Mikko Salonen

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About Mikko Salonen

Product development & leadership professional with strong experience of working with medical devices & IVD's. Leading diverse R&D organizations in a range of products & technologies. My leadership style focuses on being enabling, supportive and seeking to ensure that the team can shine. I have a business & quality oriented mindset with passion to work with products that make a positive impact. I am a natural communicator and enjoy collaborating with stakeholders, peers & executive teams- Key skills: Management & leadership: Leading cross-functional teams and R&D organizations incl. recruitment, organization development, budget planning & accountability, team management, coaching, developing the ways of working, technical decisions, collaborations, reporting, program management, strategy and product roadmaps. Medical Devices & IVD's: Experience from a very wide range of products & technologies, with development under Quality System & Design Controls applicable to medical devices & IVD’s. Fostering technology with a customer and user centric focus. R&D and Product Development: Including all different phases of the product lifecycle, from early technology development, to new product development, commercialization & support of existing products. Education background is Master’s & Licentiate’s in Product Development.