You can reach us at info@kaato.org.
Our team in Finland
Arto Pussinen
PartnerLinkedIn
Oleg Paliy
PartnerLinkedIn
Kimmo Ojuva
PartnerLinkedIn
Markku Lehikoinen
Partner, Kaato community in OuluLinkedIn
Kirsi Kokko
Partner, Kaato community in TampereLinkedIn
Kyösti Järnefelt
PartnerLinkedIn
Global and Singapore
Nicole Cham
PartnerLinkedInNicole has taken Finnish companies to Singapore for One-On-One Business Meetings and Seminars, and has been hosting large international corporations in Finland. She is also instrumental in organising our meetups.
Janne Kari
PartnerLinkedIn
Local promoters
Vancouver Canada
Pekka Soininen
Pekka has less than ten years of experience in telecommunications, more than ten years experience in finance, and close to ten years of experience with Mexico.
Vancouver Canada
Aapee Kotanen
LinkedInAaPee is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has a wide background from software development management and from a range of industries, e.g. Nokia and Electronic Arts.
Singapore
Aileen Cheah
LinkedInAileen is ex-Nokia Forum Nokia Business Development Manager with a passion for learning and helping others to be open to new technologies. Currently leading product management and marketing at a Singapore fintech, delivering insurance and investment products through O2O model.
USA
Timothy Jasionowski
LinkedInTimothy is based in Boston, USA. He is currently VP, Product Management for Magnite. He has helped Kaato by doing helpful introductions and helped us organize events.
USA
Mark Hardie
LinkedInMark is based in Boston, USA. He works at Harvard Business School and at Framingham State Univ. helping students launch startup businesses as well as working with established young companies.
Nigel Rundstrom
LinkedInNigel has been supporting our UK activities. He has also briefed us on the on-going Brexit saga and what are the potential implications for business.
UK
Lyn Litchfield
LinkedInLyn is our Promoter in London, UK. She has an unique set of cross disciplinary skills in Telecommunications, Broadcasting Media, Sports Marketing, Classic Music and Hi-Tech Finance. She enjoys helping businesses to find right partners and clients.
Germany
Teemu Tunkelo
LinkedInTeemu is the Chief Digital Officer of Voith, a major machine-building company in Heidenheim, Germany.
Teemu brings practical Industry 4.0 knowledge to Kaato. He has helped Kaato e.g. by useful introductions and presentations in our events.
Japan
Eiji Atsumi
LinkedInEiji is our Promoter for Tokyo and Japan. He has extensive ICT background and contact network in Japan. Eiji is used to working with Finland due to his Nokia background. Currently he is working for Business Finland.
Germany
Dirk Hofmann
LinkedInDirk is one of the founder of DAIN Studios. A Data and AI company with offices in Finland and Germany. He is instrumental in setting up Kaato activities in his home town Munich. He also brough VIP visitors to Slush.
USA
Mark Ollila
LinkedInMark is based in San Diego, California. Mark has a very wide contact network, ranging from gaming to xR to material science. He has already helped Kaato by introducing Finland to US companies and helping them land. He has also helped us at e.g. Slush related events.
Global and Singapore
Nicole Cham
PartnerLinkedInNicole has taken Finnish companies to Singapore for One-On-One Business Meetings and Seminars, and has been hosting large international corporations in Finland. She is also instrumental in organising our meetups.