Ville Hartikka

Ville Hartikka has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Ville started their career as a Trainee at Evli Bank, where they gained experience in Portfolio Management and Capital Markets. Ville then worked as a Corporate Finance Analyst Trainee at Danske Bank, where they were involved in IPO and M&A preparations. Ville then returned to Evli Bank as a Junior Quantitative Analyst before joining Translink Corporate Finance as a Corporate Finance Analyst. In this role, they participated in customer-facing activities and performed tasks related to M&A advisory. Ville later joined Smartly.io, where they worked in various positions such as FP&A Analyst, Senior FP&A Analyst, Manager of the CRM team, and Business Analytics Manager. In these roles, they were responsible for revenue planning and forecasting, budgeting, and acted as a business partner to Sales and Marketing functions. Most recently, Ville joined SoSafe as the Director of Business Analytics, leading efforts to build analytics solutions and partnering with business teams to understand their data and analytics needs. Ville also has experience in data analysis and optimization from their time as a Customer Data Scientist at Smartly.io and as an After Service Analyst at Olympus Medical Systems EMEA.

Ville Hartikka has a strong educational background. Ville obtained their M.Sc. (tech.) degree in Strategic Management from Aalto University in the years 2013-2016. Prior to that, they completed their B.Sc. (tech.) degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the same university in the years 2009-2014. Ville also holds a Finnish Matriculation Examination degree from Tapiola High School, which they completed from 2006-2009. Additionally, they have a certification in Cash Equity Exchange Trading from NASDAQ OMX.