Elena has over 15 years’ experience in sales and business development. Previously she held leading positions in Finnish export and trade consulting firm and airline companies.
PayiQ supports companies and cities in their aim to become carbon neutral. PayiQ’s cloud-based mobile fare collection platform provides commuter benefit management system for companies and an easy way to pay for public transport. At the same time, it tracks the CO2 footprint of various mobility choices. PayiQ offers a gamification tool which helps nudge users towards carbon neutral mobility and living. PayiQ’s platform gathers valuable data on movement and public transport usage. This real-time data can be utilized to improve customer experience and meet evolving reporting needs of companies and cities.
PayiQ was established in 2013 in Turku where it still has its headquarters. For 10 years, the company has been building, installing, and running payment solutions for public transportation in several countries. PayiQ’s mission is to transform the way we think about commuting and climate change.
PayiQ provides easy-to-use, safe, multimodal, and sustainable fare collection technology. Our technology, with sophisticated fraud prevention algorithms at its core, is built to be extremely flexible regarding use cases and payment options, is easy to install and pleasant to use. Our fare collection solution also encourages people to reduce CO2 emissions. The GreenImpact solution effectively manages traffic emissions, curbs unnecessary driving, and promotes low-carbon mobility choices. PayiQ stands as a company progressively dedicated to mitigating the environmental footprint of transport.
Elena has over 15 years’ experience in sales and business development. Previously she held leading positions in Finnish export and trade consulting firm and airline companies.
Pirkka has over 20 years’ experience in product development and customer project deliveries in international markets at Bentley Systems Inc.
Antti has extensive expertise in the payment ecosystem and an interest in the customer experience of digital channels. He has 20 years of experience in software and product development, e.g., Etteplan and Finnpos Systems Oy.
Over 20 years’ experience in international software business in private and public cooperation. CEO of Genestia Group Oy, Nexifon, Inc., Executive Vice President/CTO Probatus Oy/Comptel Group, Development Director Bentley Systems.
Investment Banker with 30+ years’ experience of sourcing, executing, and closing several debt/equity deals. Board experience from six different countries and in the past several years, as an investor/board member advising smaller (mainly Fintech) companies through the initial phases enabling a full-scale launch.
Experienced entrepreneur and business angel investor with a demonstrated history of working in the IT, Telecom and Financial services industries. He has a background from Ericsson in various leading positions in IT and Internet Security Company Parallel Systems.
Top executive positions over 25 years at US based software company Bentley Systems. He founded Opti Incon, which was successfully sold to Bentley Systems in 1995. Since that he has had several international executive roles.
Extensive experience in business development and project management. Managed a variety of business operations in the service and ICT industry.
