Sales Manager - DACH

1. Where are you from, and what’s your favourite dish from your home country?
Originally from the area of Göttingen, Germany, now living in Finland. 

Favourite dish is mettbrötchen (minced raw pork seasoned with salt and black pepper) 

2. What does a typical day look like in your role?
Every day, I’m connecting with people. Checking in with customers, solving issues, and making sure things run smoothly. Behind the scenes, I collaborate closely with production, sales, and marketing to keep everything aligned and ensure customer value and tangible results.

 
3. What’s the most rewarding part of your role? 
The most rewarding part of my role is seeing our solution make a real, tangible impact in the field. Getting to work closely with customers, understanding their challenges, and helping to prevent fires is incredibly fulfilling. 

4. What’s a fun fact about you that people might not know? 
A fun fact about me is that I designed and built my own board game, which includes both area control and card stacking. It’s been really fun watching people figure out the strategies and get competitive. 

5. What’s your favourite thing about living in Finland? 
My favorite thing about living in Finland is the incredible access to lakes, parks, and forests. Being able to step outside and immediately be surrounded by nature makes it easy to slow down and recharge. 

6. What book or movie left a lasting impression on you? 
A movie that left a lasting impression on me is Inception. I find it fascinating how it plays with the concept of time, layering dreams within dreams and showing how perception of time can shift dramatically. The creativity and complexity of the story keep you thinking. 

Co-founder and CEO of Quanturi

1. Where are you from, and what’s your favourite dish from your home country?

I am French, but I consider myself quite international since I lived in the US for many years and have now been in Finland for over 20 years. I can be quite chatty and super enthusiastic like a French person, but I also deeply enjoy silence and nature like a Finn. At Quanturi, we really value an international mindset and diversity of backgrounds.

When I visit my parents in France, my favourite dish is actually very simple: fried eggs from their own chickens. I eat them with a piece of baguette that I dip into the yolk. It may not be fancy French cuisine, but eggs straight from the family farm are incredibly tasty!

2. What does a typical day look like in your role?
I am the Chief of Everything Officer so there’s really no typical day! Every day is different, and there are always unexpected tasks that come up. My role includes driving the growth of Quanturi, overseeing our Sales and R&D strategy, leading the team, liaising with our global partners, but also watering the office plants and emptying the dishwasher. I believe in feet-on-the-ground, people-focused leadership.

 
3. What’s the most rewarding part of your role? 
The most rewarding part is seeing the impact Quanturi has. We started from scratch, building products that simply didn’t exist before. Today, more than 2,500 customers use our technology every day to make their work easier and protect their assets. That’s incredibly satisfying.

Knowing that Quanturi contributes to the community by providing work not only to our employees but also to many partners in business development, manufacturing, and distribution is very rewarding.

And having a team I can truly rely on and have fun with makes it even more fulfilling.

4. If you could be any animal which would you be?

A cat for its independence, loyalty, and its ability to understand human emotions.

5. What’s your favourite thing about living in Finland? 
You will often find me in the bushes picking berries or mushrooms. I love wandering in the forest and enjoying the peace it brings. Being a CEO can be quite stressful, and for me, spending time in nature is the best way to relax, clear my mind, and come back with new ideas.

6. What book or movie left a lasting impression on you? 
Into the Forest by Jean Hegland. It’s a dystopian novel about what happens when civilization collapses. The book really made me reflect on how dependent we’ve become on technology and how easily we take our surroundings for granted. It also changed my relationship with nature and pushed me to live in a more sustainable way.

Sales Manager – Spain & Global Markets

1. Where are you from, and what’s your favourite dish from your home country?

I’m from Spain, so choosing just one dish is almost impossible. But if I had to pick, it would probably be a good tortilla de patatas with a Estrella Galicia. Preferably shared with friends and family, because in Spain food is never just about eating.

