About Us .
Nordcloud is a European leader in cloud implementation, application development, managed services and training. We’re triple certified and featured in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant.
Company Numbers.
>45%
Net revenue growth year on year
1,000+
Public cloud implementations
1,600+
Employees
500+
Certified cloud experts
100+
Enterprise clients
10
Countries have Nordcloud offices
Leadership Team.
Fernando Herrera
CEO
Fernando Herrera.
CEO
He’s one of the original public cloud-native pioneers and disruptors of traditional tech. Fernando is a Nordcloud’s founder, driving our growth from a Nordic challenger into Europe’s cloud-native leader. He’s a regular industry speaker and serves on the board of the FinOps Foundation, helping Nordcloud customers, colleagues and the wider business community embrace cloud as it was meant to be used.
Jan Kritz
COO
Jan Kritz.
COO
Jan’s unique combo of cloud-first expertise and positive leadership style makes him the perfect COO for Nordcloud. Together with his team of cloud ninjas, Jan supports customers at every step of their journey, helping them harness the power of an agile, cloud-native approach. Having previously held senior leadership positions at Capgemini and Atos among others, in his 4+ years at Nordcloud, he’s overseen our growth as we’ve cemented our position as Europe’s leading cloud-native partner.
Tapio Koskinen
Global Sales Lead
Tapio Koskinen.
Global Sales Lead
Want a cloud-native tech whiz who truly understands things from the customer’s side of the table? Tapio’s your guy. As our Global Sales Lead, he’s all about getting the right solutions and services to the right people, so everyone from directors to devs benefit from everything the public cloud has to offer. Certified in AWS and experienced in Azure and Google Cloud Platform, Tapio, along with his global team, give you impartial advice grounded in cloud-native experience.
Magnus Manders
Head of Delivery
Magnus Manders.
Head of Delivery
After working with Nordcloud as Group CTO at Nordea, Magnus knew he wanted to be part of our journey. With a career spanning 20 years at global giants like IKEA and Capgemini, Magnus now spends his days helping customers overcome any and all barriers to cloud adoption so they achieve both quick wins and sustainable value.
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Niko Mykkänen
Alliance Business Leader
Niko Mykkänen.
Alliance Business Leader
We’re all about the power of collaboration at Nordcloud, which is why Niko plays such an important role. He’s the strategic link between our hyperscaler and technology partners, customers and internal teams – helping everyone drive more growth and innovation from public cloud capabilities. His impressive career has spanned leadership roles at AWS and Nokia, and he has a particular interest in AI and predictive analytics.
Ilja Summala
CTO
Ilja Summala.
CTO
Ilja is a legend in the tech industry. After 12 years at tech giant Nokia, he joined Nordcloud as CTO in 2012 to lead us on our journey to become a full-stack, cloud-native system integrator. His passion and unparalleled technological skills help customers transform the way they manage infrastructure and develop applications in a cloud-native world.
Giao Le
Group Strategy Lead
Giao Le.
Group Strategy Lead
A problem solver and strategist. With a theoretical mind that loves solving practical problems. That’s Giao in a nutshell. She brings a wealth of strategy and problem solving experience from the likes of Reddal and McKinsey – and an analytical approach to ensure Nordcloud continuously improves and has what it takes to be the best cloud-native partner to our customers.
Tuomas Toropainen
CFO
Tuomas Toropainen.
CFO
Tuomas is our numbers guy. With a finance career spanning a wide range of industries, he’s on a mission to challenge traditional perceptions of finance leaders. Like Nordcloud, he’s forward-thinking, and the words ‘But that’s how we’ve always done it!’ will never leave his mouth.
Ram Kumar
Chief People Officer
Ram Kumar.
Chief People Officer
Proud to be cloud native.
Why Nordcloud
We help you use the cloud to become stronger, fitter and faster.
Our Approach
We empower your business to drive value, velocity and growth with the public cloud.
Company Timeline.
2022.
2022.
Nordcloud wins a major cloud agreement with Valtori, the IT arm of the Finnish government. This cloud partnership will help the government move faster towards cloud while maintaining robust security and data protection.
We hit 500 AWS certifications and receive an AWS Partner Network (APN) Certification Distinction.
2021.
2021.
We officially launch Nordcloud Klarity, our cloud management and FinOps SaaS product. We originally developed it for our own managed services team, but based on popular demand, made it generally available for people looking to get more automation, visibility and cost control with their clouds.
Microsoft names us Azure Infra Modernisation Partner of the Year.
AWS names us AWS Migration Partner of the Year.
Nordcloud achieves VMware Master Services Competency in VMware Cloud on AWS, making us one of the rare partners to have such high credentials across both VMware and AWS.
Nordcloud achieves a Google Cloud Platform specialisation in infrastructure services.
Gartner recognises Nordcloud as a Visionary in its Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud IT Transformation Services.
Nordcloud becomes a signatory of Microsoft’s Partner Pledge, which is a commitment to helping people use technology in the right way and for the greater good.
Nordcloud is recognised as a Great Place to Work in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Poland and the UK.
2020.
2020.
Gartner names Nordcloud the top cloud-native managed services provider in its Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure, Professional and Managed Services, Worldwide.
Nordcloud achieves Google Cloud Platform specialisations in cloud migration and training.
Microsoft names us Partner of the Year.
IBM acquires Nordcloud, giving us new superpowers and scale for bringing cloud-native expertise to enterprise customers.
2019.
2019.
Microsoft names us Partner of the Year.
The Financial Times names us as one of the 1,000 fastest-growing companies in Europe as part of its FT1000 ranking.
We open an office in Austria, giving us a presence in 10 countries.
2018.
2018.
Microsoft names Nordcloud a finalist for Partner of the Year.
For the second year running, Nordcloud is recognised in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure Professional and Managed Services.
Switzerland becomes the ninth country with a Nordcloud presence.
2017.
2017.
Nordcloud is recognised in Gartner’s first-ever Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Infrastructure Managed Service Providers, with Gartner particularly highlighting our multi-cloud expertise.
We open our first office in Poland.
2016.
2016.
Nordcloud enters the Netherlands.
2015.
2015.
We seize a leadership position in the cloud application design and development space by creating a living style guide, a predecessor of modern design systems.
Nordcloud secures €1 million funding from Finnvera, the Finnish public financing company, to help drive expansion. We open new offices in Norway and Germany.
As one of the world’s first AWS Lamda partners, we start delivering web-based applications based on cloud-native, serverless architectures.
2014.
2014.
Growth gets serious as Nordcloud joins the 2-year EIT Digital Accelerator to kickstart European expansion.
Nordcloud becomes an AWS Premier Consulting partner.
Expansion continues, with new Nordcloud offices in Denmark and the UK.
2013.
2013.
One of our original founders, Pyry Lehdonvirta, becomes a published author with HTML5 as an Application, a go-to resource for application designers and developers – cementing our position as a pioneer in emerging technologies.
Nordcloud expands into its second country: Sweden.
2011.
2011.
We officially become Nordcloud – with a focus on helping customers leverage public cloud infrastructure and DevOps. Growth skyrockets.
2006.
2006.
A cloud-native infrastructure and web application development company is born in Finland! Back then, our founders called it SC5.
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