Taneli Tikka

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Taneli Tikka
Taneli Tikka in 2009
Born (1978-03-08) March 8, 1978 (age 46)
Savitaipale, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Other namesNiko Taneli Tikka
Alma materHelsinki School of Economics
Occupation(s)CEO, Angel investor
Known forEntrepreneurship, Blogging

Taneli Tikka (Born 1978 Savitaipale, Finland) is a Finnish technology serial entrepreneur,[1] and a keynote speaker in Finnish and International events.[2][3][4]

Media & Early Career[edit]

Tikka has been a frequent guest in the Finnish media,[5] particularly on the morning TV program "Good Morning Finland" on the MTV3 channel.[6][7] Tikka is the former CEO of IRC-Galleria (2006–2007)[8][9] he was instrumental in the acquisition of IRC-Galleria by Sulake Corporation, the company behind Habbo Hotel.[10][11] Previously Tikka has been CEO in several technology companies, notably at Magenta Sites (the hosting & IT services company behind the global distribution of the Star Wreck -movie, and also the long time hosting partner for Habbo Hotel),[12][13] MobileCRM and Taika Technologies.[14]

Advisor, Investor & Board Member[edit]

Tikka was an executive advisor to Stardoll in the very early days of the service.[15] Currently Tikka acts as an angel investor in the technology sector. One of Tikka's investments was Muxlim, the world's largest social network for Muslims,[16] but he later sold his stake back to the company.[17] Tikka is also a former executive (COO) and owner of Dopplr, a company that Nokia acquired in September 2009.[18][19] Lisa Sounio and Marko Ahtisaari are among Dopplr founders.[20][21] In the spring of 2008 Tikka started developing a new social shopping startup RunToShop as its CEO.[22] Tikka left RunToShop a year later in the spring of 2009.[23] Tikka is also one of the founders of Vakuutuskone.com (insurance and finance service), he is a Board Member of the Aula network, and acts as an advisor and Board Member in several technology companies, including: Balancion,[24] Xiha Life, Umbra Software and 13 Holding (ENCA).[25]

Career & Nominations[edit]

Tikka is a former director of the Finnish Software Entrepreneurs Association.[26] In the summer of 2008 the Finnish governmental Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (TEKES) appointed Tikka as a director of their Verso technology programme.[27] In October 2009 Tikka was appointed as a Steering Group member of the Finnish governmental Vigo Programme by the minister of the economy Mr. Mauri Pekkarinen. F-Secure founder & chairman & Nokia Chairman & interim CEO Mr. Risto Siilasmaa heads the steering group.[28] The programme's mission is to renew startup and growth company financing in Finland. In June 2010 a Donald Duck -based magazine AKU. (Donald) nominated Tikka as the Scrooge McDuck of Finland.[29] In January 2011 Tikka was appointed as an Executive Vice President of NASDAQ OMX listed public company Soprano Plc, in charge of their web solutions division.[30] Later in early 2012 Tikka was promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Soprano Plc.[31] Later in 2012 Tikka resigned from Soprano, Plc.[32] In March 2011 the Finnish Information Processing Association nominated Tikka as the opinion leader in ICT for 2010. This nomination has in the past been received by professors, members of parliament (Jyrki Kasvi) and large organization CEOs (Risto Siilasmaa) in Finland. It has a tradition extending from 1987 onwards to this date.[33] In 2012 Tikka was commissioned by the Prime Minister's Office of Finland to work on the official government report on the future. As a member of the thematic group working on foresight of business regeneration.[34] On September 10, 2013 Tikka announced from Beijing that TLD Registry, Ltd has been granted with two gTLD licenses for Chinese-language gTLDs by ICANN. The announcement was made with the Prime Minister of Finland Mr. Jyrki Katainen, Director General Li Junfeng of the NCSC, and Mr. Ville Niinistö the Minister of the Environment of Finland.[35] Tikka is a co-founder and Chairman of the Board of TLD Registry, Ltd.[36]

TLD Registry’s executive chairman Taneli Tikka announces the successful contracting with ICANN for Dot Chinese Online & Dot Chinese Website. The state ceremony in Beijing was witnessed by Finland’s prime minister Jyrki Katainen, China’s Director General, National Center for Climate Change Strategy Li Junfeng, and Finland’s Minister of the Environment Ville Niinistö

Tikka has studied at the Helsinki School of Economics, where he graduated 1st of his class of the 2004 Executive MBA .[37]

