About us
Viherio in the nutshell
- Develops web-based services for Golfers and Golf-Clubs
- The mission is to make the collection of game information both easier and more rewarding than the traditional pen and paper -method
- The information can be used to offer novel personalized web-services
- Viherio operates in Europe
- Partners networks in Finland, New Zealand, Sweden, Portugal and the UK
- The company has its origins at the University of Oulu in Finland which is one of the world's top universities in research on wireless networks.
The Viherio Board
Timo Pärkkä
Chairman of the Board
Mr Pärkkä
(b. 1968) holds M.A degree from the University of Oulu. During his
working career, Mr. Pärkkä has been in coordinating manager positions
in international (EU-funded) research and development projects as well
as managing large national research program CAPNET (under TEKES’s
NETS-program).
Jouko Sankala
Jouko Sankala received his Master
of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oulu
at 1982. After that he worked for Nokia Data PC department, until he
co-founded NetHawk in 1991. He received his eMBA degree from the
University of Oulu at 1995. Currently he is the CTO of NetHawk.
Sven Carlson
Worked in international and
multicultural organisations the last 20 year and Executive Management
team level since mid eighties. Established and managed branch
offices in Europe, USA and Asia. Marketed and sold equipment and
systems in price levels up to US$ 10 Million.
Jukka Korhonen
Jukka Korhonen has strong
management level experience in IT-industry. Currently he is a member of
the busines angel group investing start-up companies in Oulu region.
Jukka has been in Viherio board since june 2008.
Kari Itälahti
Kari is a investment manager and
partner in Teknoventure Management Oy. His expertise areas are funding,
tax law, corporate analysis and risk analysis. Kari has been in Viherio
board since june 2008.
Management
Mika Berg, CEO
Mika is a co-founder of Viherio.
He has worked in business development projects at the University of
Oulu for almost a decade, in the areas of electronics manufacturing,
e-business, technology/innovation management and international
development initiatives. He possesses skills for business management
and strategic thinking and understands the functions of business
networks.
Mika has worked as a CEO for Viherio since company was founded on october 2008.
Timo Pärkkä, Marketing Manager
Timo Pärkkä is
co-founder of Viherio. He is a chairman of Viherio and works as a
marketing manager for the company. He is responsible of marketing and
and sales world wide.
Peter Holmström, Account Manager
Peter has 20
years experience as an enterpreneur. He has been working mostly on
sales and marketing and also golf related content production. He has
strong experience in bringing new concepts to markets and has deep
understanding of logics in media marketing. Peter has started has
worked in Viherio from the beginning of august 2008. He is mainly
responsible of AdDSwing channel and creating strong customer
relationships with golf clubs and advertisers.
