Vesa-Matti Ruottinen

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Development Manager at City of Tampere, Co-Founder of Tribe Tampere startup community and Self-Hack life design movement @ Tampereen kaupunki - City of Tampere
tampere, pirkanmaa, finland
Vesa-Matti Ruottinen's Location
Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland, Finland
About Vesa-Matti Ruottinen

Now working in a public sector as a senior specialist of entrepreneurship. Co-founded and been building the most unified and fastest growing startup community in Finland, Tribe Tampere for the last 4 years. Also, creating the coolest and easiest life design movement on Earth, Self-Hack.Some professional achievements- Revolutionizing Tampere startup and entrepreneurial scene by making 20 communities work together to form a common understanding. tribetampere.com- Helped 20 new startup ecosystem initiatives to get born and 50 people to get employed during 2 years.- Developed Self-Hack life-design concept, for universities: run for over 3000 people already.- Developed Creative Self-Leadership workbook- being listed the top 100 young influencers in my area- Impacting Finland by bringing a creative tech course to 25 high schools in 6 months with Mehackit- Building and teaching nation-wide West Coast Swing dance community over 7 years.- Being part of organizing more than 200 events during the last 4 years- Establishing, growing, and leading teams of 3-70 people - Worked in 5 startups/ideas: learned to fail, succeed and never give up- Developing a worldwide mindset by living in Asia and Silicon Valley - Successfully facilitating more than 100 workshops regarding service design, concept development, and ideation- Being trained to Art of Hosting and other participatory learning methods - Wrote a book about creativity and improvisation: Ideas Anywhere - the Power of Associations

Vesa-Matti Ruottinen's Current Company Details
Tampereen kaupunki - City of Tampere

