Sami Inkinen

Current

• Co-Founder, COO at Trulia, Inc.

Past

• Business Development Manager at Microsoft, Information Worker
• Associate Consultant at McKinsey&Company
• Co-Founder; VP, Business Development at Matchem Ltd

• Business Analyst, Strategy and Business Development at Nokia
• IT Specialist at eQ Online, Online Stock Broker

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Education

• Stanford Graduate School of Business
• Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Technical Physics

Recommended

4 people have recommended Sami

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company
• My Website
• My Blog

Sami Inkinen’s Summary

GOALS:
- Build great and enduring companies

EXPERIENCE:
- Serial Entrepreneur; Trulia, Inc. the second company
- Past experience at Microsoft, McKinsey&Company, Nokia
- Software developer until 1999

EDUCATION:
- Stanford MBA
- Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Technical Physics, Masters in Engineering

Sami Inkinen’s Specialties:

- Product management, fundraising, sales
- Very strong analytical skills
- Addicted to endurance sports
- English, Finnish, Swedish, Russian, Mandarin

Sami Inkinen’s Experience

• Co-Founder, COO

  Trulia, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  September 2004 — Present (5 years 3 months)

  - Co-Founder of a real estate search company Trulia (www.trulia.com).
  - Sales and Business Development
  Please contact me directly for more information

• Business Development Manager

  Microsoft, Information Worker

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  June 2004 — September 2004 (4 months)

  Microsoft's $10B+ Information Worker Business

• Associate Consultant

  McKinsey&Company

  (Partnership; 5001-10,000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  January 2003 — August 2003 (8 months)

  Associate Consultant in Helsinki

• Co-Founder; VP, Business Development

  Matchem Ltd

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  June 2000 — November 2002 (2 years 6 months)

  Co-founder: Hiring, funding, product design
  VP, Business Development: Asia Pacific region sales and partnerships, project management

• Business Analyst, Strategy and Business Development

  Nokia

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

  June 1999 — June 2000 (1 year 1 month)

• IT Specialist

  eQ Online, Online Stock Broker

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  May 1998 — June 1999 (1 year 2 months)

  Software developer and general IT specialist; later business development. Joined after the founding team and left for Nokia before eQ Online's IPO.

Sami Inkinen’s Education

• Stanford Graduate School of Business

  MBA , Business Administration , September 2003 — May 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  Co-President of the 200+ member Stanford GSB Entrepreneur Club

• Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Technical Physics

  Masters in Engineering , Applied Math and Business Strategy , September 1994 — August 2000

Additional Information

Sami Inkinen’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Website
• My Blog

Sami Inkinen’s Interests:

Sports: Triathlons(Vineman half Ironman PR 4hr13min - 2007; Hawaii Ironman Championships 9hr25min - 2007), marathons (PR 2hr49min - 2008), half-marathons (PR 1hr17min48 - 2009) weight lifting ...and Adventures of all sorts.

Sami Inkinen’s Groups:

Young President's Organization (YPO)

•    USA Triathlon and Multisport Development
•    Stanford University Alumni
•    Young Presidents' Organization (YPO - WPO)
•    Stanford Business School Alumni Association

Sami Inkinen’s Honors:

- 100 Most Influential Real Estate Leaders in 2007 (Inman News)
(http://www.inman.com/Member/specialreports/leaders07/100_most_influential.pdf)
- 40 Most Influential People In U.S. Residential Real Estate 2006 (National Association of Realtors)
(http://www.realtor.org/rmomag.NSF/pages/RealEstateTop25Main)
- USA Triathlon All American 2007, 2008

Sami Inkinen’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch