# Pasi Leipala

> Pasi Leipälä is an Oulu-based Finnish engineer and Haltian co-founder who led the company as CEO from 2012 to August 2024. After becoming a senior advisor and independent consultant, his career record lists him as Senior Director, Hardware Engineering at Oura from June 2025. His work spans Nokia technology management, connected product development and international IoT deployments.

- **Role:** Senior Director, Hardware Engineering at Oura
- **Organizations:** Oura, Haltian, Nokia, Conly Oy, Oulu Chamber of Commerce, Oulun Osuuspankki
- **Nationality:** Finnish
- **Education:** Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (DI), University of Oulu
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led Haltian for twelve years., At his 2024 handover, reported a team of 135 experts, customers in more than 20 countries and company presence in six countries., Haltian received the City of Oulu’s Start-up of the Year 2014 award, recorded in April 2015 on his LinkedIn profile.

## Career timeline

- **2006** — Began leading a global team at Nokia.
- **2008** — Took responsibility for Symbian hardware design in Oulu.
- **2012** — Co-founded Haltian following closure of Nokia’s Emerging Products Unit in Oulu; became CEO.
- **2015-2018** — Served on the board of Oulu Chamber of Commerce.
- **2019** — Haltian supported Genki Instruments in bringing the Wave musical ring into mass production.
- **2020** — Led Haltian when it acquired Empathic Building from TietoEVRY.
- **2023** — Led Haltian during its €22 million growth funding round.
- **2024-08** — Handed CEO role to Mikko Moilanen; continued as co-founder and senior advisor.
- **2025** — Publicly described continuing the advisory work as an independent consultant.
- **2025-06** — Crunchbase lists the start of his Senior Director, Hardware Engineering role at Oura; his later LinkedIn recruiting posts confirm the affiliation.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led Haltian for twelve years.
- At his 2024 handover, reported a team of 135 experts, customers in more than 20 countries and company presence in six countries.
- Haltian received the City of Oulu’s Start-up of the Year 2014 award, recorded in April 2015 on his LinkedIn profile.
- Led Haltian through the 2020 Empathic Building acquisition and the 2023 €22 million growth funding round.

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Mikko Moilanen started as interim Haltian CEO on August 23; Leipälä continued as co-founder and senior advisor.
- **2025-06** — Crunchbase lists the start of his hardware engineering leadership role at Oura; his own subsequent posts recruit Oulu electronics engineers for the company.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://fi.linkedin.com/in/pasi-leip%C3%A4l%C3%A4

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Last updated: 2026-10-12