Taavi Kotka

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Taavi Kotka
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Born (1979-01-21) January 21, 1979 (age 45)
Estonia
OccupationFounder & CEO of KOOS.io
Years activepresent

Taavi Kotka (born 21 January 1979) is an IT visionary and previously the chief information officer of the Estonian Government known for leading e-residency program. Between years 2005-2012, Kotka was the CEO of Nortal (then named Webmedia), one of the largest software development companies in the Baltic states. Taavi Kotka (alongside Ruth Annus, and Siim Sikkut) proposed "10 million e-residents by 2025" on idea contest by Estonian Development Fund in 2014. [1] [2]

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In April 2015, the Vice President of European Commission, Andrus Ansip, assigned Taavi Kotka to be his Special Adviser on Digital Single Market issues and e-Governance. [3]

In 2021, together with Ivo Mägi and Antti Perli, he founded the start-up company KOOS.io. [4] In April 2022, 4 million euros were involved. The new investment round was led by the fund Taavet + Sten, among the investors were Markus Villig, Kaarel Kotkas, Triin Hertmann, Jevgeni Kabanov, etc. In addition to the Estonian funds Superangels, United Angels and Lemonade Stand, British LocalGlobe also joined this circle. [5]

Biography

Kotka started his career as a programmer, rising to be a Managing Director of the largest software development company in the region – Webmedia (now Nortal), one of largest software development companies in Baltic states. [6] [7] As an engineer, he has been the brainpower behind many Estonian e-government innovative initiatives like e-residency (digital citizenship), data embassies, country in the cloud, no-legacy policy, VAT fraud detection etc. [8] He is also a special advisor to European Commission vice-president Andrus Ansip on European Digital Single Market. [9]

Education

Master of Science of Engineering (focus: ICT) and PhD Studies in Tallinn University of Technology. He was the president of the Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications (ITL) and he was elected as an Entrepreneur of the year in 2011. [10]

Awards

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ Indrek Kald Arengufondi ideekonkursil kolm võitjat" Äripäev, 12 June 2014 (in Estonian) (Accessed on February 6, 2015)
  2. ↑ "10 miljoni eestlase" idee pääses Arengufondi konkursi kolme võitja sekka ERR, 12 June 2014 (in Estonian) (Accessed on February 6, 2015)
  3. ↑ "About the European Commission" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Taavi Kotka räägib esimest korda oma uuest idust: "Ma olen selles valdkonnas juba vettinud mäger"". DigiPRO. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  5. ↑ "Taavi Kotka uus idufirma kaasas kopsaka seemneringi ja liigub uude liigasse: "Startup by the book!"".
  6. ↑ "Meet Europe's top CIO - Estonian Taavi Kotka — Hacker Paradise Blog". www.hackerparadise.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-22.
  7. ↑ "Taavi Kotka: Hüvasti, Webmedia!". 15 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Media Coverage".
  9. ↑ "About the European Commission" (PDF).
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2017-10-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ↑ "Media Coverage".
  12. ↑ "Taavi Kotka pälvis Aasta Tegija tiitli". 24 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "5th European ICT Awards | IT One - Nouvelles technologies, le monde des CIO et de l'innovation au Luxembourg". www.itone.lu. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24.
  14. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2017-10-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ↑ "Estonia to acknowledged 99 people with national decorations on the eve of Independence Day".
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