Kari Härkönen, CEO
The founder of MindFit Consulting, Kari Härkönen, has worked mainly in technology and financial sectors. In 1996 Kari started work at Ericsson as a software developer, specializing in Graphical User Interfaces and Usability Issues.

At Ericsson Kari noticed that inspiring people was more of his area of interest than the technology itself and he moved on to work as a project manager while continuing to have the main focus on projects related to User Interface design. He also worked with the company’s recruitment process and employee interviews.

After Ericsson, 1999-2000, Kari worked in a mobile telecommunication businesss and as an independent 'Day Trader' using On-Line Stock Trading services. Kari felt On-Line trading systems itself quite interesting and they inspired him to gain some ideas of developing such services. These ideas lead him to work as a development manager of Helsinki Stock Exchange (HEX), starting at early 2001. At HEX his responsibility areas were On-Line Trading systems and their user interfaces, project management, product management, account management and business development. Then Kari developed the idea of professional personnel evaluation services, which was ready to be launched at the end of 2003 as MindFit Consulting Ltd.

Kari's studies

• 1992, Technician, Power Current Engineering
• 1997, Engineer, Computers and Telecommunication
• 1996-1999, several courses in User Interfaces (e.g. Multimedia, Intelligent Networks related)
• 1998-2002, several project management courses (basic, advanced, IT-project mgmt)
• 2000-2002, psychology approbatur, Helsinki University
• 2003-2011, cognitive science studies at Helsinki University
• 2009, Certificate for Skills and Competence Based Personnel Evaluation, Finnish Psychology Association (Suomen Psykologiliitto ry)
• 2011- , Dr. Thesis in Cognitive Science ongoing

Sari Kailio, HR Assistant

Sari is responsible for various recruitment and office tasks.

Sari's studies

Master of Economics (2001)

Sven Åström, Senior Advisor

Atso Andersen, consultant, Dr. of Economics