Our Story
In business school, co-founder Harri Turtiainen was taught that employees are a company's greatest asset. However, during his 20-year career in IT wholesale and distribution, he noticed that IT did not seem to view employees that way.
In his role he could see all the time where the employees (or 'end-users' as IT people like to call them) computers and software were too often seen as a necessary evil, just a major cost and hassle to minimize. Just devices to manage and maintain - or assets to be managed as a cost in accounting as finance departments often sees them.
This bothered Harri because for an information worker their computer is their main - and sometimes their only – tool. And whether or not that tool works properly matters A LOT as far as how well employees get their jobs done.
Then, one day, as Harri was watching a Formula 1 racing he started to think how important role data plays for F1 teams when developing cars to top condition for racing season. And even during the races they continuously collect data and fine tune the cars based on it so that the performance of the cars remains high or even improves during the race to help drives to get most out of their cars.
Harri had an epiphany: what if we could build a tool that could do the same for employees and their computers? A tool that would allow IT teams to track and measure how computers & software worked could enable IT to improve the digital employee experience.
Harri immediately contacted his pal Kalle Saunamäki to ask whether it was possible to build such a tool. The answer was 'yes' - and in 2013 Harri and Kalle co-founded Applixure.
Harri Turtiainen
CEO & Co-founder
Kalle Saunamäki
CTO & Co-founder
Paavo Huhtanen
Head of Customer Success Nordics & Baltics
Joseph Whyles
Head of Customer Success USA, UK & Ireland
Teemu Heittola
Senior Software Developer
Petri Manninen
Senior Software Developer
Marc Hoes
Director of Growth
Tommi Eklund
Chairman Of The Board
Antti Pietila
Board Member
Jeppe
Chief Snack Officer
Proudly made in Finland
Applixure is based in Finland, a leader in technology, data security, and quality of life. Our office is located in Helsinki's Arabianranta district, where design and technology converge.
