Who's behind Joikusoft


The founders, board and operative management of Joikusoft comprise of individuals with long industry background in large international IT, Telecom and mobile software companies.

Tom Ojala, CEO, Chairman of the Board and Founder of Joikusoft. Prior to his career as an entrepreneur, Tom worked 10 years for Nokia Corp., where his latest position was in Dallas with Nokia USA in capacity of Director, Marketing. Tom is also a Member of the Board, Partner and Marketing Advisor for Symmetria Software and Member of the Board and Partner of Asio-Data OY.

Contact details: tom.ojala(at)joikusoft.com, +358 50 576 5056


Ted Shelton, CEO Joikusoft Americas, is responsible for Joikusoft’s US operations and the JoikuBoost mobile internet and cloud business. Ted is a founder of Open-First, an international consultancy firm focused on emerging technologies, and has spent the past 20 years working in the high tech industry, as a software developer and executive in both public and privately held companies. Prior roles include CMO Symbian Foundation, CMO AVG, Chief Strategy Officer of Borland Software and Senior VP of Sales and Marketing for WhoWhere.

Contact details: ted.shelton(at)joikusoft.com


Don Johnston, Finance and Strategy, Joikusoft Americas, has 15 years of experience in investment banking and strategic advisory. He has worked for Jefferies & Co., Broadview Associates, CA~IB and Wasserstein Perella, and is also an independent adviser to companies in the technology, energy and financial services industries.

Contact details: don.johnston(at)joikusoft.com


Lasse Maki, CTO, Member of the Board and Founder of Joikusoft. Maki's backround is with large Nordic operator TeliaSonera, where he worked 7 years as a Department Manager for FTTH (Fibre to the Home) business area. Maki has excellent knowledge of IP based technologies.

Contact details: lasse.maki(at)joikusoft.com, +358 40 754 3440


Timo Saraketo, Founder and Member of the Board of Joikusoft, has 15 years of experience in management level positions around the world in big multi-national corporates such as IBM and Nokia. At Nokia Timo headed Nokia's global developer program Forum Nokia. Through his holding company Soft-Invest Oy Timo invests and acts as a board member in multiple European start-up IT and mobile software companies.

Contact details: timo.saraketo(at)joikusoft.com


Jouni Salmi, Member of the Board and Founder of Joikusoft. Jouni has 10+ years of experience in leading large IT and software projects. Jouni's background is with Nokia, and currently Jouni is a CEO of Symmetria Software.

Contact details: jouni.salmi(at)joikusoft.com


Ari Backholm, Member of the Board and Head of Joikusoft Advisory Board, brings over 10 years of solid growth management and entrepreneurship experience in the mobile industry. Ari is Vice President of Marketing and Product Management at SEVEN, which acquired Smartner, the latest company he co-founded and brought global from scratch to serve over 130 mobile operators today. Ari is based in Palo Alto, CA, USA, and acts as a local Joikusoft Americas sales contact.

Contact details: ari.backholm(at)joikusoft.com


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Antti Laakso, Member of Joikusoft Advisory Board, has international leadership experience at Nokia in the areas of Sales&Marketing, Retail and Demand Supply Network and Finance. Prior to Nokia, was responsible for operative sales activities at Sampo Investment Banking. Currently Finance Director for a Finland based green energy provider WinWinD.

Contact details: antti.laakso(at)joikusoft.com, +358 40 559 7413



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