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Tommi Uhari was born in Tampere, Finland in 1971. He graduated from the University of Oulu with a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering and Management.
Between 1993 and 2006, Uhari worked at Nokia in various R&D and management positions. He started as a design engineer, working on digital ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits} for mobile phones,and, as he successfully led and completed important design projects, earned positions of increasing responsibility.
In 1994, Uhari became Nokia’s Program Manager for Digital ASIC Development. In 1997 he expanded his responsibility to include directing the development of a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) cellular phone for the US market. In 1999, Uhari accepted the challenge to work on Nokia’s software platforms and was promoted to Vice President, Head of Software Platforms in the year 2000. At the beginning of 2004, he was appointed Vice President, Head of Wireless Platforms. In this capacity, Uhari was responsible for delivering wireless platform solutions for Nokia's end devices.
In 2006, Uhari joined STMicroelectronics and was chosen to lead ST’s newly created Mobile, Multimedia & Communications Group. He was also appointed Executive Vice President, joining ST’s Corporate Executive Committee, comprised of ten senior corporate executives in addition to the COO and the CEO.
In mid-2007, Uhari’s organization was instrumental in winning ST’s first 3G chipset design at Nokia and securing the agreement to license Nokia’s 3G modem technologies and transfer its IC operations to STMicroelectronics. | 