Experience

Silta Finance

• Switzerland
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-founder, CTO

  • Oct 2023 - 3 months

  Zug, Switzerland I'm helping Silta build cutting-edge technology for AI-powered due diligence. The product cuts the time and costs associated with evaluating eight-to-nine figure infrastructure projects down to a fraction, and is aimed at large development banks and other major investors into such projects. I've been a Strategic Advisor for Silta since 2021, but became more involved by picking up the CTO hat. I'm currently splitting my time between Streamr and Silta.



Streamr

• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution

• Founder, CEO

  • Jul 2017 - 6 years 6 months

  Zug, Switzerland I've lead the Streamr project and the company behind it since its inception in 2017. Under my lead, the company raised $30M to build a decentralized and hyperscalable data broadcasting protocol. The cryptographic token associated with the protocol, Streamr (DATA), exceeded $250M market valuation during the bull cycles of 2017-2018 as well as 2021. As a technical CEO, I've been involved in all parts and aspects of the project, including fundraising, technical architecture, development… Show more I've lead the Streamr project and the company behind it since its inception in 2017. Under my lead, the company raised $30M to build a decentralized and hyperscalable data broadcasting protocol. The cryptographic token associated with the protocol, Streamr (DATA), exceeded $250M market valuation during the bull cycles of 2017-2018 as well as 2021. As a technical CEO, I've been involved in all parts and aspects of the project, including fundraising, technical architecture, development, product, and comms & marketing - with most focus and passion on the tech and product. Show less



Data In Chains

• Finland
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Co-founder, CEO

  • Nov 2016 - Dec 2017

  Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland After becoming CEO, I steered the company towards exploring a new generation of data solutions for the new frontier of Web3 and blockchain. This pioneering work led to the company later being acquired by Streamr and repositioned under the TX brand.

• Co-founder, CTO

  • May 2014 - Nov 2016

  Helsinki As Co-founder and CTO, I lead the development of the company's real-time cloud data platform intended primarily for IoT and financial data use cases. Under my lead we delivered a number of projects and solutions for customers including Nokia, Rolls-Royce, Kone, OP Pohjola, Alma Talent, ITV, Accenture and others. I later took over as CEO of the company.



Toiminimi Henri Pihkala

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Freelancer

  • May 2007 - Nov 2017

  My vehicle for consulting projects in e-commerce, system integration, logistics, IT infrastructure



Unifina

• United States

• Co-founder, CTO

  • Jun 2011 - May 2014

  Helsinki, Finland I co-founded and served as CTO of a high-frequency, low-latency boutique trading firm trading on the Nordic stock markets. I oversaw and hands-on developed a complex and highly scalable platform for running and backtesting the strategies from scratch. We focused on analyzing and seizing opportunities found in market microphenomena and orderbook dynamics.



Hedgehog Oy

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Lead Software Engineer

  • May 2008 - May 2011

  Espoo, Finland I was a lead engineer in an algorithmic trading boutique executing medium-frequency statistical arbitrage strategies on US and Canadian stock markets. I developed a new, faster core for the system as well as various tooling and UI for controlling the operation of the system and risk management. The company delivered 40-100% returns p.a. during the challenging years surrounding the financial crisis.



RIQ Yhtiöt Oy

• Lead Software Engineer

  • Aug 2005 - May 2008

  I lead the development of a custom ERP + online store system for an e-commerce entity within the group featuring invoicing, logistics, analytics, and integrations to for example logistics and customer credit rating systems.