Tampereen Kaupunki - City Of Tampere

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Development Manager at City of Tampere, Co-Founder of Tribe Tampere startup community and Self-Hack life design movement
tampere, pirkanmaa, finland
Website:
tampere.fi
Employees:
1762
Vesa-Matti Ruottinen Work Experience Details
  • Tampereen Kaupunki - City Of Tampere
    Development Manager
    Tampereen Kaupunki - City Of Tampere Jul 2022 - Present
    Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
    Especially working on a projects related to Data-Driven City for Citizen, Entrepreneurship and Stratup Alliance, as well as helping our unit to develop as a whole.
  • Tampereen Kaupunki - City Of Tampere
    Senior Specialist At City Of Tampere
    Tampereen Kaupunki - City Of Tampere Feb 2021 - Present
    Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
    Working on all things that relates to entrepreneurship. Of course with a startup heart.
  • Creativity Squads
    Co-Founder, Chairperson
    Creativity Squads Mar 2017 - Jan 2021
    Tampere Area, Finland
    As we was running the School of Creativity and Design locally (in Tampere) during the summer and fall 2016, people started to ask, how they could get the same methods and vibe to their city. So we founded the Creativity Squads during the March 2017. Creativity Squads is a Finnish non-profit organization that helps people to work on their self-understanding and direction in life. We strive for the future of purpose driven society in which all people find their purpose and enjoy… Show more As we was running the School of Creativity and Design locally (in Tampere) during the summer and fall 2016, people started to ask, how they could get the same methods and vibe to their city. So we founded the Creativity Squads during the March 2017. Creativity Squads is a Finnish non-profit organization that helps people to work on their self-understanding and direction in life. We strive for the future of purpose driven society in which all people find their purpose and enjoy meaningful lives. Our activities are not limited by age, group, or status. We cooperate with NGO’s, Universities and any institutions and individuals interested in developing human potential. We build scalable workshop concepts blending psychology, design, improvisation, drama and entrepreneurship. Creativity Squads mainly operates in Finland, but this year we will broaden our reach to other European countries and Asia. We have developed Self-Hack and Creative Self-Leadership concepts.Join us here: creativitysquads.com Show less
  • Tribe Tampere
    Project Manager Of The Most Startup Friendly Company In Finland 2020 Competition
    Tribe Tampere Oct 2020 - Dec 2020
    Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
    I run the Most Startup Friendly Company in Finland 2020 competition. Scouted down and interviewed the best of the best Corporate Venture units from more than ten large Finnish companies, hosted semi-finals and finals for the competitors and made all the arrangement to publish the results at virtual Alihankinta messut. The level of corporations' startup functions have stepped up this year and the competition was tighter than ever. I'm very happy with the outcome. Huge thanks for all the… Show more I run the Most Startup Friendly Company in Finland 2020 competition. Scouted down and interviewed the best of the best Corporate Venture units from more than ten large Finnish companies, hosted semi-finals and finals for the competitors and made all the arrangement to publish the results at virtual Alihankinta messut. The level of corporations' startup functions have stepped up this year and the competition was tighter than ever. I'm very happy with the outcome. Huge thanks for all the competitors. Show less
  • Tribe Tampere
    Co-Founder / Community Manager
    Tribe Tampere Mar 2018 - Mar 2020
    Tampere Area, Finland
    I have continued my journey with Tribe Tampere as a network Manager and a community caretaker. It is all about creating local and international startup networks with meaningful encounters, extensive social capital and and doers do culture! Tampere is becoming the fastest growing and the most unified startup City in the Nordics.
  • Tampereen Kaupunki - City Of Tampere
    Employment Designer
    Tampereen Kaupunki - City Of Tampere Mar 2018 - Mar 2020
    Worked as a bridge from employment function to the startup ecosystem. Helped over 20 new initiatives and projects to get started and over 50 people (international and Finnish) to get employed through the process. Guided more than 200 volunteers. Build networks and visibility for Tampere through stratups, investors, talents, corporations and students.
  • Stream Startup Festival
    Volunteer Lead
    Stream Startup Festival Aug 2018 - Nov 2018
    Gathered and led over 70 volunteers for the first ever Stream Startup Festival in Tampere. I was the biggest one-day startup festival in finland that year. Gathered the volunteers together only during a 3-week period, formed teams, and picked and trained team leads. Of course worked with the awesome Stream Startup Festival team!
  • Tribe Tampere
    Co-Founder / Chairman Of The Board
    Tribe Tampere Jul 2017 - Dec 2017
    Tampere Area, Finland
    Tribe Tampere is made because we believed Tampere can be better in startup and entrepreneurial scene. Not so many overlapping events, more collaboration between platforms and communities and more multi-disciplinary collaboration and overall more encouraging mindset. Since the beginning of 2017 a lot of things have happened and thousands of voluntary work has been made.Tribe Tampere is made together, without the existing platforms and communities TribeTampere wouldn’t exist. And like… Show more Tribe Tampere is made because we believed Tampere can be better in startup and entrepreneurial scene. Not so many overlapping events, more collaboration between platforms and communities and more multi-disciplinary collaboration and overall more encouraging mindset. Since the beginning of 2017 a lot of things have happened and thousands of voluntary work has been made.Tribe Tampere is made together, without the existing platforms and communities TribeTampere wouldn’t exist. And like that it have to be in the future too. It’s meant to help thoseexisting players to shine in what they are doing. Tribe Tampere is a platform, place and acommunity that enables meaningful encounters between people from different disciplinesand cultures.We are operating a space near Tampere railway station. It's open for everyone., so pop by and have a cup of coffee. If you have an event idea arounf startups or entrepreneurship, come and share it, so we can make it happen. tribetampere.com Show less
  • Innowink
    The Winker, Facilitator
    Innowink Nov 2014 - Jul 2017
    Tampere
