Chief Executive Officer
Rami Raulas
Rami has been a member of the company’s Executive Management Team since 2021 as Head of the EMEA Region and has been with the company since 2016.
Rami is a seasoned sales leader with a background of international leadership positions in sales and business management, marketing, and product management in global companies.
He has developed and led regional and global sales teams for successful sales growth, and customer satisfaction, and loyalty. He is experienced in go-to-market strategy, implementation, and channel partner management.
He has worked in senior management positions in major companies including Ahlstrom, Aspocomp, ICL, Fujitsu, Fujitsu-Siemens, and Nokia.
He holds a Master of Science degree in strategic marketing, business economics, and computer science from the Helsinki School of Economics (currently Aalto University).
Chief Financial Officer
Michael Kommonen
Michael is a seasoned finance leader with a background in financial management, controlling, and analyst roles in several global companies.
He has worked in various roles in major companies, including AbbVie, Novo Nordisk, Oriola, and Schindler.
He holds a Master of Science degree in economics from Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki.
Chief Technology Officer
Miikka Sainio
Miikka Sainio has been with SSH since 2016 when he joined as the Head of UX to consolidate and improve the SSH product user experience. Later on, he moved to work as the principal architect and product owner for SSH PrivX Privileged Access Management solution.
As a solutions architect, Miikka has worked with building and coordinating large, international software and service development teams in launching massive consumer products.
Miikka has a 25-year history of developing software and services in companies ranging from small startups to Nokia.
Product usability and user happiness are close to Miikka’s heart, and he has found that the most enticing and positively disruptive product opportunities stem from the intersections of established real-world operational models and the opportunities made possible by digitalization.
Chief Product Officer
Harri Pendolin
Harri Pendolin joined SSH at the beginning of 2026 and serves as Chief Product Officer, with responsibility for the company’s product portfolio and marketing.
Harri brings extensive experience in product management and leadership. He began his career at Nokia as a Product Manager and went on to hold several senior product leadership roles across multiple Nokia business divisions. After his corporate career, Harri transitioned into consulting, working with Contribyte, Eficode, and Taskmill, where he supported dozens of companies in developing and scaling their product businesses.
Harri is passionate about operating at the intersection of market needs, technology, and business. He is particularly driven by building clear product strategies and executing them in a data-driven manner to deliver measurable impact.
Harri holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Helsinki University of Technology.
VP, EMEA REGION
David Wishart
With over 20 years of industry experience, David has held senior IT architecture and security roles in global banks in London, New York, and Sydney. Before joining SSH, David’s role at Deutsche Bank involved introducing SSH Technology to resolve security audit points related to unauthorized SSH access.
David joined SSH in 2016 as a Solution Engineering Manager and progressed into leading professional services, presales, and building our global partner program. David has helped win and establish close business relationships with strategic accounts and partners across EMEA.
David holds a Masters of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Degree from Imperial College London and an Executive MBA from Imperial College Business School.
