21. Talking Talent: Dean Pattrick on life in the Nordics, part-time veganism benefits, Nokia & current tech
Dean Pattrick is a husband, father, engineer, avid sportsman and digital adventurer. He is married and has with two teenage kids and lives his life in Finland. Dean left school at 16, not that he would recommend this to anyone now days, to join the British Royal Air Force. He served 10 years as a telecoms engineer and saw active service in the Gulf War (1990-91). After his military career he joined Nokia UK as the world exploded with GSM technology. Three years later he was invited to move to Finland for a 2 year contract... 21 years later and he is still there. His Nokia career saw him work both the infrastructure as well as the devices divisions, including a 5-year spell with Nokia Music, which was the crown jewel in his days with Nokia. Outside of Nokia he gained his MBA from the Helsinki School of Economics and is also a certified Project Manager with PMI.org. Recently he has set his own company up, worked for audio companies, banks and now resides with ThermoFisher Scientific managing microbiology and culture media projects. Follow Dean Here: https://www.instagram.com/deano_42/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanpattrick/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app