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Sampo Kaasila

Sampo Kaasila

Research and Development Director at Monotype Imaging

Location
Greater Boston Area
Industry
Computer Software
Previous
  1. Bitstream Inc.,
  2. Type Solutions, Inc,
  3. Apple Inc.
Education
  1. Kungliga tekniska högskolan / KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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Kungliga tekniska högskolan / KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Kungliga tekniska högskolan / KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Computer Systems Engineering

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Background

Summary

Extensive experience leading global R&D teams. Generalist that likes the intersection of art and technology, and loves to build new innovative technologies that push the boundaries of what is possible. Ex-Apple, Founded and sold company to Bitstream. Hold 12 US patents. Have the ability to be a disruptive new technology thinker.

Experience

VP Research & Development

Bitstream Inc.
– (13 years 5 months)

• Member of executive team.
• Lead a global team of 65 individuals, and the R&D for two out of four Bitstream business segments: The cloud based BOLT mobile browser technology, and OEM font rendering technologies and fonts.
• Responsible for strategizing, architecting and implementing new ideas and enhancements to the company’s technologies. Lead the conceptualization and development of products as well as strategy for extending the product lines.

Chief Scientist, President and Founder

Type Solutions, Inc
– (9 years 4 months)

• Responsible for research and product development in areas as varied as computer graphics, advanced font technologies, hand-writing recognition, pattern recognition, hidden Markov models, data compression, innovative graphical user interfaces, topology preserving shape manipulation technologies, chess programs, neural nets, and genetical algorithms.
• Successfully managed and led the company for nine years.

TrueType Lead Engineer

Apple Inc.
– (2 years 1 month)

• Invented and successfully implemented the innovative core technology for TrueType, which is now part of every shipping Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows System. The work lead to the following 5 US patents: 5,159,668, 5,155,805 + 5,325,479 + 5,471,573 + 5,489,920.

Systems Engineer

Imagen
– (3 years 7 months)

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  • I've had the pleasure to work with Sampo here at Monotype, he's a wonderful person to work with. Openly collaborative and puts an immense amount of passion into everything he does. Sampo has a vast knowledge of complex machine learning and is constantly looking for ways to challenge the technology. Sampo has helped me achieve user experience goals with his collaborative and creative ideas.
  • It has been a pleasure working for Sampo. He is a visionary in the wireless space. His understanding of the wireless technologies and his pursuit of driving the best user experience is unmatched. Sampo excels in his ability to manage large engineering teams and is truly an outstanding manager to work for.
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