We’re thrilled to have Roope Suomalainen join us as part of our Business Development team. At Silo AI, Roope will be looking after business development particularly within the telecommunications and media sectors. Companies dealing with the most complex AI challenges can count on Roope to create a long-term prolific partnership to solve the challenges of tomorrow with Silo AI.

Roope has 15+ years of experience in building global digital businesses, constantly looking for possibilities to take advantage of new technologies. During his career, Roope has worked with global partnerships and business development, enabling companies to succeed in becoming smarter and more efficient through advanced technologies. From his experience, Roope has gained excellent skills in challenging the current status quo and helping his clients refine opportunities to create new digital businesses.

Roope joins Silo AI from Fujitsu, where he focused on building a global partnership with Nokia around IoT and 5G. His other sales and business development experience covers several managing positions at Digitalist and Ixonos, where he worked with global clients and successfully managed a team on three continents. Roope has also co-founded an online event service Eventz.today. Before turning into a digital professional, Roope made his merits in Olympic sailing.

To Roope, building the future business is a combination of understanding and finding a balance between business viability, technical feasibility, and desirable user experience. In addition to external variables and the environment, being successful requires courage and persistence to navigate and lead through the barriers of change.

– Artificial intelligence has enormous potential to make an impact on businesses and our society. This requires discussions, trust, and possibilities to challenge the current ways of thinking and working. I’m very excited to join Silo AI, where I can work and learn from the greatest minds in the field. Knowing that I’m working with a team that can solve the most strenuous problems, I’m looking forward to helping our clients with the most valuable challenges, Roope comments.

– Roope is an excellent addition to our team with his focus on smart devices, telecommunications and media sectors. There’s a huge potential for enhancing IoT and 5G networks with AI, through applications that improve and optimize the current systems. Roope’s experience in working with global partnerships will be valuable for Silo AI as we continue to grow internationally, says our business development team lead Pertti Hannelin.

We at Silo AI are excited to get a business developer mastermind like Roope to join us on our path to becoming a European flagship AI company. Welcome onboard, Roope!

Ready to find out how Silo AI can help you succeed in becoming AI-driven? Get in touch with Roope via email at roope.suomalainen@silo.ai or on LinkedIn.