CTO of the Year 2015

The CTO of the Year is awarded annually to highlight the importance of Chief Technology Officers to the future competitiveness of Finnish industries. The CTO of the Year is an inspiring team-builder and leader, adds significant value to the company through technology, and communicates the benefits of technology to all stakeholders in an understandable way. You can find more information about the CTO Forum and the CTO of the Year Award following this link.

The nomination form can be found below.

The criteria for CTO of the Year 2015
The person

• Adds significant value to the company’s performance through technology
• Communicates company’s technologies and added value to all stakeholders in an understandable way
• Emphasizes the importance of cross-sector cooperation and demand-driven R&D
• Has been able to successfully adapt or maintain the research profile and R&D capability of the company
• Is an inspiring team-builder and leader

The company

• Has a technology-enabled product and/or service portfolio that is innovative, globally competitive and either already well known or rapidly gaining terrain, supported by a well-funded R&D strategy
• Has built a strong, broad technology collaboration community inside and outside the company
• Has a strong innovation process encouraging company-wide participation
• Actively invests in the development of its employees in the technology field

Societal Impact

• Both the CTO and the company are forerunners in sustainable development and responsible innovation and strongly build their future on them.
• The CTO contributes to working groups, societies and other bodies working for development of the society at large and his or her industry in general.

In relation to all the criteria, contribution relative to the size of the CTO's company matters.

You can also fill in the following to support your nomination.