Summary
Mika Vainio is a robotics engineer-turned-marketing executive with a D.Sc. in Robotics and more than two decades of research and commercial experience spanning autonomous mobile robots, multi-robot systems and underwater robotics. As Chief Marketing Officer at GIM Robotics and co-founder of Auxilium Robotics, he blends deep technical credibility with product commercialization and industry engagement, while maintaining an active academic role as an Aalto University visitor and former postdoc. He has a track record of founding and scaling spin-offs from university research, leading international marketing programs, and translating complex robotic systems into market-facing solutions. An avid fly fisherman and long-time publisher, he brings storytelling and community-building skills to technical domains—publishing nearly 60 articles and serving as field editor—underscoring an uncommon mix of scientific rigor, commercial strategy and grassroots audience engagement.
9 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
D.Sc. (Tech.), Robotics, D.Sc. (Tech.), Robotics at Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan