Ville Halkola

Ville Halkola is a seasoned professional in product quality and reliability management, currently serving as Product Quality Manager at Suunto since October 2017, where responsibilities include developing end-to-end reliability practices and implementing statistical tools in customer research. Prior roles include Consultant for Huawei Technologies, focusing on module reliability and quality, and Senior Manager at Microsoft, leading a multi-site team in component technology testing and failure analysis. Ville's extensive career, which began at Nokia in various senior technology management positions from 1997 to 2014, emphasizes leadership in reliability engineering, verification methods, and quality assurance across multiple technology domains. Additionally, Ville's achievements include contributions to the JEDEC work group for standardizing testing methods and improving testing efficiencies vastly throughout the career. Educationally, Ville holds a Master's Degree in Materials Sciences from Tampere University of Technology.