Mikael Nylund

CEO, STUD. OF TECH., BORN 1975

Mikael Nylund has served as CEO of Gofore since 11 December 2019. Previously, Nylund served as Director of M&A since 2019 and Director of management consulting since 2016 at Gofore. Ny-lund has also worked as Business Manager for IT Management specialist services (2012–2015) and Senior Consultant (2010–2011) at Gofore. Nylund previously worked as a technology manager at Enfo (2005–2010), as technology director at Capnova Oy (2001–2005) and as an entrepreneur (1998–2001). Nylund has also served on the Board of Directors of Capnova since 2008.

Petteri Venola

CFO, MASTER OF SCIENCE (ECONOMICS), BORN 1973

Petteri Venola has been CFO of Gofore since 2012. Venola is one of the founders of Gofore. At Gofore, prior to the current position, Venola served as Gofore’s Development Director (2010–2012) and CEO (2002-2010). Previously, Venola worked as TJ Group’s Tampere Operations Mnager (2001–2002), Project Manager at TJ Group’s subsidiary Tietovalta (1999–2001), and as Research Manager and group manager at the Institute for Information Technology Research at the University of Jyväskylä (1997–1999).

Juha Virtanen

SALES DIRECTOR, MASTER OF SCIENCE (ECONOMICS), BORN 1977

Juha Virtanen has been Gofore’s Sales Director since 2016 and has held various expert positions since 2007. Virtanen has previously served as Director of Software Development at Gofore (2012–2015) and Director of Sales and Marketing (2007-2011). Virtanen previously served as Director of Sales and Marketing for DiCode (2005–2007) and Business Developer at ProApac (2004–2005). Virtanen has held positions of trust as Chairman of the Board of JV-Rakennus since 2016.

PETRA SIEVINEN

DIRECTOR, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS, BBA, BORN 1969

Petra Sievinen has been Gofore’s Director of Marketing and Communications since August 2019. Sievinen has previously worked as a communications strategist at Gofore since 2018. Prior to Go-fore, Sievinen worked at IBM with responsibility for IBM Finland’s External Communications (2016–2018). Before that, Sievinen served as Director of Marketing at Descom (2014–2015) and in several sales and marketing positions (2005–2014).

TERHI VESANEN

CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER, MASTER OF SCIENCE (TECHNOLOGY), BORN 1960

Terhi Vesanen on toiminut Goforen kasvujohtajana elokuusta 2019 lähtien. Hän toimi aiemmin Goforella vanhempana palveluarkkitehtina vastaten projektipäällikköpalveluista vuodesta 2015 alkaen. Ennen Goforea Vesanen on työskennellyt konsulttina Hss Consulting Oy:ssa (2013–2014), projektitoiminnasta vastaavana johtajana Symbio Oy:ssa (2010–2012), useissa tuotekehityksen johtotehtävissä Nokia Oyj:ssa (1995–2009), vanhempana tutkijana Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy:ssa (1990–1994) sekä ohjelmistosuunnittelijana Hollming Oy:ssa (1986–1989) ja Kone Oy:ssa (1984–1985).

VILLE TUOMINEN

DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, MBA, BORN 1975

Ville Tuominen has been Director of International Operations at Gofore since 2017. In addition, Tuominen has acted as the Chief Commercial Officer of Leadin Group and in other management positions since 2014. Tuominen previously worked as Symbio’s Global Mobile Business Manager (2011–2014), at Flander Software in Software Development and Quality Assurance Services (2008–2010), at Nokia Oyj as Product Development Manager (2003–2007), and in several roles as software development specialist (1999–2003).

KRISTIINA HÄRKÖNEN

CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, MASTER OF SCIENCE (TECHNOLOGY), BORN 1975

Kristiina Härkönen has been Gofore’s Chief Sustainability Officer since August 2019. Härkönen has served as Director responsible for the cloud business (2017–2019) and has held various expert positions since 2003 at Gofore. Härkönen has also worked as Healthcare and Regional Executive (2016-2017), Senior Consultant (2015-2016), Service Architect (2012–2014), Technical Project Manager (2009–2012) and Software Designer (2003–2009) at Gofore. Härkönen previously worked for the TJ Group as a software engineer (2000–2003).

AKI KOIKKALAINEN

SITE LEAD, HELSINKI, MASTER OF SCIENCE (TECHNOLOGY), BORN 1982

Aki Koikkalainen has worked as a Site Lead in Helsinki since January 2019. Koikkalainen was previously Solinor Oy’s CEO (2013–2019), before the company merged with Gofore in January 2019. Prior to Solinor, Koikkalainen has worked as Chief Operating Officer at Effmag Oy (2010–2012) and Chief Operating Officer at Biozone Scientific International Oy (2009–2010).