Jouko Virtanen

Sales, international expansion, marketing, growth strategy

Consulting growth companies on international expansion, business models, sales management and business development strategies, evaluating early stage investment opportunities, investing in early stage companies and participating in building success. Board membership and interim management. Jouko's background is in pioneering with new business models and successfully launching a well-recognized B2B brand among Fortune 500 companies, including software and services. As a positive and energetic sales leader, Jouko has been successful in opening doors and developing long term business relationships with some of the largest and most respected corporations in North America. He is widely appreciated as an easy-going person to work with, yet he is also known for his uncompromising attention to customer satisfaction and creating value for money. In June 2015, Jouko moved back in Helsinki, Finland, and is currently actively helping ambitious growth companies rapidly expand their sales and establish new business overseas.

Managing the Americas business region, business development leader, global management team member. Expanding B2B business in North America. Jouko is a co-founder of Global Intelligence Alliance Group (GIA Group, now part of M-Brain Group) back in 1995, where he first oversaw the company’s sales in Europe and participated in developing a globally scalable service and software business. Since 2004, Jouko has been living in Toronto, managing GIA’s succesfull expansion in the Americas region, including Unites States, Canada and South America.