Experience

Virta Health

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 300 - 400 Employee

• CEO & Co-Founder

  • Jun 2014 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area Virta is an online specialty medical clinic that reverses type 2 diabetes safely and sustainably, without the risks, costs, or side effects of medications or surgery. Our innovations in nutritional biochemistry, data science and digital tools combined with our clinical expertise are shifting the diabetes treatment paradigm from management to reversal. Our mission - to reverse type 2 diabetes in 100 million people by 2025. Learn more about us, including our current team, advisors… Show more Virta is an online specialty medical clinic that reverses type 2 diabetes safely and sustainably, without the risks, costs, or side effects of medications or surgery. Our innovations in nutritional biochemistry, data science and digital tools combined with our clinical expertise are shifting the diabetes treatment paradigm from management to reversal. Our mission - to reverse type 2 diabetes in 100 million people by 2025. Learn more about us, including our current team, advisors and investors, at https://www.virtahealth.com/about. Show less



Obvious Ventures

• Venture Partner

  • Oct 2014 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area Helping amazing entrepreneurs to build #WorldPositive companies around people power, sustainable systems or healthy living. My personal focus is primarily on healthy living companies. Healthy Living? It's simply everything that advances human health and performance.



Startup mentor at Founder Institute, 500 Startups, Rock Health, BluePrint Health

• Humble helper

  • Jun 2012 - Present

  U.S. and Finland



Beddit

• Finland
• Wellness and Fitness Services

• Member Board Of Directors

  • Dec 2014 - May 2017

  Helsinki The best sleep tracker in the market. (Acquired by Apple May 2017)



Trulia

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Co-Founder, Member of the board of directors

  • Apr 2012 - Feb 2015

• Co-Founder, President

  • Feb 2010 - Apr 2012

• Co-Founder, COO

  • Sep 2004 - Feb 2011

  - Co-Founder of a real estate search company Trulia (www.trulia.com). - Sales and Business Development Please contact me directly for more information



Fat Chance Row

• Chief Rower

  • Jan 2014 - Aug 2014

  San Francisco and Hawaii To test marriage, break records & fight against sugar, wife and I rowed 2750 miles unsupported from California to Hawaii and broke a world record. 45 days and 3 hours from dock to dock. Launched in June 2014 and arrived in Honolulu in August 2014. Our goal was to raise awareness around the dangers of sugar and also raised $300,000+ to a non-profit focused on eliminating childhood obesity and type-II diabetes. More: www.FatChanceRow.org



Microsoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Development Manager

  • Jun 2004 - Sep 2004

  Microsoft's $10B+ Information Worker Business



McKinsey & Company

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Consultant

  • Jan 2003 - Aug 2003

  Associate Consultant in Helsinki



Matchem Ltd

• Co-Founder; VP, Business Development

  • Jun 2000 - Nov 2002

  Co-founder: Hiring, funding, product design VP, Business Development: Asia Pacific region sales and partnerships, project management



Nokia

• Finland
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Analyst, Strategy and Business Development

  • Jun 1999 - Jun 2000



eQ Online, Online Stock Broker

• IT Specialist

  • May 1998 - Jun 1999

  Software developer and general IT specialist; later business development. Joined after the founding team and left for Nokia before eQ Online's IPO.