Team: 160 years of domain expertise
Business and communications team

Olli Rundgren
CEO

Pasi Piitulainen
CHIEF OF THE BOARD

Kenneth Forssell
PHARMA ADVISOR

Valtteri Lahti
COO

Niko Pyrhönen
PRODUCER
Niko’s life-long passion for games has led him to make successful games already in 2 indie game companies of his own. By the time he graduated as a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), he was already widely networked with the Finnish and global game industry and known for his passion and talent. He has also done research about project management in mobile game SMEs. In the Psyon Games team Niko is responsible for marketing and managing many business and game development operations. Being both a strategist and a man of action, Niko makes things happen!

You?
WANT TO WORK WITH US?
Whether you’re a coder, an artist or a marketing expert, we have a wide range of career opportunities. We look for certain things in all our people: motivation, vision, and a dedication to excellence. If you think you’re up to the challenge, we’d love to have you!
Development team

Mauri Jääskö
CTO
Mauri has been working on games for past 15 years. He is interested of every aspect in game development and new technology in general. Mauri is a seasoned developer, analytical thinker and problem solver who loves to resolve complex issues. He is also experienced on team leadership and growing developer teams to fulfill business requirements.

Michael Niehoff
SENIOR PROGRAMMER

Topias Paasonen
LEAD GAME DESIGNER
Topias is a talented and hard-working game designer with a strong belief that games can be more than just entertainment. He wants to help change the public view of gaming into a more positive and multi-faceted light: be it teaching with games, spreading information in a more subtle way or even global problem solving. In addition to his personal experience, Topias is backed by a few decades of designer tutors.

Niko Korhonen
SENIOR ARTIST

Ville Vuorela
SENIOR GAME DESIGNER
Ville has been a full-time game developer for almost 16 years and has been working at multiple successful game companies like Rovio as a senior game designer when it all was just getting started in 2005.

You?
WANT TO WORK WITH US?
Whether you’re a coder, an artist or a marketing expert, we have a wide range of career opportunities. We look for certain things in all our people: motivation, vision, and a dedication to excellence. If you think you’re up to the challenge, we’d love to have you!
Board of advisors
The best practices are the ones have been tested to work but learning everything on your own takes a lot of time. That's why our board of advisors is loaded with experience of international business, game industry, and the industries of our partners and customers.

Peter Vesterbacka
GAMING ADVISOR

Erik Gloersen
GAMING ADVISOR
30 years of experience creating or managing successful video game companies. From AAA console to mobile, both in Europe and in the USA with 30+ million units sold.

Pierre A. Morgon
SCIENCE ADVISOR

Jan-Markus Holm
EDUCATION ADVISOR

Isaac Kobrin
SCIENCE ADVISOR
Isaac Kobrin is an internationally trained internist with 23 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. As Global Group Leader of the Cardiovascular Development Group at Roche he was responsible for the worldwide clinical development of key compounds. In 1999, Isaac joined Actelion Pharmaceuticals as Senior Vice President, Head of Clinical Development, and member of Actelion's Executive Committee. He later became Chief Medical Officer and chairman of the Strategic and Portfolio Board of Actelion. 3 drugs were approved under his leadership and he was also directly involved in numerous regulatory interactions with the US-FDA and the European EMEA/CHMP.

Ilpo Tolonen
PHARMA ADVISOR
Ilpo Tolonen is the CEO Docrates Cancer Center. He has a long prior experience from the international pharmaceutical industry in Finland and the USA. He joined MSD Finland in 1991, acted as the Managing Director between 2006 and 2011 and as an Assoc. Vice President for MSD in Finland and Baltics until 2017. During his 25 years at MSD Ilpo gained a strong experience in leadership and international sales and marketing. Ilpo is keen on enhancing foreign investments to Finland and helping Finnish companies land on foreign markets. He is also known for his spokesmanship for innovative pharma and private healthcare providers.

Johanna Panula
PHARMA ADVISOR
Johanna Panula has been working over 20 years in different top management positions at Novo Nordisk Finland and has deep expertise in running business in chronic disease areas such as Diabetes and Obesity.

Dr Jukka Puurunen
SCIENCE ADVISOR
Dr Puurunen has all-round know-how in many areas. Before entering the medical area, he studied economics and information technology. He is extremely interested in cellular-level mechanisms and combining immunology with gaming.

Matias Palva
SCIENCE ADVISOR
Studies the mechanisms of the human mind and brain diseases. His main areas of research are how networks of brain cells, neurons, work and how different groups of neurons communicate with each other, and the roles this plays in how well people’s brains work and how abnormalities cause brain diseases such as ADHD and depression. Matias uses computer games in his research as a possible new treatment for brain diseases.
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