About Päivi Kannisto (Päivi Kannisto)

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Päivi Kannisto (formerly Rantanen)

Writer, PhD, Nomad

Born in 1970 in Virrat, Finland

Päivi Kannisto married Santeri Kannisto in 2004 and left the Rat Race and her country of origin, Finland. This was the beginning of a new career as Urban Nomads. The couple is backpacking around the world and has written books on business and lifestyle, and fiction.

Santeri Kannisto worked with Open Source and founded the leading Finnish Open Source software house SOT Finnish Software Engineering Ltd in 1991. The company was known of Best Linux, SOT Linux ja SOT Office products. Santeri ran the company until October 2004.

Curriculum Vitae

Experience

Researcher, Writer, Urban Nomad		11/2004–
Management Consultant	CLC Center For Leading Competence	2/2004–10/2004
Content Manager	Oy Radiolinja Ab/Elisa Oyj (TelCo)	2/2001–4/2004
Communications Manager	DMI Digital Media Institute/Tampere University of Technology	7/1999–1/2001
Press Officer	The City of Pori	5/1998–6/1999
Journalist	Finnish News Agency	11/1997–4/1998
Researcher	Academy of Finland	8/1994–7/1997
Research Assistant	Academy of Finland	9/1993–7/1994

Education

PhD (Comparative Literature)	University of Tampere	1998
M.Sc. (Journalism and Mass Communications, Economics)	University of Tampere	1997
M.A. (Comparative Literature)	University of Tampere	1993
Baccalaureate	Tampereen yhteiskoulu	1989

Other Education

Elisa Management Masterclass	CLC	2.1.2003–15.12.2003
Foreign Trade in French-speaking Countries	Tampere University/The Institute for Extension Studies	1.9.1997–31.10.1997
Travel Guide	Tjäreborg, Spain	9/1992 (1 kk)

Groups and Associations

The Finnish Association of Non-fiction Writers	Member	2009–
Espoo Junior Chamber	Board Member	2003–2004
Media & viestintä Magazine	Referee	2001
Finnish Association of Science Editors and Journalists	Member	2000–2004
Mindtrek Media Week	Vice President	2000–2001
Mindtrek Multimedia Competition	Member of The Jury	2000

Awards

Paavo Koli scholarship of Tampere University	1993
Unto Kupiainen scholarship of Tampere University	1993

Languages

English, French, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish.

International Experience

Lived and worked in Argentina, Brazil, Cambodia, China, France, New Zealand, and Thailand.

Travelled in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, East-Germany, Estonia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Morocco, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tibet, UK, Uruguay, Vietnam.

Bibliography

	Tietoverkkotrilleri Takaportti (Backdoor, IT thriller, fiction) Kustannus HD, 2009.
	Asiakaspalvelu—tiedettä, taikuutta vai talonpoikaisjärkeä? (Customer Service—Science, Magic or Common Sense?, a studybook) Amk-Kustannus, 2008
	Kullattu kakkalapio (Gilded Pooper Scooper, satirical short stories, fiction) Siniplaneetta, 2007 Also available as audio book (mp3) and e-book (pdf)
	Platinainen pilvenreuna Santeri Kanniston erokirja tietoyhteiskunnasta, yrittäjyydestä ja GNU/Linuxista. (Platinum Extreme, Santeri Kannisto's autobiography) Amk-Kustannus, 2007
	Johtamisen pakolliset kuviot (Compulsory Figures In Business Management, a guidebook) Talentum, 2005
	Suolatut säkeet (Vitriolic Verses, Doctoral Ph.D. Dissertation) SKS, 1997

Free e-books, click to download

	Parisuhdekirja Onnelliset yhdessä (Happy Together, a book on couple relationships) Päivi & Santeri, 2009.
	La Habanera The Escape From The Rat Race Also available in Finnish and Hebrew. Päivi & Santeri, 2005
	Tourism Guide For Brazilians Finnish translation Turistiopas brasilialaisille was published in Gilded Pooper Scooper Also available in Spanish. Päivi & Santeri, 2005
	Suolatut säkeet (Vitriolic Verses, Doctoral Ph.D. Dissertation) The discursive formation undergone by Finland and the Finns from the seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century. Päivi Kannisto, 2008

News Articles And Scientific Publications

Varas vaanii Espanjassa. Matkalehti 6/2009.
Matkustamalla voi säästää. Iltalehti 16.3.2009 sivu 18.
Woody Allenille miljoona Espanjalta. Uusi Suomi 31.1.2009.
Pätölä. 15-osainen satiirinen jatkokertomus. Lalli 2005.
Köyhä mutta paras. Zacharias Topeliuksen Suomi-kuva. Teoksessa Päivi Molarius (toim.): Konteksti—tutkimuksen avainsana? Kirjallisuudentutkijain seuran vuosikirja 51/I. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, Helsinki, 1998.
Suomen laitimmaisin kirjallisuushistoria. Kirjallisuushistorian kirjoittaminen. Teoksessa Juhani Niemi (toim.): Rakkaudesta lukemiseen. Yliopistopaino, Helsinki, 1996.
Hevosenkaltainen kansa. Suomalaisuuden topeliaaninen kuvasto. Teoksessa Marjo Kylmänen (toim.): Me ja muut. Vastapaino, Tampere, 1994.
Eurokuntoisia rotusuomalaisia. Suomalaisrodut. Niin & Näin 2/1994.
Topelian Strategies For Survival. Topeliaanisen retoriikan renessanssi 1990–luvun Suomessa. Tiede & Edistys 1/1994.

Contact

Paivi.Kannisto@gmail.com

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