End-to-end data leadership
Led Nelonen Media’s complete data value chain—from storage and engineering to analytics and actionable business insight.
DATA PRODUCTS · ANALYTICS · AI
JuhaJaaksi
Building data products and platforms that move from technical possibility to measurable business value.
I lead data products, platforms and multidisciplinary teams at the point where business priorities meet technology. My background spans analytics, data engineering, AI productization, governance and organizational leadership.
Helsinki · FinlandScroll to explore ↓
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Executive profile
A bridge between business ambition and technical delivery.
Juha leads data as a product: with defined users, durable ownership and a clear connection to business outcomes. His work spans the entire value chain, from modern data platforms and engineering to analytics, governance and decision-making.
His career progression—from hands-on development and solution design to AI productization and executive data leadership—gives him uncommon range. He can move between strategic direction, operating models, technology choices and the practical work of getting multidisciplinary teams aligned.
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Selected impact
Building the connective tissue between data, decisions and delivery.
Multidisciplinary organization
Led a cross-functional team of data and cloud engineers, BI developers, analysts and data scientists.
AI productization
Enabled Telia’s B2B organization to productize automatic speech recognition, text analytics and other AI-based solutions.
Platform modernization
Helped move legacy data and insight into a new reporting and analytics environment.
Governance by design
Owned data governance and served as privacy champion for the Nelonen Media business unit.
From evidence to delivery
Built a Python proof of concept that validated a critical improvement opportunity and became a cost-efficient IT project.
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Experience
From building solutions to leading data organizations.
Head of Data Products
Leading the development of scalable data products and modern data platforms for analytics and GenAI at scale.
- Focuses the portfolio on measurable business impact.
- Connects platform capabilities with practical analytics and GenAI use cases.
Head of Data & Analytics
Led a cross-functional data and analytics function across the full data value chain.
- Led data/cloud engineers, BI developers, analysts and data scientists.
- Owned data governance, acted as privacy champion, and oversaw strategic initiatives and budget allocation.
- Enabled leadership decision-making through the delivery of actionable business insight.
Artificial Intelligence Lead
Productized AI-based services for Telia’s B2B organization.
- Developed offerings in automatic speech recognition and text analytics.
- Evaluated technologies and suppliers, coordinated multi-partner delivery, and supported solution sales.
Artificial Intelligence Solution Designer
Designed intelligent automation solutions across architecture, process and service layers.
- Built intelligent automation vision, strategy, toolkit and ways of working.
- Translated business problems into implementable solutions with technical teams and external partners.
Development Specialist, Customer Insight & Analytics
Worked across BI implementation, software development, project management, database migration and early AI initiatives.
- Supported migration from legacy systems to a new reporting and analytics environment.
- Turned a Python proof of concept into an IT project after validating a customer-service improvement opportunity.
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Expertise
Depth across the data product lifecycle.
Data products
Productizing data capabilities around clear users, ownership and measurable outcomes.
Platforms & analytics
Building scalable foundations that connect storage, engineering, insight and decision-making.
AI & intelligent automation
Turning emerging capabilities into viable services, products and operating practices.
Governance & privacy
Establishing pragmatic guardrails that make data more trustworthy and usable.
Business–technology alignment
Translating business problems into focused technical solutions and shared priorities.
Organization & delivery
Leading cross-functional specialists, strategic initiatives, partners and budgets.
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Leadership
“Start with the business problem. Build the platform, ownership and ways of working that make the answer repeatable.”
Juha’s approach pairs product thinking with strong engineering foundations. Strategy becomes useful when it creates clear priorities, accountable ownership and a platform teams can build on.
Governance and privacy are part of delivery—not an afterthought. The goal is a sustainable operating model where specialists can move quickly, leadership can trust the insight, and investments remain tied to outcomes.
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Education
Education
2018 — 2022
MSc (Tech), Software Engineering
University of Turku
Thesis: Challenges in machine learning lifecycle governance2018 — 2020
MSc, Information Systems Science
Turku School of Economics
Thesis: How to define organizations’ maturity to adopt artificial intelligence solutions2014 — 2018
BSc, Computer Science
University of Turku
Thesis: Challenges when scaling agile frameworks (SAFe)Certifications
- Certified SAFe 4 Agilist
- NICE Automation Advisor
- NICE Certified Technical Administrator
Languages
- Finnish — native
- English — C2
- Swedish — B1
CONTACT
Let’s build something that makes data matter.
For leadership opportunities, collaboration and professional conversations, connect with Juha on LinkedIn.
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