Satu Kyröläinen

Satu Kyröläinen has diverse work experience in the field of design and user experience. Satu is currently employed at twoday Finland as a Lead UX Designer & Team Leader. In 2018, they worked part-time as a Fitness Instructor at Urheiluhallit Oy and also did freelance work. From 2017 to 2023, Satu worked at Solidabis Oy, where they served as a Lead Designer & Wellbeing Coach, focusing on supporting the competence development of the service design team and promoting employee wellbeing. Satu also worked as a Senior UX Designer & Service Designer, handling various tasks related to user experience design, such as user studies, customer journey mapping, concepting, and usability studies. Satu has prior experience at Keho ja mieli as a part-time Fitness Instructor from 2012 to 2017. From 2014 to 2017, they worked as a Senior User Experience Designer at Fyyri Oy, where they were involved in service design, concept development, and user interface design. Prior to that, Satu worked at Nokia from 2000 to 2013, holding different positions, including Senior Process Developer, User Experience, Senior Specialist, User Experience, and User Research Analyst. Their responsibilities at Nokia included driving user-centered design, providing UX consultation and support, and conducting user and usability research. Satu began their career as a Usability Specialist at Teamware in 2000, where they focused on product design and usability testing.

Satu Kyröläinen obtained a Master's degree in Psychology from the University of Helsinki, completing their studies from 1998 to 2001. In addition to their degree, they have acquired various certifications in different fields. Satu obtained a Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialization certificate from Coursera in November 2020, a Science of Well-Being certificate from Yale University on Coursera in October 2019, and a Human-Centered Service Design certificate from IDEO U in October 2018. Satu also holds an edX Honor Code Certificate for Learn HTML5 from W3C, earned in July 2015. In June 2012, Satu became a certified Dance Fitness Instructor through Etnofitness, and they obtained a Certified Scrum Product Owner certification in March 2012, provided by Scrum Alliance via Reaktor training.