Board of Directors

Tapio Heikkilä

Chairman of the Board 

Mr. Tapio Heikkilä has over 20 years experience in telecommunications and mobile communications industry. He is a Senior Vice President of Concilio Networks Ltd, a provider of mobile VoIP solutions. Previously Mr. Heikkilä held a number of executive positions at Nokia Networks, including general management, business management, and marketing & sales management positions. He served as a Director of global marketing and sales of IP Multimedia applications, and Vice President and General Manager of Professional Mobile Radio Business unit. He is currently a Board Director in three Finnish start-up companies.

Mr. Heikkilä holds a Licentiate of Technology degree from Helsinki University of Technology.

Ari Karlsson

Board Director

Mr. Ari Karlsson has over 30 years experience of computer and accounting services with their family company KKP-Yhtymä Oy. At the moment he is a private investor. He is a Board Director in Pretax Oy, Wristop Technologies Oy, Savokala Oy, Doofor Oy and 7signal Oy.

Mr. Karlsson holds a M.Sc. degree from Helsinki School of Economics Technology.

Veli-Pekka Ketonen

CTO, Founder, Partner

Phone number: +358 50 357 9700

Mr. Veli-Pekka Ketonen is the founder and CTO of 7signal Ltd. Prior to founding 7signal, he was an executive at Nokia Networks. Mr. Ketonen has a broad international background in mobile network, having led several large R&D projects, including development of Nokia’s GSM/EDGE UltraSite Base Station in Dallas, USA and global responsibility for Nokia GPRS/EDGE network performance. Mr. Ketonen holds an M.Sc. in Technology from the Helsinki University of Technology, has completed executive trainings at California Institute of Technology and MIT, and holds tens of granted international patents with additional patents pending.

Aarne Sipilä

Board Director

Mr. Aarne Sipilä has 25 years of experience in IT and Telecom industries. His experience includes 10 years at Digital Equipment Corporation (Managing Director for Finland). Mr. Sipilä was also President of the UPS business at Fiskars Ltdj. At Nokia Ltd. he held various executive positions, including being Managing Director for the Nokia Networks Australia and New Zealand companies, Vice President and General Manager of Fixed Switching business unit. Afterwards he worked for IBM Global Services. Currently Mr. Sipilä dedicates himself to his development company Taronga Development.

Mr. Sipilä holds a Ph.D Degree in Engineering from Helsinki University of Technology, department of Technical Physics.