects

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Tomi’s expertise is in the sensor world, from chip design to the development of manufacturing processes and the establishment of production lines, not to forget project management and business development.

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Tomi works as co-creation Manager in Kvanttinova. In the FiCCC project, Tomi is specifically responsible for corporate partnerships. 

Sirpa Salmi

​Head of sales, marketing, skills and talent, Kvanttinova Oy. 

Workforce acquisition strategies 

Marketing

Pitch coaching

Digital transformation

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Sirpa is an expert in strategic sales, marketing, and communications with extensive and solid experience in business development, digital transformation, and leading organizational change in the tech industry. 

Her areas of expertise include B2B sales, brand building, CRM and digital solution development, and impactful communication with measurable results (e.g., ROI-driven thinking).  

Sirpa is leading Skills and Talent team at FiCCC.  

Tapani
Lähdesmäki

Project Director, Business Oulu

Product development

Business consulting

Financing

Embedded systems

Advanced manufacturing

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Tapani has extensive practical experience with embedded systems, their manufacturing and commercialization, as well as a strong understanding of the opportunities in the semiconductor industry from a business perspective. He has years of experience in project management and product development both in Finland and abroad, working with companies including Polar, Oura, Etteplan, and Elektrobit. 

At FiCCC, Tapani’s area of expertise is supporting and assisting companies with financing and business-related matters. 

tapani.lähdesmäki@businessoulu.com​

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