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Ville Kerminen
Senior Software Developer
IT
Ville Kerminen works at Pharmaca as a Senior Software Developer. Ville has 15 years of experience in various tasks in software development (Full Stack, application architect) and is an information technology engineer by training (software engineering). In addition, he has completed Microsoft Azure certifications. He spends his free time outdoors with his dogs, jogging, and working with DIY electronics and home automation.
Pia Hednäs
Pharmacist (B.Sc.)
Pharmaca Health
A few years ago, Pia got a camper van and explores now both the other Nordic countries and the hidden gems in Finland, during the summer. Gardening is also one of Pia’s summer hobbies. She also attends group exercise classes and studies languages.
Jani Honko
Tech Lead
IT
Jani is a long-term, curious IT professional who gets excited about new technologies and applying them to solve business needs. In his spare time, you can find Jani at Ju-Jutsu, among others.
Saana Lehmussaari
Training Producer
Pharmaca Academy
Viktoria Paananen
Senior Key Account Manager
Pharmaca Academy, Sales
Viktoria, who works on the sales team, is one of Pharmaca’s longest-serving employees, and during her 15-year career, she has worked with pharmaceutical information, training, as well as health intelligence. Viktoria has built a strong passion for helping people and her heart beats strongly for customer work. Viktoria spends her free time at the summer cottage, on the jogging trail, and working on DIY projects.
Petter Tuderman
Development Pharmacist (M.Sc.)
Pharmaca Health
Petter works to ensure that our medical information products serve their users in the best possible way, both in terms of format and content. Long experience in the pharma industry services and a pharmacist’s degree are helping here. In his spare time, he plays badminton, watches movies and enjoys good food with friends.
Jaana Honkonen
Customer Service Manager
Customer Service
Jaana likes people – especially nice ones, friendly and intelligent people, which everyone at Pharmaca is. That’s why she has been at the company for more than ten years. Animals and all kinds of activities related to animals are also close to Jaana’s heart.
Meriminttu Padinki
Key Account Manager
Sales
Viivi Snellman
Pharmacist (M.Sc.)
Pharmaca Health
Viivi is a pharmacist with a broad interest in the pharmaceutical field who does dissertation research in addition to her work. During her free time, she likes to hike in nature and spend time with family and friends. Viivi dreams of a trip to New Zealand.
Ove Uljas
Board Member
Board of Directors
Irmeli Suojala
Pharmacist (B.Sc.)
Pharmaca Health
Irmeli works with Pharmaca Fennica updates, DHPC service and outer packaging images. In her spare time, Irmeli spends a lot of time outside with her dog.
Henrik Klinkmann
IT
Valtteri Lantta
Senior Software Developer
IT
Outi Bergman
Pharmacist (B.Sc.), Information Services
Pharmaca Health
Outi is responsible for the Pharmaceutical Database together with her colleague. She also participates in the administration of Vnr numbers. In her spare time, Outi likes to read books and dreams of learning a new language.
Hanna Haasto
Pharmacist (M.Sc.), Information Services
Pharmaca Health
On family leave.
Ulla Partanen
Head of Learning Services
Pharmaca Academy
Ulla is a pharmacist and service designer by education. The all-rounder in the pharmaceutical industry cites her slogan: “inspire others and be inspired by others”, which she can implement excellently with learning services. Ulla loves mountains and outdoor activities – if she can’t get in touch with her phone right now, she’s probably trail running, skitouring or hiking.
Esta Vainio-Sonninen
Pharmacist (B.Sc.), Information Services
Pharmaca Health
Esta is responsible for the Pharmaceutical Database with her colleague. She also participates in Vnr number matters and the maintenance of Pharmaca Fennica data. She is also responsible for the pharmaceutical classification of Pharmarket. Esta relaxes from her meticulous work by reading – with the help of reading, you can move to other worlds and get away from workloads. Esta got to know Lapland’s wonderful nature already in her childhood. Hiking in nature is an important part of Esta’s free time.
Toni Hietajärvi
Senior Software Developer
IT
Netta Helenius
Coordinator
Pharmaca Academy
In her free time, Netta likes to go outdoors, to the cottage, photograph and spend time with her family and friends. She enjoys travelling and is always ready for an adventure!
Tanja Kiviranta
Pharmacist (B.Sc.)
Pharmaca Health
Tanja works mainly with Pharmaca Fennica updates. In addition, she works in the maintenance of the Pharmaceutical Database. In her spare time, Tanja enjoys being outdoors: in the winter on downhill skis and in the summer on jogging trails – often with an audiobook as her companion. On holidays she travels whenever possible, preferably somewhere where the sun shines and has beautiful views to photograph.
Mira Mellin
Customer Experience Specialist
Customer Service
Mira has a BBA in the Information Services industry and has been able to work in a variety of different customer interface positions during her career. Her free time is filled with rescue dog shenanigans, an ever-growing snake collection and an ever-changing array of hobbies.
Rikhard Mellin
Customer Data Process Assistant
Customer Service, Pharmaca Intelligence
Rikhard works with the frequent upkeep of the customer registry as well as assisting his team members with other customer support duties. Light entrepreneurship, cat daddy-hood, music production, playing and collecting records as well as houseplants are all part of Rikhard’s repertoire. A circular economy is also close to his heart and that’s why you might spot him at thrift stores looking for retro threads or digging in the crates of the closest record store.
Elisa Nordvall
Director, Marketing, Communications and Learning Services
Management, Marketing, Pharmaca Academy
Elisa leads Pharmaca’s marketing and communications as well as Pharmaca Academy’s learning services.
