Lisa Sounio

Christa Maria Lisa Sounio - Ahtisaari (born 1970 in Parikkala ) is a Finnish entrepreneur, lecturer and brand expert.

Life

Lisa Sounio - Ahtisaari founded in 2007 with the British interface designer and programmer Matt Biddulphin the social network for travelers under the name Dopplr. Soon the Americans Dan Gillmor, the designer Matt Jones from Wales and Marko Ahtisaari went into the team. Nokia acquired Dopplr in 2009. The service was discontinued four years later.

Lisa Sounio - Ahtisaari led a consulting firm and communications agency and has worked as a columnist for several business and design magazines. The Finnish television audience, she was known for her performance in the Finnish version of the business show Dragons Den.

In 2010, Ahtisaari Sounio - published her first book on economic Brändikäs brands ( "brand Glad "). The work has already appeared in the ninth edition.

Before her career as an entrepreneur, the business graduate worked in well-known Finnish design firms in the areas of sales, marketing and product development. In addition to business management, she studied industrial design and product development in today's Aalto University, as well as communication and languages ​​at the University of Vaasa. Lisa Sounio - Ahtisaari lives and works in Helsinki. She spends her free time around her parents' house in the Lake District Eastern Finland and the Baltic archipelago. Since 2008 she is married to Marko Ahtisaari.