Board 2023–2024
Janne Kalliola, chair
Chief Growth Officer, Exove
The founder and former CEO of Exove, Janne has steered Exove since 2006 to the current day, with some 100 employees. Before Exove, Janne was the head of product development at Continuent and First Hop, where he first started as a senior software developer.
An active member of the global Drupal community, Janne is an open source enthusiast and a long-time board member of Finnish and Estonian Drupal associations. He is also a member of the board of governors at the Association for Finnish Work. In his spare time, Janne makes his three kids’ sporting activities possible, and acts as a referee in lower-division ice hockey leagues.
janne@exove.com, +358 40 558 1796
Satu Lapinlampi, vice chair
CEO, Hiottu
Before becoming the CEO of Oulu-based Hiottu in 2013, Satu worked in communications and – a long time ago – in social services.
In her spare time, Satu is interested in films, handicrafts, books and lazing about. In her opinion, the latter also covers fatbiking and road biking, as they are perfectly suited to lazy people who cannot be bothered to hike or bicycle in the traditional, heavy way.
Jonna Ranta, treasurer
Marketing Director, VRKiwi
Jonna works as a marketing director at VRKiwi. An empathetic person with a keen interest in people, Jonna enjoys teamwork and collaborative efforts. With a background as a geneticist, Jonna has transitioned through roles as a laboratory manager, account director, and now marketing director. Jonna is interested in technology and its potential to do good, as well as bring joy and entertainment to people.
VRKiwi specializes in developing virtual reality games and publishing games made by other game studios. Jonna believes that virtual reality games offer the most immersive form of entertainment, allowing players to actively participate in the game. As a counterbalance to technology, Jonna enjoys nature, finding relaxation in forest walks and downhill skiing.
Miikka Kostian, secretary
CEO, Kooders
At Kooders, Miikka serves as the CEO and is responsible for the technical architecture and design of projects. He founded Kooders in 2013 to secure an internship for his studies at a university of applied sciences. The IT industry has been a part of Miikka’s life for half of his life.
In his work, Miikka is particularly interested in making everyday life easier for people and in system integrations. He is passionate about enabling things for others, for example, by producing content related to coding. This is why Miikka and his team publish the #MitäVattua podcast every Tuesday.
Antti Järvinen
CEO, Virtasenkauppa.fi
Antti Järvinen is the eldest child in an entrepreneurial family, with two sisters and a brother. Antti’s personal hobbies include golf and gym, and his other interests include sports cars.
After graduating from Salo Business School in 1997 with studies in information management and gaining several years of work experience, Antti completed his eMBA studies at Turku School of Economics in 2014.
He began his career at the age of 16 at Suomalainen Kirjakauppa, responsible for computer games. Before joining Jimm’s PC-Store in 2003, he worked at a home electronics store in Salo, where he was in charge of purchasing and selling computers and computer peripherals. Even before his appointment as CEO of Jimm’s PC-Store Ltd (2011–2021), he played an active role in business development, with a particular interest in developing enterprise resource planning systems and customer service processes. This focus continues in his current role at Virtasenkauppa.
Petri Koivula
Dev lead, Fraktio
Petri is one of the founders of Fraktio, a company that does digital development with a coaching attitude. Petri has versatile experience with software development projects, and he now works as a Dev lead at Fraktio.
Lately Petri has been interested in AI, demoscene and different ways of bringing good into the society. For some time now Petri has participated in organizing events, producing live streams and helping people share things, both on his free time and at Fraktio.
Ville Nordberg
CEO, Trail Openers Oy
Ville has almost 20 years of experience in digital services. He started as a software developer, worked as a consultant both in public and private sectors, and for the last ten years or so he has been running and developing business and helping customers solve problems by digitalization. Now Ville works as a CEO in Trail Openers. Trail Openers promotes the sustainability of digital services by offering consultation and other services.
In his spare time Ville goes trail running or biking and participates in different kinds of cultural events.
Mikko Paltamaa
CEO, Konsepto
Mikko works as an entrepreneur, designer, and software developer in a small, decentralized company that provides web communication, marketing, and software development services to its clients.
Mikko has been working with websites since 2002, and as an entrepreneur since 2005. During this time, he has acted as a salesperson, manager, and creator in hundreds of different website, e-commerce, and web service projects, successfully serving a few hundred clients from the private, public, and volunteer sectors.
Mikko is passionate about several causes, including combating climate change, promoting sustainability, ensuring accessibility, supporting open-source software, fostering a positive corporate culture, and leading a good life. In his free time, he enjoys taking care of his child, playing computer games, listening to audiobooks, cycling, and working on various personal projects.
Jesse Raitapuro
Entrepreneur, Digiaargh
Jesse works as an entrepreneur and specializes in custom-made WordPress-sites. Before founding his company Digiaargh Jesse worked as an IT specialist in Jamk University of Applied Sciences.
Jesse is an engineer and a personal trainer. Gym training makes a good counterbalance for working on the computer, so that’s what Jesse does during his spare time. Jesse has found a way to combine his two topics of interest by creating training and health related apps.
Mikael Hannolainen
Board member, Testausserveri ry
Despite his young age, Mikael has prominent expertise in coding. His passion is to create creative, visually appealing and practical solutions. Cyber security, AI, open source and web development are especially close topics for Mikael, and he likes to spend his free time with different kinds of side projects.
Mikael is one of the founders of Testausserveri ry. Testausserveri is an association that aims to promote IT- and cyber-related hobbies among young people while offering them a platform for developing their skills and sharing their expertise.
Staff
Johanna Berlin, communications officer
Entrepreneur, Digiaargh
Johanna is a writer, writing instructor, and entrepreneur who studied creative writing but found herself working in the it-industry. The most fascinating thing about communications according to Johanna is that there is always something to improve.
Johanna is passionate about equality issues and spreading mental health awareness. In her spare time she reads, writes, and enjoys nature with her dog Kuisma.
