Facts
Name: Markku Halkola
Education: Real estate manager, chef, marketing, CEO school
Job title: Senior Inventor
Career at Fintos: Founding member, 05/2008–
Hobbies: reading, boating, caring for an old house
What do you do and who are you?
I am a founding member, one of the co-owners and the first CEO of Fintos, who is slowly moving towards retirement.
My job title is Senior Inventor and my days include product design, prototyping and product manufacturing. We solve our customers’ problems and production bottlenecks by making customized devices to meet their needs. My job also involves liaising with customers and suppliers.
In my spare time, I also like to invent and build things. I live in an old house that needs to be properly looked after, and it’s a nice place to keep busy. The house has undergone many renovations and basic repairs. Boating is also one of my favourite pastimes, and in the summer it’s great to get out on the sea and go boating. Nothing beats the feeling of steering your boat from the harbour towards the open sea! The breeze and the feeling of freedom is intoxicating. I also like to read and it’s nice to relax with a good book every now and then. A good book takes you away! And you can read a book on a quay, for example.
Cooking is also close to my heart and I used to do it for a living, now it’s my hobby. It’s also a skill that my family and friends can enjoy sometimes, I love having the family around the same table!
I think the best part of my job is the customers!
Your message to others?
Not a day goes by without something new!
Your message to others?
Not a day goes by without something new!
Markku Halkola
Senior inventor
Sales and customer relations, product development