Board

Antti Virkkunen, Chairman of the Board, Co-founder

Antti Virkkunen With over 100 personal assignments of RFID process site surveys or implementation projects in manufacturing and logistics facilities within the last 9 years Antti brings a world of experience to new customer engagements. Antti has specialized in the electronics manufacturing industry, especially material movements, supply chain automation and product life cycle applications. The wheel does not have to be re-invented every time. Antti holds an M.Sc. (Eng.) in Engineering physics from Helsinki University of Technology and is member of the board of RFID Lab Finland.

antti.virkkunen@vilant.com
Tel.: + 41 79 956 5666

Ville Kauppinen, Member of the board, Co-founder

Ville Kauppinen Ville has a solid 9-year applied RFID experience from our implementation projects. Having an industrial management and IT background Ville has worked on process design projects and is experienced in crunching the numbers out of implementation case prospects. Ville manages our Operations team. In assignments he specialized in automotive manufacturing, apparel and postal segments. Ville holds and M.Sc. (Eng.) in Industrial management from Helsinki University of Technology.

ville.kauppinen@vilant.com
Tel.: +358 50 328 8001

Pär Lange, Member of the Board, Swisscom Ventures

Before joining Swisscom Ventures in 2005, Pär was the Co-Founder and Managing Director of a Stockholm based advisory firm with focus on early stage investments in the ICT area. Prior to this, he co-founded a mobile operator which successfully obtained a 3G license in Sweden. He started his career as an R&D engineer, designing RF and microwave circuitry followed by a three year assignment in sales and marketing of cellular systems for Ericsson in Japan. Pär has an M.Sc. in Physics, and an MBA degree from INSEAD.