2. What does a typical day look like in your role?
First things first: coffee. After that I check emails, reply to the urgent ones and organise the day’s priorities. The rest of the day is a mix of customer calls, preparing offers, solving problems and trying to help people understand how our system can make their work easier.

 
3. What’s the most rewarding part of your role? 
Closing deals is always nice, of course… but the most rewarding part is building long-term relationships with customers and seeing that our technology actually helps them in their daily operations. When a customer tells you the system is working well and making their life easier, that feels pretty good.

4. What childhood memory makes you smile?

Spending entire days outside with friends from morning until night, just playing, laughing and doing random things. No phones, no schedules, just enjoying the moment.

5. What’s a place you would like to travel to?

Japan. I’ve always been fascinated by many things that come from there, from the video games and animated series many of us grew up with, to their technological innovations, automotive heritage, and their unique traditions.

6. What book or movie left a lasting impression on you?

I’d probably say Fight Club. Not because of the chaos in the movie, but because it questions a lot of things about modern life, consumerism and identity. It definitely makes you think.

VP of Marketing and Sales

1. Where are you from, and what’s your favourite dish from your home country?

I’m Australian, originally from Newcastle and Canberra. One of the things I miss most about home is actually the variety of food. You can get great cuisine from all over the world without really thinking about it. But in terms of something classic, I’d always go for an Aussie meat pie or a sausage roll. And I definitely miss Australian coffee, it’s hard to beat. 

2. What does a typical day look like in your role?
There isn’t really a typical day, which is part of what I enjoy. Because I look after both sales and marketing, things can change quickly. Some days are more focused on strategy and planning, others are filled with customer conversations or working through ideas with the team. I also spend quite a bit of time with R&D to make sure what we’re building really reflects what customers need. It’s a good balance between big picture thinking and staying close to what’s actually happening. 

3. What’s the most rewarding part of your role? 
For me it’s the people and the impact. Building a strong team and seeing people grow is a big part of it. At the same time, knowing that what we do helps customers solve real problems makes the work feel meaningful.  

4. If you could be any animal which would you be? 

I’d be a wombat. They’re pretty relaxed and go about things at their own pace, which I like, but they’re also strong and resilient when they need to be. There’s something appealing about that balance. And being Australian, it feels like a fitting choice.

5. What childhood memory makes you smile? 

There are quite a few, but a lot of them revolve around the ocean. Growing up in a coastal town, I have great memories of family BBQs by the beach, very simple. One that stands out is our Christmas holidays, when we’d drive up the coast to the far north coast of New South Wales and go camping by the beach for a couple of weeks. It was pretty basic, but it felt like total freedom as a kid.

6. What book or movie left a lasting impression on you?

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. It’s one of those stories that stays with you because of the characters and the themes around resilience and redemption.

Co-founder and DTO (Design & Technology Officer)

1. Where are you from, and what’s your favourite dish from your home country?

I am from Finland. Although I prefer many Asian kitchens, there is of course a wide variety of traditional Finnish dishes I like. To mention some examples, let’s start with gravlax (Nordic salt-cured salmon) with new potatoes, Karelian pasties and Savonian kalakukko.

2. What does a typical day look like in your role?
If there is a new feature development project going on, I continue designing and coding from where it was left the day before, until the feature is released. Occasionally there can be bugs or other customer issues reported by sales and support. These issues may need instant fixes in configuration, database or application code. In the background I am also constantly monitoring server logs to see if there are any exceptions that would need some maintenance actions.

3. What’s the most rewarding part of your role? 
It is rewarding to develop application features that you know the customers are using for the benefit of their business. Also, it is rewarding to get feedback through sales and support, or even directly from the customers. Positive feedback is rewarding as such, but also in problem cases the reward comes after resolving the issues, by having helped the customer and again improving the system as a whole. 

4. What’s a fun fact about you that people might not know?

In my thirties I moved to a former farmhouse in the countryside, and a small flock of chickens happened to come along as the farm residents. So, for some five years I was a chicken farmer, and self-sufficient, when it comes to eggs.