Riitta Mellin
CFO
Finance, Management
Riitta is energized by insights and learning new things. She feels even more empowered when the insights and learnings are put into practice. Sharing ideas with others is the best way to build better everyday life together now and in the future.
Ari Oinonen
Senior Software Developer
IT
Riina Salonen
Commercial Country Manager, Finland
Sales
Riina is a passionate sales professional who enjoys working with people, developing cooperation and innovating new things. She loves to challenge herself, inspire those around her and take customer experiences to a new level! On weekdays, after turning off the laptop, Riina goes to tennis court, and on the weekends she competes not only in tennis but also in padel. In the summer, she also spends time on the golf course struggling searching for her golf ball.
Maija Saarnilampi
Pharmacist (M.Sc.), Information Services
Pharmaca Health
Ossi Niemelä
Product Manager
Pharmaca Intelligence
Ossi is responsible for the Pharmarket product development in the Pharmaca Intelligence team. He has a background in IT and health services and has a master’s degree in business. Ossi gets excited about everything new especially related to tech and healthcare. Outside the office, you can meet him playing different sports or just sitting on the couch doing spectator sports or reading a book.
Riikka Manninen
Service Manager, Pharmacist (M.Sc.), Information Services
Pharmaca Health
On family leave.
Riikka is a pharmacist with an engineering mindset. Daily outdoor activity is an important way for Riikka to recover from work, even though available time for horse and dog hobbies has decreased after having a child.
Leo Heinsuo
Machine Learning Engineer
IT, Pharmaca Intelligence
Leo is a machine learning-focused 30-year-old from Tampere with a MSc in Information Technology. Leo’s career in IT started in 2015 as a back-end developer and has since progressed towards the cloud and neural networks.
Elina Huhtanen
Pharmacist (M.Sc.), Information Services
Pharmaca Health
Elina is a die-hard pharmacist who started her career originally in IT. She will probably never stop talking about medicines, and she is inspired when the word “systematic” is mentioned, so working with pharmaceutical information systems is therefore a somewhat natural choice for her. In her free time, she can often be spotted hiking in nature, enjoying a black metal gig or knitting.
Päivi Rastas
Director, Business Intelligence
Management, Pharmaca Intelligence
Päivi is a business intelligence leader who appreciates cross-industry collaboration. Solving clients’ challenges makes her heart flutter. And her team’s philosophy is: work hard, laugh hard. In her free time, this M.Soc.Sc. can be found using her museum card or practising her downward dog.
Laura Malinen
Software Developer
IT
Laura is an M.Sc. who moved from the financial world to software development and is motivated by solving problems and learning new things.
Jimmy Kaaya
IT-Specialist
IT
Päivi Gruzdaitis
Pharmacist (M.Sc.), Information Services
Pharmaca Health
In her work, Päivi gets excited about planning and developing new things together with various professionals. She enjoys forest walks, morning swims, dancing and being with her loved ones. Päivi wants to add good to the world with small actions, like smiling at someone on the street.
Laura Kenttä
Pharmacist (M.Sc.), Information Services
Pharmaca Health
Laura is a renaissance person interested in natural sciences, multilingualism, anthropology and art. In the work of an information service pharmacist, one may need different perspectives!
Ensi-Maria Jaakola
Marketing Specialist
Marketing Piiariikka Tabell
Controller
Finance
Jussi Karpansalo
CTO
IT, Management
Jussi has spent his entire career in the middle ground between IT and business, and he enjoys the challenges of these two different environments. Outside work, he can often be found in nature or at the gym. Jussi is also an active reservist and is a member of the Board of Reserve Officers of Eastern Helsinki.
Hannu Saukkosaari
Senior Full Stack Developer
IT
Aarni Vanamo
Senior Software Developer
IT
Software development with 25 years of experience. Team Valor FTW.
Antti Koski
Design Lead
IT
Antti has a long and diverse experience in developing digital products. He has, for example, researched and analyzed user experience and worked as a leading UX and visual designer in various industries. At work and in his free time, Antti gets inspired by simple things bringing balance to life’s many twists and turns.
Joni Kotiniemi
Senior Test Automation Engineer
IT
Joni has more than 20 years of experience in the IT field in various positions in programming and testing in the companies ATI, AMD, Qualcomm and Valagroup. His duties at Pharmaca include increasing testing expertise throughout the organization, testing, increasing test automation and everything else related to testing. Joni spends his free time singing in a choir, playing board and computer games, and exercising in various forms.
Roosa Kekki
Development Pharmacist (B.Sc.)
Pharmaca Academy, Pharmaca Health
Anja Isoaho
Training Manager
Pharmaca Academy
On study leave. Anja has been working on training planning in various organizations since 2003 and as a Training Manager at Pharmaca since 2012. In her work, she enjoys receiving customer feedback on high-quality training and cooperation with various experts. Anja spends her free time in nature on horseback or her own feet, making art, going on museum tours, gardening and travelling, especially in France and Italy.
Antti Viitanen
Chairman of the Board
Board of Directors
Janne Kalliola
Senior Designer
IT
Janne is a versatile and precise designer who approaches his work, with extreme passion, without forgetting to have fun. He is an esthetician and rich in ideas, who also has the patience to refine the corners of pixels and design systems. At the office, Janne’s recognized by the bad dad jokes and the Dents box decorating the desk. His secret vice is sustainably and beautifully designed shoes, which are polished in his hands.
Anna Frondelius
Junior Consultant
Pharmaca Intelligence