Mikko Larkela
Founder & CEO
Santosh Kotkar
Board Member & Product Owner
Before becoming an entrepreneur, Larkela used to work at a leading Finnish digital services and software firm, testing large database applications for clients in the financial services and healthcare sectors.
He would test new software versions for performance just before delivery to those clients. One of the things that surprised him was how often new releases had to be returned after testing – or even after roll-out – causing delays in project deliveries as well as reclamations. He figured that, ideally, performance monitoring should happen earlier in the development process, and that it should be done differently.
I worked with Mikko in the past for performance improvement projects for the Nordic region, we came up with an idea to bring continuous performance testing as a part of agile project development. With the mission to release better, faster applications in less time, we started to work on this journey where Initially, for 3 years, I contributed mainly as a Product owner who was giving all needed MVP requirements to the team in India for development. I was managing the team and all product release/roadmap activities. During that time we were also able to integrate our product with Tricentis NeoLoad & Dynatrace Keptn.I am actively involved in patent filing, digital marketing & technical architectural reviews of the product.
Recently I switched to the role of board member where now I have mainly focused on Branding, Product rollout, Sales planning, funding needs & Engagement with pilot customers.
