Experience

Bitmagic

• Finland
• Computer Games
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO and Co-founder

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

• CTO and Co-founder

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area



Utopos Games

• Founder, CEO, Programmer

  • May 2019 - Present

  Las Vegas, Nevada Area Early 2019 together with old collegues from Westwood Studios era I founded Utopos Games, a new video game developer based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. We’re comprised of industry veterans with an average of 20 years of professional game development experience. We’ve worked in leading roles on groundbreaking franchises like Command & Conquer, The Lord of the Rings, and more. We’ve built games for PCs, consoles and mobile, premium and free-to-play. We’ve built strategy games, arcade action… Show more Early 2019 together with old collegues from Westwood Studios era I founded Utopos Games, a new video game developer based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. We’re comprised of industry veterans with an average of 20 years of professional game development experience. We’ve worked in leading roles on groundbreaking franchises like Command & Conquer, The Lord of the Rings, and more. We’ve built games for PCs, consoles and mobile, premium and free-to-play. We’ve built strategy games, arcade action games, shooters, and more. We’re a team of some of the world’s best and most experienced programmers, game designers and artists. We have the passion, the knowledge, and the experience to bring new games into the world. Show less



byFounders

• Denmark
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Entrepreneur In Residence

  • Dec 2018 - May 2019

  I joined byFounders as their first EIR with a mission to expand the fund's reach to Finland. My goal was to connect top Finnish founders with byFounders and help the fund invest into a few amazing Finnish startups, while working on to build my next company. The plan was that during my time as EIR, I will prepare my next startup and once I am ready to launch it, I will step down from the EIR role to focus 100% on the new venture. Originally we planned for me to stay on board for up to 12… Show more I joined byFounders as their first EIR with a mission to expand the fund's reach to Finland. My goal was to connect top Finnish founders with byFounders and help the fund invest into a few amazing Finnish startups, while working on to build my next company. The plan was that during my time as EIR, I will prepare my next startup and once I am ready to launch it, I will step down from the EIR role to focus 100% on the new venture. Originally we planned for me to stay on board for up to 12 months but things moved a little faster and I stayed in the role for just 5 months announcing my new game studio Utopos in May 2019. Show less



Transfluent

• Finland
• Translation and Localization
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board member, founder

  • Dec 2018 - May 2019

  Transfluent is the fastest-growing translation company in Europe. I founded the business in 2011 and worked as the CEO until the end of 2018 when we hired a new CEO. I will continue supporting Transfluent as a board member and shareholder.

• CEO, founder

  • Aug 2011 - Nov 2018

  Sunnyvale, California Transfluent provides professional translation in near-realtime for businesses. Transfluent is a major disrupting force to the huge global translation industry.



XIHA Ltd

• Switzerland
• Technology, Information and Internet

• CEO

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2011

  XIHA Life (www.xihalife.com) connects the people of the world through a multilingual, cross-cultural exchange. Simultaneous, real-time translation allows XIHA citizens to share travel tips, pictures, music, videos, games, knowledge and perspectives. By transcending language barriers, XIHA allows users to make new friends from around the globe, rather than merely reconnecting with old friends. Users can create blogs and homepages -- or link to other social media -- to share their personal… Show more XIHA Life (www.xihalife.com) connects the people of the world through a multilingual, cross-cultural exchange. Simultaneous, real-time translation allows XIHA citizens to share travel tips, pictures, music, videos, games, knowledge and perspectives. By transcending language barriers, XIHA allows users to make new friends from around the globe, rather than merely reconnecting with old friends. Users can create blogs and homepages -- or link to other social media -- to share their personal experiences. XIHA community members live in over 200 countries, with no country accounting for more than five percent of total traffic. XIHA is based in Sunnyvale, California, Switzerland and Finland.

• CEO, Co-founder

  • Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

• CEO, Co-founder

  • Oct 2008 - Jan 2010

• CTO, Co-founder

  • Aug 2007 - Jan 2010

  XIHA Oy is an international startup company headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. Our mission is to build a multi-cultural online community for people all around world who share a common enthusiasm towards games, photos, friendship and sharing ideas - The Good Life. XIHA Life was born initially as a hobby project by me and my wife but it has quickly become popular around the world.



PremiumFanPage

• Founder, CEO

  • 2011 - 2011



Jollygood Games

• Owner

  • Aug 2003 - Jan 2010

  Jollygood Games is a casual games developer and publisher based in Las Vegas.



XIHA Software

• Executive Director

  • May 2005 - Jan 2008

  XIHA Software offers outsourcing of development of mobile and casual games in Shenzhen, China. As the Executive Director at this rapidly growing Chinese company, my job has been to start up the operations, hire key employees from the local markets and train them to build a world class software development.



UMOCO

• CTO, Co-founder

  • May 2004 - Aug 2006

  In charge of development of games for advanced mobile devices.



Westwood Studios

• United States
• Computer Games
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead 3D Engineer

  • Mar 2000 - Apr 2003



Housemarque

• Finland
• Computer Games
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Programmer

  • 1997 - 2000



Remedy Interactive

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Programmer

  • Jun 1995 - Jan 1997

  I worked at Remedy in the early days. I was a lead programmer and designer in a game project, which never saw the light of day, but in any case it was a great learning experience.



Bloodhouse

• Programmer

  • 1993 - 1994