Tikka writes a popular technology entrepreneurial blog at www.tane.li

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ITViikko: serial entrepreneur Tikka (article in finnish)". Itviikko.fi. October 4, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  2. ^ "MindTrek 2009 conference: Speakers, Taneli Tikka". Mindtrek.org. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  3. ^ Otaniemi.fi: Serial Entrepreneur Taneli Tikka media exposure[dead link]
  4. ^ "Guest speakers, Taneli Tikka". Connect Estonia. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  5. ^ "Welcome to Finland magazine: Talented Mr. Tikka". Welcometofinland.fi. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  6. ^ "MTV3 article (in finnish): Taneli Tikka talking about Muxlim.com startup". Mtv3.fi. November 14, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  7. ^ "MTV3 article (in finnish): Tikka speaking with Risto E.J. Penttilä about commercializing innovations". Mtv3.fi. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  8. ^ "Helsingin Sanomat International edition: Sulake buys out virtual community IRC-Galleria". Hs.fi. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  9. ^ "Video: IRC-Galleria's CEO Tikka talks about the tradesale (in finnish)". Hs.fi. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  10. ^ Finland (April 23, 2007). "Sulake press release: Sulake acquires IRC-Galleria". Sulake.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  11. ^ "Iltalehti tabloid (in finnish): Tikka leaves IRC-Gallerian after the acquisition". Iltalehti.fi. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  12. ^ Tuomas Karvonen. "Digitoday (in finnish): Magenta Sites started the global distribution of Star Wreck -movie". Digitoday.fi. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  13. ^ "Teknobeduiini (in finnish): Starwreck: 500 000 full downloads and counting". Blogit.digitoday.fi. October 5, 2005. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  14. ^ "Businessweek: Taika Technologies company information". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  15. ^ "LinkedIn profile: Advisor to the CEO and Founders, Stardoll". Linkedin.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  16. ^ Cord, David J. (2012). Mohamed 2.0. Helsingfors: Schildts & Söderströms. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-951-52-2898-7.
  17. ^ Cord, David J. (2012). Mohamed 2.0. Helsingfors: Schildts & Söderströms. p. 132. ISBN 978-951-52-2898-7.
  18. ^ Sounio, Lisa (September 18, 2007). "Dopplr blog: Taneli Tikka joins Dopplr as COO". Blog.dopplr.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  19. ^ Ahtisaari, Marko (September 28, 2009). "Dopplr Blog: Nokia Acquires Dopplr". Blog.dopplr.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  20. ^ Lisasounio.com: Lisa co-founded Dopplr.
  21. ^ "Marko's blog: "I am a founding investor in Dopplr"". Ahtisaari.typepad.com. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  22. ^ Vilpponen, Antti (April 17, 2008). "Tikka joins as CEO of RunToShop". ArcticStartup. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  23. ^ "As of 1st of April I'll leave the CEO position in RunToShop". Tane.li. March 20, 2009. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  24. ^ "Joined Balancion Board". Tane.li. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  25. ^ Team, ENCA
  26. ^ Tietoviikko (in finnish): New director at the Finnish Software Entrepreneurs Association: Taneli Tikka.
  27. ^ Verso contact information, Management group: Taneli Tikka.
  28. ^ "Vigo Programme Steering Group". Vigo.fi. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  29. ^ to 12.01. klo 11:09. "Kauppalehti business magazine, AKU. nominations (in finnish)". Kauppalehti.fi. Retrieved January 12, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  30. ^ "Markkinionti & Mainonta magazine: Tikka to head Soprano (in Finnish)" (in Finnish). Marmai.fi. January 18, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  31. ^ "Soprano, Plc Press Release: Taneli Tikka promoted to COO" (in Finnish). kauppalehti.fi. January 17, 2012.
  32. ^ "Soprano, Plc Press Release: Taneli Tikka moves to new career challenges" (in Finnish). kauppalehti.fi. February 22, 2012.
  33. ^ "blog: chosen as the opinion leader in ICT of 2010". Tane.li. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
  34. ^ "Prime Minister's Office website: Themes for Government report on the future, members of the thematic groups". vnk.fi. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  35. ^ "Tech In Asia: ICANN approves two new Chinese-language web domain endings, set to come online soon". techinasia.com. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  36. ^ "Internetregistry.info: Our Founders". internetregistry.info. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
  37. ^ "HSE Executive Education (in finnish): "Tikka, who graduated 1st of his class, got what he came to achieve"". Hseee.fi. September 29, 2008. Retrieved January 12, 2012.

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