Sami Vellonen

CIO & CISO at Terveystalo Delivering frictionless and secure healthcare IT.

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

About

CIO & CISO | Enterprise Transformation | Cybersecurity | Execution at Scale I build and lead organizations that deliver—fast, securely, and at scale. With 20+ years across industries, I’ve consistently turned complex strategy into tangible results. Today, I lead IT and cybersecurity at Terveystalo, driving a mission-critical transformation of healthcare technology. I don’t sit between business and tech—I connect them and make them work. From cloud and AI to platforms and AIOps, I cut through complexity, fix what’s broken, and deliver solutions that users actually care about. Known for building high-performing teams, challenging the status quo, and getting things done when it matters most. Lean, Agile, hands-on—whatever it takes to create momentum and results. Focused on what matters: performance, security, and results.

Experience

  • Terveystalo (5 yrs 3 mos)
    • Director, Business IT & InfoSec
      Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

      A.k.a. CIO (since Jun 2024) & CISO (since Nov 2023). Responsible for IT, IT & Digital Operations, Platforms, Networks and InfoSec at Terveystalo. Reporting to SVP, Digital Services.

    • Development Director, Software Engineering
      May 2021 - May 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Leading the Terveystalo Cyber Security Centre and Software Engineering unit (software development, quality assurance & platform engineering; Azure, GCP, AWS, CIAM etc.). My main task was to ensure the security, efficiency and excellence of our digital development by helping our professionals to be the best version of their selves and enabling their professional growth. Reporting to CDO.

  • Growth Hacker / Lumberjack / Handyman at Metsätila Sillanharju
    Jan 1983 - Present · 43 yrs 7 mos

    Doing my best to keep the forest growing and buildings in shape.

  • Entrepreneur at SaVe Solutions
    Apr 2007 - Present · 19 yrs 4 mos

    Delivering a wide range of business & technical consultancy (sensors, robotics, automation etc) and digital content production for consumers, corporations and public sector in Finland.

  • Head of Business & Solutions Consulting at Qvik at Qvik
    Nov 2018 - May 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    P&L responsible leader for the Business & Solutions Consulting unit. Hands-on tech savvy solutions architect, business and payments consultant/advisor. Digitalising commerce and helping qvikies and customers to build new success stories. Reporting to CEO.

  • Stockmann ()
    • Head of Digital Capability
      Jun 2018 - Nov 2018 · 6 mos

      Digital transformation, blockchain, robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence on the desk. Reporting to CDO.

    • Head of Technology
      Jan 2018 - Jun 2018 · 6 mos

      Combining technology and consumer experience by working on both sides of the table (ICT & Business) to build next generation omnichannel customer journeys. Special interest areas: Operational Excellence, Service Design, UX/CX/Usability, IPaaS, Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), micro services architecture, mobile, payment solutions, data- and analytics (machine learning, AI) and IoE/IoT. Reporting to CIO.