Mr. Anttila has 60 years of experience in quality-related assignments, including 35 years at Telecom Finland (later Sonera Corporation) in various positions, such as Vice President of Quality Integration. He has been involved for decades with international and national standardization of quality, reliability, information security, and telecommunications, for instance, as a member of the ISO 9000 standardization (ISO TC 176) from its beginning.
He acted as an Assembly Representative and Vice President of the European Organization for Quality (EOQ) for several years. Mr. Anttila has been International Academician for Quality (IAQ) since 1995 and a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Academy 2012-2014. He also is an Honorary Member of the Finnish Society for Quality and the Croatian Quality Managers Society. Mr. Anttila was the founder and developer of the Finnish National Quality Award and a developer and assessor of the European Quality Award.
Mr. Anttila has been the board member or chairman of some SMEs.
He has been a senior adviser, Venture Knowledgist, for several organizations in quality management, dependability management, and information security management, a lecturer in universities and educational institutes, and an expert in projects in some developing countries. He has contributed by writings, lectures, and speeches globally on five continents.