Janne made his early career in a large corporate environment, then moving to entrepreneurship. At Nokia, he was in charge of multiple functions and businesses; managing for example the mobile accessory, IoT and wearables business unit with 860 M€ in annual revenues. He has lived and worked in the USA, Europe and Southeast Asia. Since 2005 he has been working as an entrepreneur in multiple industries and founded several companies. In 2015 he sold SPU, a company producing energy efficient building materials, to Kingspan Plc.

Janne holds a master’s degree from Tampere University of technology. He considers himself as a resident of the world with his current home in Espoo, Finland. He is passionate about the opportunities technology and entrepreneurship can bring to the human race.