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Johanna Jaakola

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Senior Acquisition Integration Lead at Cisco
📍 United States

Johanna is a Senior Acquisition Integration Lead at Cisco, bringing over 15 years of experience in strategic finance, M&A, and management consulting. Educated at the Stockholm School of Economics, colleagues describe her as having strong business acumen, integrity, and drive.

An adventurous entrepreneur, Johanna co-founded and led an indoor skydiving startup in Sweden. This venture was fueled by her passion as an ex-professional skydiver, having completed approximately 1, 000 jumps. She also participated in the student council during her university years.

She is an ex-professional skydiver who co-founded a company to build the first vertical wind tunnel in Sweden.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Senior Acquisition Integration Lead
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
United States
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M&A Integration
Her current role focuses on acquisition integration at Cisco, and she actively engages with peers by co-hosting M&A roundtable events.
Entrepreneurship
She has direct experience as the co-founder and CEO of Skylab Indoor Skydiving, demonstrating a passion for building businesses from the ground up.
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Career

Work history

8-2022
Senior Acquisition Integration Lead
Cisco
3-2021 - 8-2022
Senior Leader, Finance
AppDynamics
10-2017 - 3-2021
Finance Manager | FP&A Wireless
Cisco
2-2016 - 10-2017
Change Management Lead | Finance Transformation
Cisco
1-2014 - 9-2015
Co-Founder/ CEO
Skylab Indoor Skydiving
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Education
2003 - 2007
MSc
Stockholm School of Economics
2008 - 2008
Summer Institute of Business and Technology
The Wharton School
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