Management

Timo Soininen

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Soininen was appointed CEO of Sulake in August 2001. Prior to this, he worked for online recruitment company StepStone as Marketing Director for Finland and Sweden. Soininen has over ten years’ experience and a proven track record from senior posts in consumer and B2B marketing functions for international brand companies (StepStone Ltd., United Biscuits Ltd./Fazer Biscuits Ltd., SCA Mölnlycke). Soininen holds a M.Sc. (Econ.) degree in Marketing from Helsinki School of Economics.

Juha Hynynen

Executive Vice President, Business Support and Company Development

Mr. Hynynen leads the Business Support and Company Development unit responsible for payment systems and partners, operational environment and employees and development of unified business practices. Prior to Sulake Mr. Hynynen has held several executive positions within the ICT and Mobile Internet industries, including Nokia Research Center, Fujitsu Services, and Netikos (subsidiary of Telecom Italia). He holds a MSc degree in Production Economics and Operations Research (1984), a Licentiate's degree in Computer Science (1986), and a Doctoral degree (with honors) in Decentralized Artificial Intelligence (1988), all from Helsinki University of Technology.

Osma Ahvenlampi

Chief Technology Officer

Mr. Ahvenlampi joined Sulake in August 2003 with responsibilities ranging from management of the production infrastructure and support systems to coordinating process improvement and systems architecture across product development, operations and product management. Prior to Sulake, he worked as software architect and technical project manager at a financial software vendor Quartal, and as the technology and software engineering competence lead at internationally recognized internet consultancy Razorfish Finland since 1997.

Outi Henriksson

Chief Financial Officer

Mrs. Henriksson was appointed CFO of Sulake in September 2006. Prior to her career at Sulake, Mrs. Henriksson worked as CFO at LaNetro Zed, based in Madrid and earlier in Helsinki. Prior to Zed she held the position of Finance Director of Nordic telecoms group Sonera Services business. Henriksson has close to ten years of senior management experience from telecommunications and online services finance and M&A. At LaNetro Zed, Mrs. Henriksson held a key role running through an IPO process and listing preparations, business and financial restructurings, cash management and tax structures. Henriksson holds a M.Sc. (Econ.) degree from Turku School of Economics.

Teemu Huuhtanen

Executive Vice President, Habbo Business

Mr. Huuhtanen was appointed VP, Sales of Sulake in January 2003. Prior to this, he worked for mobile entertainment & application company Small Planet as EVP. Prior to this, he was the CEO of Orchimedia, a mobile & internet entertainment company. Huuhtanen has over eight years’ experience and a proven track record from senior posts in consumer and B2B sales & business development functions for several international digital entertainment start-up companies (Small Planet, Orchimedia and mm2 consultancy company). Huuhtanen has studied at Kuopio Polytechnic and University of Kuopio.

Tero Raij

Executive Vice President, Habbo Product and User Sales