    I started my own company with which I did (and still do) brainstorming and creativity workshops. Innowink helps you to think new solutions to difficult challenges by using collaborative process that takes its power from people and surroundings.I've been trained to Art of Hosting and other facilitation methods.innowink.com
  • School Of Creativity And Design
    Father / Founder
    School Of Creativity And Design Mar 2016 - Mar 2017
    Tampere Area, Finland
    I'm the founder of the School of Creativity and Design. I built the whole concept from scratch during two months in spring 2016. I managed to gather and lead a team of eight people in summer 2016. After the summer we were 15 people. We successfully implemented an amazing summer course, and during the fall we implemented different workshops and a university course in Finland's leading University of Applied Science."The School of Creativity and Design is about collaboratively learning… Show more I'm the founder of the School of Creativity and Design. I built the whole concept from scratch during two months in spring 2016. I managed to gather and lead a team of eight people in summer 2016. After the summer we were 15 people. We successfully implemented an amazing summer course, and during the fall we implemented different workshops and a university course in Finland's leading University of Applied Science."The School of Creativity and Design is about collaboratively learning an open and encouraging hands-on mindset with which learners can realize their potential, find meaningful work, develop their readiness for the changing world, and enjoy life. Life is about you!"The SC&D motto: No teachers, no students, only learners!socnd.comNow we have developed the concept through Creativity Squads. Show less
  • Mehackit
    Creative School Partnership Manager
    Mehackit Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
    Tampere/Helsinki
    Mehackit organizes creative technology courses in high schools. I was developing the operations from the beginning, while we were defining our concept and scaling it up. I did a lot of "grass-root" level, hands-on work. I sold our courses to schools and recruited all the external instructors to the courses.I was able to get our course into 25 schools. Eventually, the course was available to 10 000 students in 8 cities in Finland. This all happened in 6 months.At the same time I was… Show more Mehackit organizes creative technology courses in high schools. I was developing the operations from the beginning, while we were defining our concept and scaling it up. I did a lot of "grass-root" level, hands-on work. I sold our courses to schools and recruited all the external instructors to the courses.I was able to get our course into 25 schools. Eventually, the course was available to 10 000 students in 8 cities in Finland. This all happened in 6 months.At the same time I was helping our team to grow from 5 to 15 people.I learned so much about building service concepts from the scratch. And it's unbelievable to see, how the concept has been developing since then, knowing that I had a crucial role in the beginning, conceptualizing the idea and conducting the first implementation.mehackit.org Show less
  • Dogs Of Joy
    Project Manager, Facilitator
    Dogs Of Joy Oct 2014 - Dec 2015
    Tampere
    Dogs of Joys is a startup where I worked as a project manager. I handled practical things related to scheduling, financial numbers and communication. I was also setting up our production in China.Through this startup I learned a lot about physical products, how they differ from software products in early stages. I also learned a lot about dealing with uncertainty.www.dogsofjoy.com
  • Wone.Io
    Advisor/Mentor
    Wone.Io Mar 2015 - Oct 2015
    I helped these hardworking guys to achieve their goals with a startup, Wone.io, which is going to revolutionize money transfering by ripple protocol.
  • Moipoint.
    Project Manager
    Moipoint. Sep 2014 - Sep 2015
    In autumn 2014, with two other guys, we started to develop a new social media service. It was supposed to link people who have an idea but are not able to go on with it on their own, and people who don't have an idea but would be passionate to work with one.Eventually, the idea was killed. This was my very first experience about startups. It failed but it ignited a dream of changing the world someday.
  • Tampere Entrepreneurship Society
    Active Member
    Tampere Entrepreneurship Society Aug 2014 - Jun 2015
    Tampere
    I was founding Tampere Entrepreneurship Society when it started it's operation in autumn 2014. It has fast become a phenomenon in Tampere area, and it's developing forward rapidly. Through this I have learned how this kind of community works, cathered a lot of great connections and became familiar at organising events.
  • Mitron Oy
    Project Manager And Technical Writer
    Mitron Oy Jun 2012 - Aug 2012
    I handled an international project and wrote technical documents to platform displays. Later, my documents were used as a reference of their documentation.
  • Mitron Oy
    Global Logistic Manager
    Mitron Oy Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
    I arranged global shipments of platform and train displays (to Poland, Spain, Canada, Switzerland, China, Korea etc.).
  • Mitron Oy
    Production Manager And Testing Assistant
    Mitron Oy Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
    I was a testing assistant but I was promoted to handle the production of the whole 50 people factory. I got very familiar with their ERP-system, and the production life cycle.
  • Other
    Miscellaneous Jobs During Summers
    Other 2000 - 2009
    I have worked as a beekeeber's assistant and as a honey seller at trade fairs. I have also worked in different house renovation projects, been led sport trainings for kids and been a tutor in confirmation camps.
  • Mitron Oy
    Assemble Worker
    Mitron Oy Jun 2004 - Jul 2004
    I assebled train platform displays.

Vesa-Matti Ruottinen Skills

Product Development Innovation Innovation Management Innovation Development Project Management Music Dance People Skills Big Picture Thinking Entrepreneurship Management Business Strategy Training Marketing Strategy Social Media Coaching Change Management Marketing Strategy Management Consulting Leadership Start Ups Testing Research Time Management Team Building

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Vesa-Matti Ruottinen works for Tampereen Kaupunki - City Of Tampere

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Vesa-Matti Ruottinen's current role is Development Manager at City of Tampere, Co-Founder of Tribe Tampere startup community and Self-Hack life design movement.

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Vesa-Matti Ruottinen attended Tampere University Of Technology, National University Of Singapore, Tampere University Of Technology, High School Of Mikkeli.

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