Feb 07, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. Markku Karlsson, Senior Vice President, Technology of UPM, has together with two other paper industry executives, been elected to serve in the Tappi board for a period of three years, as Nordic Paper Journal reported. Markku Karlsson has been Senior Vice President, Technology at UPM since 2005. He is a member of the TAPPI International Research Management Committee and a member of the Agenda 2020 CTO Committee. Together with Sandra L LeBarron, Director of Environment, Health and Safety, Finch Paper, and Bob Snyder, CEO, Orchids Paper, Karlsson will begin the three-year terms on the Tappi board in March this year.