Ykä Marjanen

I'm an entrepreneur and an innovator. After graduating from University of Oulu as an engineer I worked as a research scientist and team leader for 5 years before realizing that innovation was my true passion. Instead of pursuing it in a large organization I decided to do it in startups. I currently work in two startups (W-Secure Ltd and Vibsolas Ltd) as an owner, founder, CTO and Product Evangelist. I'm also a co-founder of Starttaamo.fi (community for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs) and Somepitching.com (online social business idea competition). I have also a PhD in Human Sciences from Loughborough University (UK) and will pursue several other interesting projects after I finish my current ones. I'm an advocate of Finnish startup culture.