Samuli Hänninen is heading Vaisala Xweather software and data business. Samuli holds Master of Science in Business Administration (MScBA) and has enjoyed building and scaling new products and businesses all his career, being it HW or SW or both.​

During his career Samuli has been both an entrepreneur and a technology company executive (Microsoft, Nokia) working internationally on multiple locations such as Seattle, New York, Berlin and Helsinki. Samuli is driven by his passion for innovation and has worked on many cutting-edge products and strategies that have shaped the company's success ​

Following his time at Microsoft, Samuli joined Vaisala and is leading the Xweather business with passion to solve the environment through data and science.