People

People are the soul of Design Factory. The inhabitants create the passion, the spirit and the co-creative atmosphere that first-time visitors often encounter and wonder. The Factory community consists of Design Factory’s management, development, research, services and other teams, Aalto start-ups, other industry partners as well as research groups.

DF staff can be best reached by e-mail at firstname.lastname@tkk.fi.

Design Factory Staff

Management:
Kalevi Ekman Factory Director	Jussi Hannula Project Manager	Pirjo Helander Executive Secretary
Development:
Esa Santamäki Spatial Designer	Andrew Clutterbuck The Coach	George Atanassov (Aalto University School of Science and Technology)
Annaleena Kuronen (Aalto University School of Economics)
Research:
Tua Björklund Head researcher	Senni Kirjavainen Research assistant	Anu Yanar Researcher
Meri-Maaria Eloranta Research assistant	Maria Clavert Research assistant
Services:
Vesa Saarijärvi Protoshop Manager	Kari Kääriäinen Protoshop Expert	Eero Tuhkanen Protoshop Trainee
Other:
Heidi Auvinen Murjottelu Coordinator 2010	Wycliffe Raduma PDP coordinator 09-10	Sergio Hincapie Intern, Spring 2010
Viljami Lyytikäinen Project manager, Aalto DF Shanghai