Experience

La Buenafoto

• Finland
• Photography
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Commercial Photographer

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  I help organisations to visualize their brand with professional, brand matching and well planned photographs. 17 years of experience working with listed companies, advertising agencies, magazines, event organizers and SME companies of all trades. If you need to update your organisation's personnel photos, need new photos for recruitment ads, high-quality photos of the company board or photos for marketing - email me at matti@labuenafoto.com or call 044-553 5226. Visit website for references and portfolio: www.labuenafoto.com Show less



UPGRD.io

• Finland
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer

  • Aug 2019 - Jul 2022

  Co-founded UPGRD, the World's first B2B2C platform specialised in personalised fan photos. Customers included NHL, Huuhkajat (Finnish National Football team) and several top tier sports organisations in Finland and globally. Main responsibilities were running daily operations, business development, project management (scrum) and funding & investor relations. Led two successful funding rounds and also served as a board member. UPGRD's beautiful story ended in July 2022. Co-founded UPGRD, the World's first B2B2C platform specialised in personalised fan photos. Customers included NHL, Huuhkajat (Finnish National Football team) and several top tier sports organisations in Finland and globally. Main responsibilities were running daily operations, business development, project management (scrum) and funding & investor relations. Led two successful funding rounds and also served as a board member. UPGRD's beautiful story ended in July 2022.



Oma Design

• Finland
• Photography
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-founder, Head of operations

  • Oct 2012 - Aug 2019

  Co-founded a disruptive school & sport club photography company, that enabled personalised design photos for families throughout Finland. Led at peak times a team of 40 photographers and a back office staff of 20 people. In charge of daily operations, training photographers, business development and served as a board member. Also involved in creating an end-to-end software solution for volume photography companies. The company was sold in 08/2019 to Kuvaverkko Oy and continues as the leading provider for personalised volume photography services in Finland. Show less



La Buenafoto

• Finland
• Photography
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & commercial Photographer

  • Jan 2006 - Aug 2019

  Built a successful commercial photography business focused on advertisement, branding, personnel and event photography. Customers ranged from listed companies to small organisations. Assignments included for example photographing a foundry in Turkey, magazine cover shots with rock stars and thousands of personnel photos. Built a successful commercial photography business focused on advertisement, branding, personnel and event photography. Customers ranged from listed companies to small organisations. Assignments included for example photographing a foundry in Turkey, magazine cover shots with rock stars and thousands of personnel photos.