ANTTI OHRLING

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (COO) OF JOLLA/SAILFISH FOUNDER CONTRA INTEGRATED CO-FOUNDER AND VICE-PRESIDENT AT THE NORDIC FRUGAL INNOVATION SOCIETY

Antti Ohrling is an experienced business leader and go-to-market specialist with strong credentials and insights acquired from three decades of Retail, Publishing & Media, Advertising, IT & Telecommunications and Gaming industry experience. Antti has lived and worked in Europe, USA and India, China and Southeast Asia. He is a founder of Contra Integrated, a specialised advertising agency having offices in 5 continents, now part of Touch Worldwide. He is also the co-founder of the world’s first free, ad-funded mobile operator Blyk.His pro bono activities include e.g. The Nordic Frugal Innovation Society as a co-founder and mentoring start-ups. Antti is a graduate of Aalto University Helsinki and IMD Lausanne.

Antti's trademark, in his own words, is to make things happen. He advises companies on how to capitalise on the opportunities in the new, digitally-driven world, by combining digital possibilities with plain common sense often found in brick-and-mortar environment.