5. What’s your favourite thing about living in Finland?

One of my favourite things is definitely spending summer days at my cottage in central Finland, heating up the smoke sauna and relaxing in there by the lake.

6. What book or movie left a lasting impression on you?

I can’t avoid mentioning here that at the age of seven I saw the Beatles movie A Hard Day’s Night. Instantly I became a Beatles fan, and that has had a life-long impression. My taste in music has expanded widely since then, but as a young boy it defined the baseline (or bass line :) for my musical pursuits. There would be many “real” movies too, for example Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ with its amazing plot twist, great acting performances and especially the mesmerizing soundtrack by Peter Gabriel.

Sales Manager - UK & US

1. Where are you from, and what’s your favourite dish from your home country?

I am from Meadville, Pennsylvania,

My mother’s spaghetti with her sauce, loaded with vegetables and venison.

2. What does a typical day look like in your role?
That is the interesting part of sales, no day looks the same. A lot of research, conversations both existing and potential clients.

3. What’s the most rewarding part of your role? 
When working with new clients, my focus is on building genuine, long-term relationships. Early conversations are about understanding their operation and challenges, but over time those discussions naturally become more personal,touching on shared interests, family, and day-to-day life.

When that shift happens, and business becomes just one part of the conversation, I know we’ve built a strong level of trust and are in a good place to work together.

4. What childhood memory makes you smile?

Coming off the field after any baseball game. I don’t remember the 100’s of games that were played, but I do remember coming off the field, out of the locker room, always being greeted by my parents first. They never missed a game. 

5. What’s your favourite thing about living in Finland?

What I appreciate most about living in Finland is the quiet. In many areas, you can take a short walk and find yourself completely alone, surrounded by nature.

It’s something I’ve grown to value, taking a few moments each day to switch off, reflect, and appreciate the day.

6. What book or movie left a lasting impression on you?

This is it by Alan Watts

In a nutshell, it’s about being fully present in the moment and recognizing that life doesn’t need to be constantly chased or fixed, it’s happening now.

Head of Research & Development 

1. Where are you from, and what’s your favourite dish from your home country?

I come from India. More specifically, from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. Most of my favorite dishes are those cooked by my mother such as, rajma-chawal (kidney beans cooked in tomato sauce with piping hot basmati rice with a drizzle of ghee or clarified butter) or fried surmai (king mackerel). Then there are a couple of classic Indian street food dishes that I love – vada pav (also famously known as the Bombay burger) and pani puri (stuffed, spiced water balls).

2. What does a typical day look like in your role?
A typical day sits somewhere between product strategy, technical firefighting, team coordination, and turning messy field realities into structured development priorities. A large part of the role is translating real-world problems into engineering action. That could mean reviewing firmware behaviour on probes, interpreting field logs, planning tests, or aligning the team around certain development goals. The day also involves people and coordination: working with developers, product designers, sales, and external specialists; clarifying requirements; reviewing progress; unblocking technical decisions; and making sure R&D work connects to business needs. Some days are deeply technical, some are strategic, and many are both. In short, my role is to keep Quanturi’s technology moving forward while making sure the products remain reliable, practical, and valuable in real customer environments.

3. What’s the most rewarding part of your role? 
Without a doubt, it’s seeing R&D work turn into something genuinely useful in the real world. There is a particular satisfaction in knowing that the work we do quietly helps a customer prevent a fire risk, understand what is happening inside stored hay or laundry bags, reduce uncertainty, or make better operational decisions.

4. What’s a fun fact about you that people might not know?

A fun fact about me is that outside the world of sensors, data, and R&D roadmaps, I am also deeply involved in Finnish cricket. I work on everything from league organisation and domestic competition planning to national team analysis to women’s national team management. So depending on the day, I might go from debugging probe behaviour and thinking about battery performance to analysing batting patterns, squad balance, or how many wickets Finland has lost to spin.

