Mika Okkola New Head of AppCampus

Former Chairman of the AppCampus Board, Mika Okkola has been nominated as Head of AppCampus starting 3rd of February 2014. In his new role Mika is responsible for the global AppCampus mobile application accelerator program run by Aalto University in Espoo, Finland. He will take up the role following Pekka Sivonen’s move to focus on developing other Aalto University StartUp programs.

The AppCampus program, kicked off in May 2012, has a growing reputation as a hotbed of new startup companies. AppCampus has attracted thousands of application proposals from entrepreneurs from all over the world, and since its first year, AppCampus has invested more than 6 million euro in its applicants. “As I have been part of the AppCampus since its foundation, I am excited about the opportunity to get really hands-on with a program that I truly love“, says Mika Okkola.

Mika Okkola has over two decades of experience in ICT. During his career he has held positions in app development, sales, marketing, professional services, consultancy and IT security. Most recently he worked as the Director for Technical Audiences at Microsoft Finland. Prior to Microsoft he has held several executive positions in corporations like at Quartal, Defcom, and WM-data.

Head of Aalto Center of Entrepreneurship Tapio Siik welcomes Mika Okkola to the AppCampus team: “I’m delighted that Mika will join our AppCampus team on a full time capacity. His wide experience in building up StartUp programs and his past commitment on the AppCampus program will definitely help us to develop the program further. I would also like to take this opportunity and thank Pekka Sivonen for his tremendous efforts in building up AppCampus to where it is now and I’m glad that he is now sharing his expertise and network in building up other Aalto StartUp programs”.

For more information:

Mika Okkola    Head of AppCampus tel. 0400 410632
Tapio Siik         Head of Aalto Center of Entrepreneurship tel. 050 5733428

About AppCampus:

AppCampus is a global mobile application development program led by Aalto University, Finland. Funded by Microsoft and Nokia, the AppCampus program has been set up to foster the creation of innovative mobile applications for the Windows Phone ecosystem. Within AppCampus, mobile entrepreneurs can benefit not just from award funding, but also comprehensive coaching, marketing support, training in mobile technology, design and usability to create innovative new mobile apps and services. www.appcampus.fi