GLOCELL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Research Professor at Natural Resources Institute Finland
Aleksi Lehtonen is a Research professor at Natural Resources Institute Finland. He graduated from University of Helsinki with a PhD in forests and their C exchange in 2006.
He has previously acted as a team leader at Luke, leading the work of 24 researchers. Lehtonen's current post involves constant development and testing of different empirical and process-based models that are used to estimate the GHG exchange of forest ecosystems. He has authored 82 peer-reviewed scientific publications.
Jarmo Kahala CEO Master of Science, Tech. Jarmo joined the GloCell team in August 2017 as CEO. He has a Master of Science degree in pulp and paper technology from Helsinki University of Technology. Jarmo has a solid background in the pulp and paper industry, data analysis and industrial software development. He has worked in several management and expert positions at technology company Savcor, data analysis software company KCL Development, research institute Keskuslaboratorio (KCL) and gas company AGA. He has a very long and deep understanding of data analysis-based process problem solving.
Juhani Lehtonen FOUNDER, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Master of Science, Tech. Juhani is the father of many ideas that emerged in the background of the company. Juhani has a degree in pulp and paper engineering as well as environmental engineering from Aalto University and Denmark Technological University. Juhani has worked in several pulp and paper mills in different positions all over Europe. His experience is also enriched with several sales and marketing management positions at Mercuri International, Tellabs, Sphairon and Goodmill Systems. In addition to GloCell, he is also active in consultancy at ICG Innotiimi.
Lauri is an international innovation leadership professional with a track record in generating growth through innovation, as well as developing and executing innovation strategy.
He has been setting-up and leading cross-functional global organizations. Lauri has been leading innovation and R&D organizations in consumer packaged goods (Kimberly-Clark), healthcare (Merck) and the forest industry (International Paper and Stora Enso).
Maiju joined GloCell in Oct 2022 as an independent consultant. She takes care of technical customer services, customer training and SoftaCellTM updates together with our partners.
She has a Master of Science degree in paper technology from Aalto University (former Helsinki University of Technology). She worked almost two decades in Europe for several IT companies including GM owned EDS and Microsoft in business and data analysis, technical customer service, training as well as project management.