Ahti Heinla

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Ahti Heinla (born 2 May 1972) [1] is an Estonian computer programmer and businessman. He is one of the developers of Skype. [2]

He was also an organizer of Let's Do It 2008, a civic action with 50,000 volunteers participating in cleaning up the countryside of Estonia in one day.

He was awarded the Order of the White Star, 5th class, in 2007, [1] and is a recipient of the 2008 Estonian Volunteer of the Year national award.

He has been a member of the board at the nature protection NGO Estonian Fund for Nature since 2006.

Heinla speaks Estonian, English and Spanish. [3]

In 2013 and 2014, he participated on NASA Centennial Challenge as team leader for Team Kuukulgur. [4]

Heinla and Janus Friis founded Starship Technologies in 2014, to develop small self-driving delivery robots. He is the CEO and CTO. [5]

Heinla was educated at the Gustav Adolf Gymnasium and studied physics at the University of Tartu for two years. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Matsalu-Alaküla, Eliisa (9 November 2017). "Eduminut: Ahti Heinla" [Success minute: Ahti Heinla]. Äripäev (in Estonian). Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "Investor Ahti Heinla panka tööle ei läheks". Äripäev (in Estonian). Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Ahti Heinla's LinkedIn profile" . Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  4. ↑ "SRR14 Team Bios for Map" (PDF). NASA. June 4, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ahti Heinla, co-founder, CEO and CTO". Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2017.


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