Marko Ahtisaari
Education
Columbia University
Master of Arts (MA), Philosophy 1991-01-01 - 1992-01-01
Columbia University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics, Philosophy, Music 1987-01-01 - 1991-01-01Work Experience
CMI — Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation
Current
CMI — Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation
WITNESS
Current
WITNESS
Helsingin tapahtumasäätiö
2018-09-01 - 2024-09-01
Helsingin tapahtumasäätiö
Sync Project
2015-07-01 - 2018-02-01
Sync Project
MIT Media Lab
2014-01-01 - 2016-07-01
MIT Media Lab
Nokia
2009-10-01 - 2013-10-01
Nokia
Artek
2007-01-01 - 2013-08-01
Artek
WITNESS
2009-06-01 - 2013-07-01
WITNESS
Newsmill
2009-05-01 - 2010-04-01
Newsmill
F-Secure Corporation
2007-04-01 - 2010-04-01
F-Secure Corporation
Skills
Summary
I'm a technology entrepreneur, designer and curator. I currently serve as board chair of an independent peace mediation foundation and am building a new House of Sound in Ii, Finland. For the last six years I served as Artistic Director of Helsinki Festival, the largest multi-arts festival in the Nordics, held every year in late August. From 2015 - 2018 I was CEO and co-founder of Sync Project (acquired by Bose in 2008). Prior to Sync Project I was a Director's Fellow at the MIT Media Lab. From 2009-2013 I was Executive Vice President of design at Nokia, responsible for hardware, user interface and packaging design. Previously I was co-founder and CEO of Dopplr (acquired by Nokia in 2009) and head of design and brand at Blyk, a free ad-funded mobile network. I've served on the boards of WITNESS, F-Secure and Artek. I was born in Finland, but grew up on three continents, in Helsinki, Dar es Salaam and New York where I studied philosophy, economics and music at Columbia University. I play in the band Construction with Nadya Peek.