5. What childhood memory makes you smile?

Playing out in the driveway with my friends and cousins for hours on end, completely losing track of time. The best part was when my dad would come home from work and, instead of heading straight inside, would just join right in with whatever game we were running around playing. Those evenings always felt like they would never end, and they are some of the warmest memories I have.

6. What book or movie left a lasting impression on you?

A book that left a lasting impression on me is The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. I liked the way it talks about success, purpose, discipline, and inner balance. It is a reminder that ambition is important, but it should not come at the cost of peace of mind, health, or the people and moments that matter. A movie that stayed with me is Gladiator. I think what makes it powerful is its themes of loyalty, resilience, honour, and staying true to yourself even when circumstances are difficult.

Sales Manager and CSM - France

1. Where are you from, and what’s your favourite dish from your home country?

I’m from Alsace, France, so my favorite dish is “Fleischnacka” : Pasta rolls stuffed with pureed pot-au-feu (meat and vegetables), cooked in the broth and then grilled.

2. What does a typical day look like in your role?
There’s no such thing as a typical day, and that’s what makes it great. Sometimes it starts with an e-mail, sometimes with a phone call… I have to adapt to the customers: understand the problem and try to resolve it as quickly and effectively as possible. It can take 15 minutes, or it can take an hour. But every day I have to switch from one case to another, go back to the first one, talk with my colleagues, and answer the phone in between for all sorts of other things... You have to be able to multitask and be very mentally flexible!

3. What’s the most rewarding part of your role? 
When I solve a problem and the customers are satisfied.

4. What childhood memory makes you smile?

One day, my neighbors and I were playing in the woods, and there’s an old, empty pond in that corner with mud at the bottom. We had the bright idea to go play in it, and I got stuck there for a while—plus, it was time to go home for lunch! I left a boot behind, so I had to go home all dirty and with only one boot...

5. What do you wish you had more time to do?

Not sure if it’s time or energy but… Gardening!

6. What book or movie left a lasting impression on you?

It's a tv show based on books: Killing Eve. The series finale is one of the worst ever made (it's even in the top 10 worst series finales!), but luckily it doesn't follow the books! So I've started reading the books, in Portuguese and English!

Director of Quanturi SASU

1. Where are you from, and what’s your favourite dish from your home country?

I'm originally from France, with many influences from the different regions I've lived in: Provence, Champagne, the Jura, the Lyon region, the Alps (and Switzerland), and now Anjou. 

A fish tartare or a tomato/mozzarella/avocado salad would make me happy…

2. What does a typical day look like in your role?
A request, a question, a problem to solve, an answer to provide, an offer to write, a contract… Generally, I don’t ask myself what I will do during the day, I don’t have the time.

3. What’s the most rewarding part of your role? 
Finding the right solution for everyone's needs so that everyone wins: this can be for customers as well as for colleagues.

4. What’s a fun fact about you that people might not know?

Having stepped onto the pitch during a 1998 FIFA World Cup match in France to play the national anthems. It was an insane amount of pressure but a unique thrill: the roar of the 40,000 people present, the fervor of the Spanish and Panamanians before the match, the millions of television viewers…

5. What childhood memory makes you smile?

During the summer holidays, we would visit our friends in Provence, whose father was the manager of a château-hotel. With his children, we would wander through the corridors, cross the private footbridge overlooking a village street to reach the grounds. At the end of the verdant paths lay the tennis courts, the enormous swimming pool, and the private helipad where we watched the helicopters land. Once the grounds were deserted by the guests, we became residents for the evening: it was magical.

6. What book or movie left a lasting impression on you?

L’homme qui murmurait à l’oreille des chevaux (The Horse Whisperer) is, for me, the film that embodies our duty to be resilient. 

Whatever the physical or psychological trauma, whether you are a man, a woman, a child, or even an animal, there is a path, a place, an environment, a support network to find happiness. 

