Kalle Kaivola

Kalle Kaivola has extensive work experience in the gaming industry. Kalle is currently the CEO and co-founder of Lightheart Entertainment, where they focus on building a self-organizing culture and developing great games. Kalle is also a Partner at Sisu Game Ventures.

In the past, Kalle has served as an Advisor to Kopla Games, providing guidance on product, business, and culture. Kalle has also been an Advisor and Board Member at AR Games Helsinki and served as an Independent Game Director and Consultant at Behind Games.

Kalle has held leadership positions at remote control productions GmbH, where they were the COO responsible for overseeing studios and products. Kalle also served as the Chairman of the Board at remote control productions Finland.

Earlier in their career, Kalle was the Head of Licensed Games at Next Games, where they played a key role in building the licensed games business and worked on projects such as The Walking Dead: No Man's Land and a Blade Runner 2049 game. Kalle was also a Mentor at the GameFounders accelerator, providing guidance to game development teams.

Kalle's experience also includes their time at Rovio Entertainment Ltd., where they held various roles such as SVP Product and Publishing, Director of Development, and executive producer for games like Angry Birds Trilogy and Amazing Alex. Kalle led the Product and Publishing team and oversaw the content and monetization of all game titles produced by Rovio Entertainment. Kalle also launched and ran Rovio Stars, the company's third-party publishing label.

Kalle Kaivola attended the University of Helsinki from 1996 to 2001. However, no specific degree or field of study information is available for this period.