Life at Intito

From student to trusted consultant: Henri Paananen's journey at Intito

eve.lallukka@intito.fi (admin) — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:02:39 GMT

Henri Paananen joined Intito in May 2021, fresh out of school, with only a few courses and his thesis left to complete. Besides his studies, Henri had worked as an auditor trainee in PwC. Henri didn’t know much about Intito at the time, but he was intrigued by the combination of technical expertise and financial knowledge required. He had always enjoyed working with Excel macros and saw an opportunity to do what he loved, with more sophisticated tools and perhaps even some coding.

One of his vivid early memories was when Kristian showed him IBM Planning Analytics Cube rule files during the job interview. “I remember Kristian showing me a rule file and asking if I could handle something like that, and I said sure, I’ll get the hang of it!” he recalls. Henri’s first days at Intito were filled with training, and he was soon fully immersed in real customer projects.

Henna took on the responsibility of driving the Intito CARE service model forward

eve.lallukka@intito.fi (admin) — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:48:40 GMT

During the spring 2022, Henna Pajarinen joined the Intito team to fill, shape and develop a brand-new role in the company. She was hired as an Intito CARE Specialist and as the third employee of our Joensuu office, which was established last autumn. Now she tells us her experiences of joining Intito.

University researcher joins Data & AI team

eve.lallukka@intito.fi (admin) — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:22:17 GMT

Our Data & AI team was strengthened in January 2023 when Arttu Pönni, who has previously had a career as a university researcher, started as a Data Scientist in Intito. The transition from academia to the business world had been on his mind for some time. After graduating with a PhD in theoretical physics, Arttu began to long for a more practical and permanent job. Postdoctoral positions at universities are highly competitive and last from one to two years. Constantly moving from one country to another didn’t seem attractive either.