Riku Poutanen

Riku Poutanen has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Riku co-founded Foodello - Fiksuruoka.fi in 2018, where they served as the Chief Growth Officer and later as the Chief Marketing Officer. In these roles, they focused on driving growth and reducing food waste by aligning product development and marketing efforts, developing business strategies, and improving customer experience.

Prior to that, Riku worked at Smartly.io as a Service Operations Engineer, collaborating with large advertisers to automate and optimize their Facebook marketing. Riku also supported sales, provided technical customer support, and developed internal tools. Riku gained international experience, working in Singapore and New York, in addition to their time at the Helsinki office.

Before joining Smartly.io, Riku worked at Appking Oy as a Digital Marketing and Service Design professional. Riku successfully increased sales for an online course through service design, copywriting, AB testing, and online marketing.

Riku also had experience in product management, working at Fastems as an Engineer and Product Management Trainee. Riku handled various tasks related to CNC automation solutions and led a sales configurator project.

During their studies, Riku worked part-time as a Test Technician at Testhouse Enko Oy, testing mobile phones and developing testing capabilities.

Riku started their career at Movetec Oy, where they worked as a Summer Employee for seven summers, assembling and processing aluminum profiles, and calculating offers for clients. Riku also completed an internship at MiniTec GmbH & Co. KG in Germany, where they performed similar tasks.

Overall, Riku Poutanen has demonstrated their expertise in growth strategies, marketing, service design, technical support, and project management throughout their diverse work experience.

Riku Poutanen completed their Master of Technology (MTech) degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Tampere University of Technology between 2013 and 2020. Riku also obtained a certification in Financial Markets from Coursera Course Certificates in 2015.