Full-stack Developer 

1. Where are you from, and what’s your favourite dish from your home country?

I’m from Sri Lanka, the beautiful island nation in the Indian Ocean. I come from the northwestern part of the country where the central highlands meet the wide plains. I’m a seafood lover and Sri Lankan cuisine has incredible seafood and rich flavors with lots of spices and touches of coconut milk, so it’s hard to pick just one dish. but I’d probably go with Sri Lankan crab curry.

2. What does a typical day look like in your role?
A typical day usually starts with going through feature requests or user stories from the backlog, then breaking them down and planning the implementation. From there, the day can vary quite a bit, sometimes it is focused heavily on development, sometimes testing, troubleshooting or technical planning depending on the stage of the project. I also occasionally jump in as a quick reaction force for support requests in our internal channels. And of course, there are always multiple coffees involved along the way.

3. What’s the most rewarding part of your role? 
One of the most rewarding parts of my role is seeing an idea or specification gradually turn into a real feature that people can actually use. I really enjoy being part of building meaningful products and solving real world problems through technology.

4. What do you wish you had more time to do?

Being outdoors and exploring nature. Finland has an incredible amount of forests, lakes, and national parks, and especially during the summer with the longer day time, I always wish I had a bit more time to explore new places and spend more time in nature.

5. What childhood memory makes you smile?

Spending time with family and friends always makes me smile, especially during the holiday seasons when relatives and close friends from far away would come together. We’d spend hours outdoors playing regardless of the weather, sometimes under the burning sun and sometimes in heavy rain. Looking back, those simple moments and the excitement of waiting for the next holiday season became some of my happiest childhood memories.

6. What book or movie left a lasting impression on you?

One movie that left a lasting impression on me is Into the Wild. I really connected with its themes of freedom, simplicity, and exploring the world beyond comfort zones. The cinematography, nature, and emotional journey made it a movie that stayed with me long after watching it.

Graphic Designer

1. Where are you from, and what’s your favourite dish from your home country?

I’m from Turku, Finland. My favourite dish would have to be Finnish summer food: new potatoes with a butter and onion sauce, Finnish Archipelago Bread with Skagen or gravlax cured by my grandfather, and lots of dill.

2. What does a typical day look like in your role?
On paper, a typical day would start with checking emails and messages, then working on social media content, everything from brainstorming ideas to writing copy and creating graphics. But very rarely do I actually have a typical day.

My role is quite broad and changes day to day, even hour to hour. Some days are very clear-cut, and other days I find myself running around Helsinki buying plants, picking up prints, or hanging paintings at the office.

3. What’s the most rewarding part of your role? 
Specifically in my role, I love seeing a design of mine come to life. Even something as small as a sticker or as big as a full backdrop, it’s an awesome feeling seeing something you created in your head become a real thing you can actually touch.

From the company perspective, I like that we’re genuinely making a difference and helping people prevent disastrous fires. I think that’s important work.

4. What’s a fun fact about you that people might not know?

I actually studied to become a seamstress and still do a lot of sewing and garment making in my spare time.

5. What do you wish you had more time to do?

Honestly, anything really, from something as small as reading a book to seeing the world and making the most of this life. I have a constant fear of time running out, and that fear can sometimes be debilitating, where you end up doing nothing because there are too many options to choose from.

Right now, I’m trying to spend as much time as I can with my friends and loved ones, while also seeing concerts, going on trips, and reading as many books as possible. (I’m currently at 32 books this year.)

6. What book or movie left a lasting impression on you?

I would have to say Amélie or The Little Prince. Both were heavily introduced to me by my mother from an early age. I’ve watched and read them countless times, and I never grow tired of them.

Amélie brings whimsy and happiness, along with a fantastic soundtrack. The Little Prince is a story about love, loss, friendship and not becoming too serious as you grow older. I try to keep that in mind as I get older myself, especially while working in a more corporate setting and the state of the world feeling quite gloomy. It’s important to remember that life can always use a little more whimsy.

