FINNISH WRITER/ INTRODUCTION AND NOVELS

CURRICULUM VITAE

Tapani Riekkinen 

      -  Born  1937,  Nilsiä, Finland

      -  Undergraduate Kuopion Lyseo 1955

      -  Second lieutenant (Armoured forces): R.O.S. 1956

      -  M. Sc (Econ.) The Helsinki School of  Economics 1959

1959–1963:  Oy Arabia Ab: Marketing Mgr for English speaking countries (Ceramics & Glass)

1963-1964: Vaasan Höyrymylly OY: Sales Mgr (Foodstuffs)

1964-1966: Asko OY, Lahti: Director of Product Planning

1966–1968:  Asko  GmbH,  Cologne, Germany: Sales Mgr  (Contract furniture)

1968 – 1973:  Asko Finnternational S.A., Brussels : Directeur Général (Benelux, France)

1973–1978:  Lohja  Oy: Vice President of Finlux (Entertainment electronics)

1978–1979:  “Sabbatical year” for writing

1979–1983:  Oy  Rastor  Ab:  Department Manager (Human relations) 

1983 -       :  Private enterprise  Mantrim  Oy: Chief executive  (Export of Electronics)

1997 -       :  Private enterprise  Ecoluru  Oy:   Chief executive (Consulting and writing)

TRAINING:  Marketing and managerial training seminars in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland 1959 -

LANGUAGES:   Finnish, Swedish, English, German, French, Russian

CONSULTING:

*Lenraumamebel, (furniture): St. Peterburg, Russia

*Bratskij LPK, (wood processing) Bratsk, Siberia, Russia

 *The Central Union of the Finnish Forest Industry

 *The Technical Research Institute of  Finnish State 

  WRITING:         

 * A handbook “Pienliikkeenhoito” (Small Scale Business Adm.). EU-kirjat 1979

 * Articles and columns both with my own name and pseudonyms in leading Finnish   weeklies as well as in the English Electronics Weekly since 1979.   

 * A fictional, fantasy novel “The Great Time” (In Finnish 2009)

 * A fairy tale “Rötkeltäjä-susi” (“Shabby The Smart” with illustration). The saga is told and sung by me in Finnish in 4 cd's furnished with sound effects. (In Finnish 2012) (Translation from Finnish into English by me, edited by Jennifer Walker)

HOBBIES:          Jogging, swimming, reading. writing, choir singing, wondering