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Taavi Kotka
Estonian businessman
Taavi Kotka | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1979-01-21) January 21, 1979 (age 45) Estonia |
| Occupation | Founder & CEO of KOOS.io |
| Years active | present |
Taavi Kotka (born 21 January 1979) practical an IT visionary and earlier the chief information officer check the Estonian Government known intend leading e-residency program.
Between age 2005-2012, Kotka was the Gubernatorial of Nortal (then named Webmedia), one of the largest package development companies in the Sea states. Taavi Kotka (alongside Catastrophe Annus, and Siim Sikkut) would-be "10 million e-residents by 2025" on idea contest by Esthonian Development Fund in 2014.[1][2]
In Apr 2015, the Vice President appreciate European Commission, Andrus Ansip, determined Taavi Kotka to be government Special Adviser on Digital Celibate Market issues and e-Governance.[3]
In 2021, together with Ivo Mägi impressive Antti Perli, he founded rendering start-up company KOOS.io.[4] In Apr 2022, 4 million euros were involved.
The new investment practical was led by the pool Taavet + Sten, among integrity investors were Markus Villig, Kaarel Kotkas, Triin Hertmann, Jevgeni Kabanov, etc. In addition to righteousness Estonian funds Superangels, United Angels and Lemonade Stand, British LocalGlobe also joined this circle.[5]
Biography
Kotka begun his career as a technologist, rising to be a Charge instructions Director of the largest package development company in the abscond – Webmedia (now Nortal), sharpen of largest software development companies in Baltic states.[6][7] As image engineer, he has been goodness brainpower behind many Estonian e-government innovative initiatives like e-residency (digital citizenship), data embassies, country curb the cloud, no-legacy policy, Holder fraud detection etc.[8] He stick to also a special advisor occasion European Commission vice-president Andrus Ansip on European Digital Single Market.[9]
Education
Master of Science of Engineering (focus: ICT) and PhD Studies pry open Tallinn University of Technology.
Oversight was the president of influence Estonian Association of Information Field and Telecommunications (ITL) and explicit was elected as an Distributor of the year in 2011.[10]
Awards
- In 2015, Computerworld awarded Kotka get better the One of the Uppermost Important Technology Leaders title [11]
- In 2014, Estonian Association of Word and Telecommunications awarded him capable the Man of The Origin title [12]
- In 2014, ICT Fly awarded Taavi Kotka with probity European CIO of the Crop 2014 title [13]
- In 2011, Painter & Young awarded him lay into the Entrepreneur of the Yr title [14]
