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Helena Rivas: Even working remotely, I’ve felt like a part of the team from day one
Helena Rivas joined UpCloud’s IaaS team two years ago as a Senior Software Engineer. Originally from Uruguay, she has lived in Finland for over 17 years. Her rich experience in development and operations positions is accompanied by an 8-year career as a research scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. After being a researcher […]
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Introducing Helena Telaranta, Chief People and Culture Officer
We are extremely pleased to welcome Helena Telaranta as our new Chief People and Culture Officer at UpCloud. Previously, Helena has been working in global HR leadership roles in industrial, tech, and professional services, such as Wärtsilä, Qt Group, and Deloitte. Joining our team in April 2024, Helena’s experience in different growth environments, as well […]
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Sini Luukkanen: Tailored company benefits make employees feel cared for
Well-being, joy, and work-life balance are highly valued at UpCloud. People who feel good at work create a great company such as ours. That’s why our offices, after-work activities, and benefits are tailored to our people’s wishes and promote health and good work-life balance. Join us in a conversation with Sini Luukkanen, Senior HR Manager […]
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UpCloud appoints Teemu Toppola as Head of Product
UpCloud is delighted to announce the appointment of Teemu Toppola as our new Head of Product, effective September 1st, 2023. Teemu joined UpCloud in 2021 as a Team Coach, advancing to Head of Engineering by early 2022. Having excelled in his roles over the past two years, Teemu was promoted to the role of Head […]
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Lauri Ikonen, Former Head of Google’s Finnish Data Center, Appointed to Lead UpCloud’s Strategy and Operations
UpCloud has appointed Lauri Ikonen as the company’s Chief Strategy and Operating Officer. Ikonen, who took the position on August 1st, has more than 15 years of leadership experience in service and project businesses at Google and ABB, among others. Ikonen will focus on UpCloud’s growth and scaling the company’s operations. “I have kept an […]
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Ville Vesilehto: Taking a customer-centric approach to building UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes
Building a successful product requires a customer-centric approach, agile ways of working, and cross-team collaboration. The UpCloud Orchestration Team has been doing just that recently, ahead of the launch of UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes (UKS). We talked to Ville Vesilehto, a Product Owner in the Orchestration Team, to ask all about the product creation journey. As […]
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Team Orchestration: Agile and collaborative ways of working
UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes Service will help customers save costs and increase efficiency and performance. But building the platform took flexibility and agility from a tightly-knit team. To find out more from the team behind the platform, we spoke to Filipe Berti, Team Coach, to find out how the group promotes agile and collaborative ways of […]
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Nathaniel Ham: Solving problems for customers with Managed Kubernetes
Before you invest time and resources into building a new product, you have to know that it will meet the needs of your customers. When UpCloud’s Orchestration Team set out to build UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes (UKS) platform, how did they know what customers needed? And how did they turn that knowledge into the final product? […]
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Filipe Berti: Working and living abroad – from Brazil to Finland
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work abroad? Alongside providing flexible opportunities for remote work, UpCloud also supports employees with relocation. Read our colleague Filipe’s story of moving from Brazil to Finland. In 2021, a friend sent Filipe a job posting – UpCloud was looking for an Agile Team Coach to […]
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