Lasse ”IRO” Laaksonen CV
M.Soc.Sc · Business & IT Architect · Author & Illustrator · Creator of the Yambhu™ AI Practice
Career — 58 years of IT architecture
At 18, I built the annual statistics system for Finland’s Cooperative Banks (OKOBANK, 1968–76) with no formal training — learning backwards from IBM’s own program libraries. I then served as Programming Manager at the Kansa insurance group (1976–79), Consulting Manager at Tietotehdas (1979–84), Training Manager at CAP Programator (1985–86), and finally as partner and board member at KPMG Wideri Consulting (1987–92).
Since 1986 I have run my own company, Compunication Oy, as CEO — sales, accounting, management consulting, technical consulting, and project leadership.
In 1989 I received business architecture training at KPMG Nolan Norton & Co (Lexington, Massachusetts) under Harvard Business School professor Richard L. Nolan — Business Visioning, Business Architecture, Information Architecture, and IT architecture design. Out of this grew my own methodology, KENDO® TQM Europe, which has since been used across numerous Finnish companies as well as in Nepal.
Nepal and international work
In 1995–97 I served as team leader in Kathmandu on the Nepal Telecom corporate database project — EU-audited, with exceptionally high productivity. Since then I have carried out numerous further IT projects in Nepal, working alongside Nepali colleagues both on-site and remotely from Finland.
In 2015–17 I served as main contractor in Kathmandu on the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of Nepal’s MARS project (Municipal Administration and Revenue System).
I conducted preliminary studies on solid waste and wastewater management in Kathmandu, and won the solid waste tender against 18 top international bidders.
In 2011–2014 I coached executives and specialists in Finland, Sweden, and the Czech Republic on Indian project culture and working life for IT outsourcing engagements in India (KPMG Finland).
Additional work experience in Sweden, the Czech Republic, Russia, Vietnam, Thailand, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain.
Healthcare IT (1986–2012)
- Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (16 hospitals) — Deputy Member of the Governing Council
- Helsinki University Hospitals — Member of the IT Management Team
- Orton Hospital — full process and information strategy
- Deaconess Institute hospital, health centres, and training
- Rheumatism Foundation Hospital — full process and information strategy
- Finnish Institute of Occupational Health — full process and information strategy; extensive entity analysis of research databases (hospital wards, laboratories, physical, chemical, biological, and psychological research)
- City of Helsinki Real Estate Department — Board Member, 2008–2011
Other notable work
For Imatran Voima Oy (the Finnish state energy company), 1987–90: numerous IT consulting assignments including IT architecture, project methodology, and nuclear power plant IT security auditing (as a contractor; the specialist technical work itself was carried out by qualified experts), plus IT training design and delivery.
Education and languages
Master of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, 1979 — Economics (laudatur), Mathematics (cum laude), Statistics (lubenter), Computer Science (approbatur).
Languages: Finnish (de facto mother tongue), English (officially mother tongue, excellent speaking/reading/writing), Swedish (good speaking, excellent reading/writing), German and Nepali (basics).
Methodology
KENDO® TQM Europe — a complete IT project methodology spanning business visioning through implementation and maintenance, built on the Nolan-Norton, Zachman, and Martin frameworks.
SnowLotus® — a total material-processing-plant concept for Gen Z, designed for large-scale waste management projects.
Yambhu™ — a practice for the honest use of AI: multiple AIs cross-checked against each other, multiple roles, and always a built-in Devil’s Advocate that looks for flaws in both the question and the answer.
Works and publications
- Alapha Feeniks Tarin∀ / The Alapha Phoenix Sag∀ — author and illustrator (IRO)
- Translation of two novels from Finnish into English
- AI-assisted visioning of a solution to the Ganges River waste management problem, for 650 million people
Civic activity
- HASO — Site Supervisor (2026)
- Finnish Right-of-Occupancy Residents’ Association (SASO) — Vice Chairman
- Official statements to the Ministry of the Environment on right-of-occupancy housing matters