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Lotta Buss’s career spans more than 20 years, blending her passions for business, creativity, and customer-focused strategies. After some soul searching, Lotta discovered a new path in her career that aligned more with her passions in life, leading to her current role at KONE as Head of Service and Digital Design. Lotta’s journey shows us the importance of courage and being open to life’s unexpected turns. 

During your career path, things may not always go exactly as you planned. However, with an open mind, adaptability, dedication, and some lucky chances, the road may lead you to just the right place. Leena Lehti, Head of Reliability laboratory Europe, knows this from firsthand experience. Known as Rellab, the laboratory is responsible for ensuring the reliability and quality of KONE products in both hardware and software domains. 

Dedicated to continuous improvement, Ankita Bajpai is a driving force behind KONE's automation journey. Her inspiring story unfolds from a diverse international background to the Product Owner and a leader in enterprise automation at KONE. Are you ready to embark on a journey of innovation and empowerment? Let Ankita's story inspire you.

Sayali Kulkarni, quality lead at the KONE R&D unit in Pune, India, started her career as a system engineer and consultant, and got to be involved in multiple process transformations as well as agile coaching. Many of her career moves were unexpected, but turned out to be hugely enriching and enjoyable. Now working in quality assurance at KONE, Sayali finds joy in the continuous improvement of products, processes, and ways of working. Seeing the impact of her own work is also an important daily motivator.

“There are so many opportunities in tech, and not everything is coding,” explains Lulu Zhang, head of Digital Enabling Platforms at KONE IT. During almost two decades in the IT sector, Lulu has taken the plunge into new waters many times. Along the way she’s witnessed the growing numbers of women in the tech field, and she finds fulfilment in the broad scope of her current role – managing four diverse teams of over 30 people.

M Karthik’s career journey started in 2018 as a software engineer. Since joining KONE as a test automation engineer he has now branched out into data science. Karthik’s story is full of examples of how an open mind, growth mindset and willingness to learn helped a young talent find new opportunities that matched his interests. Read more and get inspired!

The India Technology and Engineering Center Women’s community at KONE is more than just a council, it is an extended family. We learn, grow and develop together. There are several benefits of actively or partially participating in the Women's council and most of them are strongly interlinked. Discover 10 positive impacts of being an active member of the ITEC Women community at KONE.

When stars align and people come together at the right place and time, it can ignite the creation of an employee resource group. This is exactly the story of the IT Ladies' community. For us, the community is much more than just meetups, the IT Ladies’ community affects the overall employee experience such as the onboarding and induction period, increasing the sense of belonging, and helps career progression.

Even today in India’s professional work environment, gender equality is challenging and women aren’t often on the roadmap for managerial positions. The ITEC Women Talent Council is proud to be a pioneer in creating an inspiring workplace that empowers women. Our efforts are not in vain as KONE has been named the best place to work for women a full seven times.

At KONE we have a community of more than 120 testing professionals. We spoke with five Test Automation professionals and discussed more about community and what brings them joy in their role.

Having started as a trainee at KONE India research and development team, Senthil Kumar shares his 20-year career journey and learnings.

Doing things that you enjoy, looking for variety, and developing a broad set of skills have been the principles driving Matt Redford’s career.

Etti Seppä, currently a strategic designer in the Strategic Design for Innovation team, just moved to Rome, Italy to combine her work with the Entrepreneurship and Innovation master’s program.

Turning business needs into action is how Szilvia describes her role as a solution design owner at KONE. Read about how she found the perfect sweet spot between Business and IT at KONE Enterprise IT.

Zakir Hussain kick-started his career in the aerospace industry. His career at KONE IT started over eight years ago and now he works as a Salesforce Platform Architect. Read more about his learnings and key motivators.

The positive outlook of Ashish Agrawal, Head of Enterprise IT Platforms and Services at KONE, leaves one with a warm feeling after chatting with him. He shared his story with us on how he became the professional he is today, leading one of KONE’s digital transformation programs.

Pauliina Hartikainen introduces how KONE is building a collective cybersecurity mindset and community to ensure cybersecurity is part of KONE’s DNA now and in the future.

Get to know Yi Min’s story and how the design team in China has evolved.

Nina Kuitunen is a material engineering professional from Finland. Cooperation with KONE’s Design Team and the company culture have given a pleasant start to Nina’s career. Passionate about sustainability, Nina feels extremely happy that she can share her passion and research this topic in her work.

A chat with Ruchitgiri Goswami, KONE India’s Head of Engineering, about his journey and leadership approach of encouraging failing fast to learn faster.

A deep dive with KONE cybersecurity experts Vilma Blomberg and Pauliina Hartikainen.

A chat with Padmini Gorthi, Head of Design and Innovation Manager in KONE India, about KONE India’s design journey by enhancing products with local stories and culture.

A chat with Padmini Gorthi, Head of Design in KONE India

A chat with KONE’s new Head of Product Management Tiina Nieminen

A chat with KONE’s new Head of Product Management Tiina Nieminen

"At KONE, diversity and inclusion are inherent parts of the way we work, and we constantly strive towards building a high-trust culture that is unparalleled for women employees across India."

- a deep dive with KONE Technology and Innovation Unit's Johannes Rastas (SVP of Services and Solutions)

- a deep dive with KONE's Technology and Innovation Unit's Johannes Rastas (SVP of Services and Solutions)

“You get to not only develop testing frameworks within KONE, but you get to also contribute to the wider test automation community”

“The Hyvinkää testing laboratory is massive: the whole basement is filled with a variety of simulators and testing equipment...”

“The new API ecosystem is run by the API Services DevOps team and it enables innovative collaboration with external partners and customers.”

“In China, we are adapting the digital elevator for the Asian Pacific market, ensuring that not only the elevator works, but that all the other...”

There is a genuine focus on R&D, including lots of direct interaction between the Chennai and the Finnish R&D teams.”

“Elevators that are always connected to the cloud and can be programmed remotely are a triumph for KONE: a direct result of its ambitious emphasis on R&D and ground-level innovation....”