Hosts & speakers
Marianna Chekurova
Head of Digital Channels,
Telia Finland
Marianna Chekurova is the Head of Digital Channels at Telia Finland. Her job is to lead teams that are developing online and mobile app services at Telia. She is in a central role in leading Design System development at Telia, and has been deeply involved with building the Design System team and promoting modular & agile development processes in the organisation.
Antero Meuronen
Design System Owner & Design Lead,
OP Financial Group
Antero is a design systems and design thinking oriented design leader with a highly analytical customer centric mindset for product development. He has +8 years of design leadership and design manager experience from media and financial industries. Last 2,5 years he has been leading a design systems team at OP Financial Group by setting OKRs for the team, leading a vision, a strategy and prioritizing a roadmap for OP Design System.
Maaret Väisänen
Senior Designer,
Bitfactor
Maaret Väisänen is a service designer with years of experience of working with companies in various fields such as banking, public transport, as well as tourism, education, and industrial processes. Maaret believes that, in addition to understanding the end-customer's needs, the readiness of each company to change its way of working is a cornerstone of successful design.
Petri Kokko
Head of Design,
Bitfactor
Petri Kokko leads Bitfactor’s design team. Petri has developed design processes and workflows and managed teams. He has worked in various fields, such as mobile communications, finance, health and daycare, and industry. According to Petri’s design philosophy, the best customer experience is reached when all of the company’s customer interfaces are carefully designed - digital services are just one part of the holistic experience.