Mikko Kaarela

Current

• Chairman of the Board, owner at Axlis Ltd.
• Business Development Advisor at Technopolis Ventures Ltd

Past

• Deputy CEO, Marketing & Sales Director at Giwano Computers Ltd.
• Senior Business Development Manager, EMEA at MasterCard / Mondex Int'l (UK)
• Director, Business Development at Metso (Valmet) Automation, Munich

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Education

• Chamber of Commerce
• IMD (International Institute for Management Development) - Business Programs
• Sankt-Peterburgskij Gosudarstvennyj Elektrotehniceskij Universitet 'LETI'

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Mikko Kaarela’s Summary

International hi-tech executive with focus on Strategy, Marketing & Sales, New Business Development.

Currently assisting high-technology start-up companies to hone their strategy and turn business ideas into successful, VC Fundable international businesses.

Mikko Kaarela’s Specialties:

International high-technology business development. M.Sc.(Eng) & MBA (IMD '91)
Lived in six countries, fluent in Finnish, English, Russian and German (plus few others in various levels of fluency)

Additional Information

Mikko Kaarela’s Groups:

IMD Alumni Club Finland

•    IMD Alumni, Faculty & Staff
•    Startup Specialists
•    Webtorials Water Cooler
•    Finnish Hi-tech Start-up Community
•    HHJ alumni
•    Technopolis Ventures
•    LETI alumni
•    MARKETorials Water Cooler
•    WQA - Wireless Quality Advancement Network

Mikko Kaarela’s Contact Settings

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