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Computing, Gaming, Information Technology, Internet
Skills:
Business, C/C++, Computer Engineering, Embedded systems, Engineering, English, Entrepreneurship, French, Investment, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Management, Public Relations, Public speaking, Software Engineering, Swedish, Writing
Next step:
Raising Series A for Microtask.
Location:
Helsinki, Finland
Interested in:
Advising startups, Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding engineers, Finding team mates, Getting press, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting, Recruiting for my startup
Tags:
3d, Angel investor, computer graphics, crowdsourcing, distributed work, entrepreneur, finland, ict, investor, mobile graphics, programmer, serial entrepreneur, silicon valley, startup, tech
Microtask enables seamless, real-time and scalable on-demand outsourcing.
Startup type: Company
Status: Active
Stage: Growth
FULL BIO
Wili is a serial entrepreneur and investor from Finland. The last couple of years he's been particularly interested in crowdsourcing, cloud labor, and human computation -- disruptive technologies that are transforming the way people work all over the world.
A hacker at heart, Wili has spent way too many years banging out code in assembler, C, and other languages used by real cowboys. He's got a long background in computer graphics, and he was one of the founders of Hybrid Graphics, a pioneer in real-time 3D graphics technologies. Hybrid implemented some of the very first commercial 3D engines back in mid-90's, and licensed them to games studios. Later on, Hybrid created the first implementations of OpenGL ES, OpenVG, JSR-184 and other mobile graphics standards, and licensed them to hundreds of millions of mobile phones. Hybrid was acquired by NVIDIA in 2006. Some parts of Hybrid were spun off and exist nowadays as Fake Graphics - the leading CGI house in Finland, and Umbra Software - a middleware company creating products for the games industry.
Wili is the CEO and founder of Microtask, a company commercializing technology for distributing digital labor. He is also a partner at Lots, a Nordic boutique VC and accelerator in the field of media technology. Wili is also an investor and a board member in several high-tech, social media, and games companies in Finland and Silicon Valley. He also coaches startups at Aalto Venture Garage and is a referrer for HackFwd.
In his free time, Wili travels around the planet (so far he has visited 70 countries on all seven continents), and has become a semi-professional photographer.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Microtask
Position:
CEO
Time period:
February 2009 - Present
Employer:
Lots
Position:
Founding partner
Time period:
February 2008 - Present
Employer:
NVIDIA
Position:
Principal System Software Engineer
Time period:
March 2006 - August 2007
Employer:
Hybrid Graphics
Position:
CTO
Time period:
December 1994 - March 2006
Description:
I was the CTO and one of the founders of Hybrid Graphics, a Finnish pioneer in 3D computer graphics technologies. Hybrid was acquired by NVIDIA in 2006.
EDUCATION
University:
University of Helsinki
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Mobile 3D Graphics (Pulli, Aarnio, Miettinen, Roimela, Vaarala)
INFORMATION
Sports:
snowboarding, trekking, running, scuba diving
Hobbies:
traveling, photography
Clubs:
Random Travelers' Society (Founder), Helsinki Social Club, Urheilusukeltajat ry, Suomen Saunaseura (Finnish Sauna Society), Electronic Frontier Finland (EFFI) ry, IRO of RT-1 (Round Table) Finland, Tringa ry, Ohjelmistoyrittäjät ry
Memberships:
Associations:
IGDA Finland (Member of Chapter Team), ACM SIGGRAPH Helsinki (Chairman), EUROGRAPHICS, The Khronos Group (OpenGL ES, OpenVG, OpenKODE), Java Community Process (JCP): JSR 184 (M3G) / JSR 239 / JSR 271 / JSR 297
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