Ville Lehtonen
MSc. from Helsinki University of Technology(2005), MBA from Uni. of Oxford(2009), Strategic Consulting Partnerat Hamilton Bradshaw (2009), Chief Executive Officer at LabMinds ltd (2009).
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, Design, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, German, Languages, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Portuguese, Product design, Public speaking, Software Engineering, Spanish, Swedish |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | University of Helsinki, University of Oxford |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | LabMinds ltd, Oxford |
| Position: | Chief Executive Officer |
| Time period: | January 2009 - Present |
| Description: | Founded a company based on the best entrepreneurial idea from Oxford University in 2009 |
| Employer: | Trio Network Solutions |
| Position: | Product Manager/Development Team Leader |
| Time period: | January 2007 - December 2008 |
| Description: | Turned around the Trio Service Node product from marginally profitable to the most profitable in
the company in 2007 (5M Eur profit) Was invited to the corporate management accounting and process enhancement team Used understanding of customer anxieties and unstated wishes to design and sell the most profitable software upgrade in the history of the company Handled end to end crisis management for the worst incident in company history, turning disaster in to the greatest sales opportunity Reduced OPEX of the Helsinki office by over 50% while helping lean down the organization from 35 to 21 people (both sales and customer satisfaction improved during this period) Acted as an internal strategy consultant for 10m+ sales deals and process development Was one of the two people in the company that got a Christmas bonus in 2007 |
| Employer: | Trio Network Solutions |
| Position: | Project Manager |
| Time period: | January 2006 - December 2007 |
| Description: | Directed Software Development projects for customers from Nordic Countries to the United States
and the Persian Gulf. Planned and oversaw the company’s biggest outsourced project Did a comprehensive sector analysis of the communications space (Alcatel, Google, Avaya, Ericsson, Huawei, Skype etc featured prominently) |
| Employer: | Trio Network Solutions |
| Position: | Software Designer |
| Time period: | January 2005 - December 2006 |
| Employer: | Hamilton Bradshaw, London |
| Position: | Strategic Consulting Partner |
| Time period: | December 2009 |
| Description: | Was instrumental in a complete overhaul of investment cycle processes
Designed and implemented controls for the investment pipeline, creating new organizational roles and changing incentive structures |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Oxford |
| Time period: | 2008 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Finance/Entrepreneurship, MBA |
| University: | University of Helsinki |
| Time period: | 1999 - 2005 |
| Degree: | Telecom Management, MSc |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Debating (Active Life member of Oxford Union), Military History, Financial History,
Computer Games, Science-Fiction |
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LabMinds Ltd
LabMinds aims at delivering technical solutions tailored to the needs and requirements of research scientists. Our lead product EasySolution transforms how experiments are prepared and conducted in Life and Biomedical Sciences laboratories worldwide.