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E-mails: firstname.lastname@laaketietokeskus.fi. You can also contact us for education related matters koulutus@laaketietokeskus.fi, Vnr related matters vnr@vnr.fi and drug safety information related matters drugsafety@laaketietokeskus.fi.
Anna Sarjomaa
Marketing Specialist
Marketing
Anna works in Pharmaca’s marketing team, and her job varies from graphic design to SEM. Some of Anna’s favourite things are the smell of the railway and suntan, children’s laughter, the sound of setting the table, night swimming and shiny objects.
Aarni Vanamo
Senior Software Developer
IT
Software development with 25 years of experience. Team Valor FTW.
Anja Isoaho
Training Manager
Pharmaca Academy
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.
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.
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.
Valtteri Lantta
Senior Software Developer
IT
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.
Toni Hietajärvi
Senior Software Developer
IT
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.
Sarita Lehtivuori
Service Manager
IT
Sarita is a friendly and empathetic Service Manager who ventures into the IT world with a degree as a health nurse and versatile work experience in healthcare information systems. In addition to her spouse and daughters, her family includes two lovely little chihuahuas. Sarita relaxes best by immersing in a good book.
Sanna Lauslahti
Board Member
Board of Directors
Rikhard Mellin
Customer Data Process Assistant
Customer Service
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.
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.
Riina Salonen
Senior Key Account Manager
Sales
Riina loves to challenge herself, inspire those around her and take customer experiences to a new level! She is a passionate sales professional who enjoys working with people, developing cooperation and innovating new things. 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.
Riikka Manninen
Service Manager, Pharmacist (M.Sc.), Information Services
Pharmaca Health
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.
Päivi Rastas
Head of Business Intelligence
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.
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.
Piiariikka Tabell
Controller
Finance
On family leave.
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.
Antti Viitanen
Chairman of the Board
Board of Directors
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 as her newest hobby, Pia has started learning Danish.
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.
Ove Uljas
Board Member
Board of Directors
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.
Netta Helenius
Coordinator
Pharmaca Academy, Pharmaca Health
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!
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.
Minna Engström
Key Account Manager
Sales
Minna has a long and diverse experience in the social welfare and healthcare field, both in the public and private sectors. In addition to versatile clinical nursing work, Minna has experience managing nursing work, in sales, recruitment, and HR. Close to her heart are WWF and World Vision activities. In her free time, she spends time with her family on boats and in a cabin in the archipelago. Minna’s dream is to travel the world’s most beautiful train route through Switzerland.
Marjukka Kokkonen
Opintovapaalla - Pharmacist (B.Sc.)
Pharmaca Health
On study leave.
Maija Saarnilampi
Pharmacist (M.Sc.), Information Services
Pharmaca Health
On family leave.
Leo Heinsuo
Machine Learning Engineer
IT
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.
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.
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!
Jussi Karpansalo
Head of IT
IT
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hanna Haasto
Pharmacist (M.Sc.), Information Services
Pharmaca Health
On family leave.
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.
Ari Oinonen
Senior Software Developer
IT
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.
Elina Huhtanen
Pharmacist (B.Sc.)
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.
Jimmy Kaaya
IT-Specialist
IT