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The Profile of the Finnish Astronaut

made a reservation (21 Jan 2010) for a flight to the space with Virgin Galactic
date of birth: 4 Dec 1966
place of birth: Iisalmi, Finland
height: 180 cm
weight: 80 kg
courageous, outgoing, full of general curiosity
places where lived: Iisalmi 1966-1989; Jyvaskyla 1991-2008; Helsinki 1989-1991 and from 2008 onwards
the youngest one of the siblings named, Airi, Taru-Maija, Juhani, Tapio and Veikko

Education

high school graduate, 1985 Iisalmi
military service, paratrooper school, 1987
qualification in economics and marketing, 1989 Iisalmi
studies at the University of Jyvaskyla 1991 – 1996, majored in information science
M.Sc, 1996 University of Jyvaskyla

miscellaneous, experimenting, 1982-1989
Valio Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki, site 1989- 1991, IT reporting task, foreman position
various IT related responsibilities in project management at Metso Corporation 1996- 2008
stationed a year in Italy 2001 and in Germany 2007, IT manager at paper machine sites
from 2008 different roles at IT department at Pöyry. Pöyry was a global consulting and engineering company with 6000 employees.
2019 Pöyrystä become AFRY after merge with ÅF. AFRY is a global consulting and engineering company with 16 000 employees.
Resposible for AFRY ITSM portal based on ServiceNow.

mocca-chocolade cakes
motorcyckles
travelling, visited more than 50 countries. Most interesting: Trinidad and Tobago (1990), Japan (1998), Mongolia (2006), Cuba (2009), North Korea (2015) and Tunisia (2019)
scuba diving
fitness, Nordic walking, gym, golf
rock- concerts, e.g. Sweden Rock
anything that seems / sounds interesting e.g. driving and tuning a rocket-car