Season’s greetings from our CEO

Dear QPR Customers, Partners, Shareholders, and Colleagues, 

I had the privilege to take on the responsibility as the new CEO of QPR Software in October 2021. The year 2022 began with the anticipation that the worst days of the Covid pandemic might be behind us and that we were heading back to a more normal life. Hardly anyone could have guessed what was still to come: the stock market had taken a hit and the world faced the highest inflation seen in more than 30 years, fueled in part by the first war in Europe in decades.  

Although the year has been different and even sometimes difficult for all of us, and certainly a year of transformation and renewal for QPR in many ways, I am extremely happy that it also contains successes on many fronts. I am proud to highlight a few of them. 

This year has not been the time to follow gut feelings, but rather to secure the continuity and profitability of the business and make decisions based on facts. This is where the transparency of business operations, finding root causes for challenges, and the necessity of fact-based decision-making come into play. I am very satisfied with our launch of a ground-breaking new generation of process mining solutions to the market, which have offered our customers the opportunity to improve their operations and find cost savings by combining a deep understanding of business processes and real-time transparency of processes and operations.  

I am grateful for how our top-class consultants have provided a high level of commitment and dedication and ensured hundreds of successful projects for our customers from the design phase to the completion, not to forget the ongoing collaboration with our customers and partners for the value realization every single day.  

QPR is very fortunate to have such shareholders as owners who have shown us their unwavering support during this year by investing in our transformation and growth strategy, and a strong international partner network that shares the same passion for technological innovation and customer value with us. This year has been meaningful in creating new significant partnerships. Just to mention a few, QPR is Snowflake’s first and only process mining Powered by Snowflake partner globally. With Tietoevry we announced a new process mining solution, SAP S/4HANA Vectorial, that gives organizations unparallel support and transparency in difficult digital transformation projects.  

What a year it has been. As we are soon entering 2023, we all deserve a well-earned and relaxing break. 2022 has been a year that has taught all of us a lot – both about business and working life as well as what truly is important in life. Adaptability and agility have become more important than ever.  

My sincere thanks to you, our valued customers, partners, and stakeholders, for your collaboration and trust in us. Thank you, all colleagues in QPR team, for your expertise, positivity, hard work, collaboration, fun times, fruitful learnings, and most importantly, for providing exceptional service & success to our customers. 

QPR has traditionally donated our season's greetings budget to a good cause, the Save the Children's organization, which fights for children’s rights in order to immediately and permanently improve children’s lives in Finland and all over the world. 

I wish you a joyful and relaxing holiday season with your closest ones and a prosperous year 2023.  

Jussi Vasama
Chief Executive Officer, QPR Software Plc