Pioneering is a state-of-mind – now and 25 years ago

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Pioneering is a state-of-mind – now and 25 years ago

September 11, 2018

Experimenting with different ideas, fast and small, then scaling up boldly and even faster - this is my experience of pioneering after a couple of months as Chief Digital Officer at Kemppi. Experimenting was present at Kemppi already 25 years ago, when we developed a new, numeric way to manage arc characteristics and invented the first digital welding power source in the world.

Juhana Enqvist

Juhana Enqvist
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Juhana Enqvist

Former Chief Digital Officer at Kemppi Oy. Nowdays working at Kempower. Solid professional on all things digital with over 20 years of experience in software products. Passionate about finding and building digital solutions to solve problems that customers might not even know they have!

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