Tero Kokkonen, Ph.D., has been elected as the Director of Jamk’s Institute of Information Technology. He will start his new position on the 9th of August. Tero has had a long career in software development and system procurement in industry and government. Since 2013, he has worked in the field of cyber security at Jamk as a teacher and in RDI and service production related tasks.
Kokkonen has a Ph.D. degree in cyber security and has written his dissertation on cyber security situational awareness. He has also been promoted to Adjunct Professor (title of docent) in cyber security at the University of Jyväskylä.