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This blog is brought to you by SanomaWSOY, one of the largest media companies in Europe, and The Technobedouin, Mr. Juhani Väkiparta, a high-tech sector consultancy company CEO, author and speaker on life management and technostress. On his never-ending quest around the planet, The Technobedouin aims to detect weak signals of future business opportunities, while reporting on the planet’s peculiarities and discussing how we can incorporate more balance and harmony into our hectic lives.

Juhani Väkiparta has travelled over two million kilometres (1.25 million miles) through some 70 countries. Mr. Väkiparta and his consultancy business aim to open the exponentially growing markets of Asia and Latin America for Finnish and other international companies who are seeking to enter these lucrative, but challenging environments.

Mr. Väkiparta has written a book on Life Management with the world-known Brazilian MD, Alexandre Feldman. Their ground-breaking title discusses how to manage technostress, make a successful career and find overall balance and happiness in life. The book has been translated into Finnish and published in Finland (WSOY, 2006) and currently, the authors are looking for publishers in the English-speaking markets. Väkiparta and Feldman lecture on Life Management worldwide.

Mr. Väkiparta has previously worked with the telecom giants Nokia and Ericsson. Most recently, he was the General Manager of Nokia Content businesses in Latin America, and in the late 90s, he worked for Ericsson as a regional project manager in the Asia-Pacific region.

You can contact Mr. Väkiparta here.