Sales Manager - France

1. Where are you from, and what’s your favourite dish from your home country?

I am French, I grew up in Touraine but I currently live in Toulouse. It's hard to choose just one dish, but I'd say Flemish carbonade. It's a dish originating from northern France and Belgium, made with beef simmered in beer and gingerbread. It's a very comforting dish.

I'm also a big cheese lover, like a good Frenchman.

2. What does a typical day look like in your role?
I start my day with a coffee, checking my emails and responding to requests from clients or partners. Then I begin prospecting for new clients, sending out sales proposals, and assisting prospective clients with their equipment projects. I also provide some support when clients call me directly or during peak periods.

3. What’s the most rewarding part of your role? 
What's most rewarding is when a client thanks me for my help and tells me how much our equipment simplifies their work. I also enjoy closing new contracts because it's often the culmination of many months of discussions with clients and what keeps the business going.

4. What do you wish you had more time to do?

Spending time in the mountains! I love going hiking to see breathtaking landscapes, going into the forest to pick mushrooms, pick blueberries to make delicious pies and going trout fishing in the streams.

5. What childhood memory makes you smile?

One day, my neighbor and I had the bright idea of cutting grass, putting it in bags, and selling it to our neighbors as herbal tea. We pretended it was organized by the school for a possible class trip. When our parents discovered the deception, we returned all the money we had made. It's not something I'm particularly proud of, but it still makes me smile to think about it.

6. What book or movie left a lasting impression on you?

The last book I read that made a strong impression on me was The Formula of the Gods by dos Santos. It's the story of a cryptologist hired by Iran to decipher an unpublished manuscript by Einstein. I particularly enjoyed how the book explores the relationship between modern physics (relativity, quantum mechanics) and spirituality even though I am not religious.

Growth Marketer

1. Where are you from, and what’s your favourite dish from your home country?

I’m from Pakistan. 

It’s hard to name just one favourite dish, but I really enjoy sub-continental food in general.

2. What does a typical day look like in your role?
A typical day in my role involves working on demand generation initiatives, analyzing marketing performance, and identifying growth opportunities. I also collaborate with sales to support customer acquisition and business growth.

3. What’s the most rewarding part of your role? 
The most rewarding part of my role is seeing the impact of my work and collaborating with the team to solve problems.

4. What do you wish you had more time to do?

I would love to spend more time learning new skills, especially painting. It has been on my list for years, and although I’m currently very bad at drawing, I’d like to improve and develop some artistic skills.

5. What’s a place you would like to travel to?

I would love to travel across Europe by train, exploring multiple countries in one continuous journey. The idea of connecting cultures and landscapes through rail travel is something I find very exciting.

6. What book or movie left a lasting impression on you?

My favourite movie is Miller’s Crossing. It did not left any impression or anything like that, but I really enjoy the story and the way the main character is written. 

Executive Manager

1. Where are you from, and what’s your favourite dish from your home country?

Finland and Karelian pies with egg butter.

2. What does a typical day look like in your role?
I don't really have a typical workday, as every day is different. However, each day usually includes coffee, invoicing, answering colleagues' questions, and managing emails.

3. What’s the most rewarding part of your role? 
I get the most energy from making things happen. Whether it's building something from scratch, leading change, or solving a challenge that has been stuck for too long, I enjoy creating momentum and seeing real results. The best part is knowing that the work has made a meaningful difference for both people and the business.

4. What’s a fun fact about you that people might not know?

A fun fact about me is that one of my earliest jobs was working as a live TV chat host. It was unpredictable, fast-paced, and probably where I first learned how to stay calm when things don't go according to plan.

5. If you could be any animal which would you be?

An octopus. They're curious, adaptable, surprisingly good at solving problems, and capable of finding creative solutions when others get stuck.

6. What’s a place you would like to travel to?

Route 66 in the USA. There's something appealing about the idea of getting in a car, hitting the open road, and seeing the country one small town at a time. For me, it's as much about the journey and the unexpected experiences as it is about the destination.