Find your path to Kari
129 people in our graph share verified history with Kari — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
About
Kari Leppänen is Chief Commercial Officer and interim CEO at Koherent, a company developing satellite-independent positioning and sensing technology for industrial machine autonomy. The company's technology provides sub-centimeter spatial reference for construction equipment such as excavators, dozers, and graders in environments where GNSS signals are blocked or optical instruments lack line-of-sight. Leppänen is also a former founder who has completed a company exit.
Founder at Koherent
Intro paths
In turn, Kari can intro founders to Koherent's investors below.
Koherent's investors · 1
Experience
- KoherentChief Commercial Officer (CCO) & Interim CEOcurrent2026 — presentHelsinki Metropolitan Area
- 3AWaterChairman (08/25->), Board Member (01/24->)current2024 — presentHelsinki Metropolitan Area
- Vilja Ventures (Angel Investor / Family office)Ownercurrent2024 — presentHelsinki Metropolitan Area
- Finnish Business Angels Network (FiBAN)Membercurrent2024 — present
- ARKANCEVice President of Go-To-Market2024 — 2026
- Pointscene.com (an ARKANCE company)Acting Managing Director2023 — 2026Helsinki, Finland
- Pointscene.com (an ARKANCE company)CEO & Co-Founder2014 — 2023Helsinki Metropolitan Area
- Skydata OyAdvisor and instructor (mapping, photogrammetry, BIM)2019 — 2023Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland
- Blom GroupMarket Segment Leader / Web & Mobility Solutions2011 — 2014Helsinki, Finland
Skills & more
+10 more
Project ManagementSurveyingBusiness StrategySpatial DatabasesRemote SensingPhotogrammetryAerial PhotographyLocation Based ServicesGISArcGISLanguages English · Finnish · French · German · Spanish · Swedish
From Kari's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kari Leppänen?
- Kari Leppänen is Chief Commercial Officer and interim CEO at Koherent, a company developing satellite-independent positioning and sensing technology for industrial machine autonomy. The company's technology provides sub-centimeter spatial reference for construction equipment such as excavators, dozers, and graders in environments where GNSS signals are blocked or optical instruments lack line-of-sight. Leppänen is also a former founder who has completed a company exit.
- Where does Kari Leppänen work?
- Kari Leppänen is Founder of Koherent.
- What companies did Kari Leppänen found?
- Kari Leppänen founded Koherent.
- Where did Kari Leppänen go to school?
- Kari Leppänen studied at Aalto University (Master's degree, Surveying Technology/Surveying); Aalto University (M.Sc (Tech), Surveying, Photogrammetry (major), Multimedia technology (minor), Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics).
Founder mafias
Aalto University mafia59
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
+ 52 more
Same school
Also attended Aalto University150
+ 144 more
