Jyrki Montonen currently serves as the Director of Services and Service Team Lead at Laitex Oy since June 2020, following roles as Project Engineer within the same company. Prior experience includes a position as Shift Supervisor at Metsä Fibre from December 2017 to May 2020 and as a Production Engineer at The Switch, where responsibilities involved factory production scheduling utilizing ERP and PDM systems. As an Entrepreneur at CoolOn Oy from June 2015 to February 2017, Jyrki Montonen oversaw customer acquisition and managed R&D projects related to thermal management solutions. Earlier career highlights include working as a Junior Research Assistant at Lappeenranta University of Technology on cooling technology projects, and completing multiple commissioning engineer trainee roles at Metso Power Oy. Jyrki Montonen holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from LUT University, completed in 2016, with a minor in energy technology.