Salla Alajoki
About Salla Alajoki
Salla Alajoki is an R&D Project Manager and Project Management Competence Owner at Vaisala, where she has successfully led significant projects, including the development of the HPP270 hydrogen peroxide instrument. With a background in engineering and project management, she has over 20 years of experience in the field and has coached numerous project managers.
Work at Vaisala
Salla Alajoki has been employed at Vaisala since 2013, holding the position of R&D Project Manager and Project Management Competence Owner. In this role, she has successfully led the development of the Vaisala hydrogen peroxide instrument HPP270, which marked a significant market entry. Alajoki also serves as a competence owner for a project management professional development group, where she coaches 40 project managers, enhancing their skills and competencies within the organization.
Education and Expertise
Salla Alajoki has a strong educational background in engineering and management. She earned a Master of Science degree from Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan between 1998 and 2003. She furthered her education by completing a Change Management module at Aalto-yliopisto from 2009 to 2011. In 2019, she studied Executive Coaching at Adare Oy for 11 months, expanding her leadership and coaching skills.
Background
Before joining Vaisala, Salla Alajoki worked at Efore Oyj as a Project Manager from 2007 to 2013. Prior to that, she was employed as a Product Design Engineer at VTI Technologies Oy from 2001 to 2007. Her extensive experience in project management and product development has contributed to her current role at Vaisala.
Achievements
Salla Alajoki has led a project team that successfully released a product three months ahead of schedule, resulting in savings of approximately €300,000. In recognition of her leadership and the performance of her project team, she won the Vaisala Quality Award in 2017. Additionally, she acted as a product owner for a scrum team working on the OPT100 project from May to December 2017.