Maximilian Leroux
CEO | Co-founder at Acouspin | Economist
Helsinki, Uusimaa
Overview
Work Experience
CEO
2024 - Current
Strategic Advisor
2024
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
2024 - 2024
Head of Partnerships
2024 - 2024
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
2023 - 2023
Kickstarted the global commercial team for home testing services of Nightingale’s proprietary blood testing and health risk assessment technology. Member of the company leadership team. Moved on to pursue a new adventure that aligns better with my aspirations, all while cherishing the experiences I gained in the short period.
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
2022 - 2023
Leading the global commercial team, creating go-to-market strategies, implementing new SaaS & licensing models with large consumer electronics partners in TV, Audio, and Streaming worldwide. Member of the company leadership team.
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
2021 - 2022
Turning AINA’s vision into scalable growth. Building and leading a global team of excellent sales & marketing professionals, drive global excellence in operations & customer success, global go-to-market strategy and brand awareness. Drive, global business development, creating value through strategic partnership with multi-billion dollar companies, create and execute the company’s strategy to reach the objectives of all commercial goals of the company.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
2014 - 2021
Co-founder of AINA PTT. I rolled up my sleeves to create a company from nothing and turned it into a success-story. AINA is developing & manufacturing real-time communication solutions for business- and mission critical communication with locations in Finland, the US and Australia. Sold AINA to Saxo Corporation achieving solid funding and supply chain integration. Established and evangelized the AINA brand in the professional communications industry and became recognized as the quality leader in our category. Negotiated and closed ODM deals with multi-billion-dollar corporations. Raised funding from private investors and the EU commission. Led the company through a transition of the business model from making HW Bluetooth accessories to a full solutions provider of Software-as-a-Service & IoT serving customers worldwide with a lean & efficient team. Steered the company through difficult times like the Covid-19 pandemic and kept the team engaged and running. www.ainaptt.com
Global Partner Marketing Manager
2011 - 2014
Leading the global strategic alliances for graphics with NVidia and AMD throughout all lines of business Supercomputing, Cloud/Virtualization, Precision Workstations and Gaming). Negotiate and manage partner MDF and increased vendor funding to offset Dell’s marketing operations expenditures (OPEX).
Dell transforms computing and provides high-quality solutions for people and businesses to be ready to move forward.
VP Business Development & Strategic Alliances
2009 - 2010
Continued the business unit for professional speaker microphones for Savox Communications under the new brand.
VP Business Development & Strategic Alliances
2007 - 2010
Executed the global market entry and lead the business unit for professional remote-speaker microphones for Push-To-Talk over IP for a company traditionally in land-way-radio business. Savox acquired Iqua in 2009 and reorganized the product family for Bluetooth devices under the Iqua brand.
International Business Development Manager
2010 - 2010
Market intelligence services, go-to-market planning and execution, business development, sales and marketing.
Education
Master of Science
1998 - 2004
Advanced Chinese
2012 - 2014
Master's degree
2014 - 2017
3rd degree black belt
2007 - 2013