Leadership - Teamware Plaza Oy
LEADERSHIP
Ari J. Palttala
President and CEO
Mr. Palttala has held several management positions with Teamware Group and Teamware Plaza Oy since 2002. After successful development of U.S. business he led the management buyout (MBO) of P@za business line in 2005, and transformed it into an independent employee-owned multinational software company.
Mr. Palttala has 30 years of experience in running information technology companies or their product management, sales, and customer services organisations. He has held positions as Managing Director of VTLS of Finland Oy, Vice President of Marketing, Sales and Customer Services of VTLS, Inc., and helped the CEO and Board of Directors of PTFS, Inc. in transitioning its business from traditional government systems integrator to a software product company.
Mr. Palttala holds an M.Sc. in Engineering from Tampere University of Technology in Finland and an MBA from Virginia Tech in the United States.
Pasi K. Kössi
Vice President
Mr. Kössi has earned several promotions and gradually increasing responsibilities with Teamware Group since 1998 from Consulting Manager to Vice President postions. Since 2005 he has led the customer service, implementation and product development organizations at Teamware Plaza Oy. He also serves as the technical authority and main architect for Pl@za system.
Mr. Kössi has 35 years of IT industry experience ranging from application support, development and design to leading support and customer service organisations. He has held positions as developer, tehnical support representative and support manager at Nokia Data Oy, and as international support manager at ICL Oy prior to joining Teamware.
Mr. Kössi holds an M.Sc. in Engineering from Helsinki University of Technology in Finland.
