New Business Creation


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Matti Kuusisto
Matti is a Senior Consultant at Spinverse, he is responsible for technology transfer and commercialisation consultancy services for companies and research organisations.

Before joining Spinverse team, Matti worked eight years in the field of international technology transfer. During that time he gained deep understanding in creating business from emerging technologies and IPR through licensing and start-up activities. In addition, Matti has obtained hands-on experience in scientific R&D during his early career at VTT.

Matti has a M.Sc. degree from Helsinki University of Technology. In his spare time, he enjoys classic outdoor sports, activities with dogs and family life.


Jouko Lintunen
Jouko is a Senior Consultant at Spinverse. His core competences encompass commercialization of technology and service intensive businesses. He has worked in versatile mobile business development and management tasks with the most notable mobile device manufacturers and operators. Jouko is responsible for Tekes VAMOS programme and the development of the ICT business area.

Jouko holds an M.Sc. degree from the Tampere University of Technology. He is married with three boys and in his spare time likes to play golf and ice hockey. He's a former Finnish Ice Hockey League champion and he still plays as a goalie in national veteran team.


Josi Reponen
Josi Reponen is the ICT Manager of Spinverse. His responsibilities include the development and administration of the internal and external information systems, such as the CRM and the event platform.

He has an M.Sc. degree in Digital Communication Technology and Knowledge Management at Lappeenranta University of Technology. His thesis described a software requirements specification for a conference management system with social media features. Josi has experience of information systems and the relationship between industry and major European research centers from his work in CERN. He then continued this work through his own business before joining the Spinverse team. In his spare time he is often found bicycling, skating and geocaching.

Maria Papina
Maria is an analyst at Spinverse. She is in the M.Sc phase of her studies in Industrial Engineering and Management at Lappeenranta University of Technology. She also holds Bachelor's degrees from South Carelia Polytechnic and St.-Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russia.

Maria has previously worked as a marketing assistant for a Finnish industrial firm, besides which she has experience in human resources management and organizational strategy. She is passionate about knowledge management and personal development. Her hobbies include martial arts, running and other sports.

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