Hannes Heikinheimo

Safety Eng Lead @ Roblox (Multimodal/Video/Voice AI) | ML PhD | YC Alum

Co-founder

Speechly· Winter 2022 San Francisco Bay Area

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @hannes_hei

2023Senior Manager· Roblox

Founder · since 2016

Company

Roblox

Role

Senior Manager

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Speechly

Natural Language Understanding API for Speech that runs on device

Winter 2022

Experience

Career

Roblox
Senior Manager · 2023 – Present
2023
Speechly
Co-founder
Co-Founder, CTO · Helsinki · 2018 – 2023
2018
Speechly
Founder
Founder, CEO · Helsinki Area, Finland · 2016 – 2018
2016
Reaktor Ventures
Data Science Partner · Finland · 2015 – 2018
2015
Reaktor
Chief Data Scientist · 2014 – 2018
2014
Apple
Language Engineer · Paris Area, France · 2015 – 2016
2015
Aalto University
Visiting Researcher · Helsinki Metropolitan Area · 2014
2014
Rovio Entertainment Ltd.
Analytics Lead · 2013 – 2014
2013
Rovio Entertainment Ltd.
Lead Analytics Developer · Finland · 2012 – 2013
2012
Rovio Entertainment Ltd.
Product Manager · Finland · 2012 – 2013
2012
Nokia
Senior Data Scientist · 2010 – 2012
2010
ZenRobotics Ltd.
Software Developer · 2010
2010
Helsinki University of Technology
Researcher · 2005 – 2010
2005
Helsinki University of Technology
Research assistant · 2005
2005
Google
Software Engineer Intern · 2007
2007
Finnish Broadcasting Company
Java application developer Intern · 2004
2004
ElanIT ReSources
Java application developer · 2001 – 2003
2001
Helsinki University of Technology
Java course assistant · 2002
2002

Bio

A data scientist and an a software engineer. Holds a PhD in Machine Learning from the Aalto University (former Helsinki University of Technology). A seasoned professional in industry grade data applications. Prior to founding Speechly has worked in projects like Apple Siri, Angry Birds, Nokia Music and Google Maps. Has published several original papers on machine learning and data mining in venues like Interspeech, KDD, ICDM and HCOMP.