Ahti Heinla
Estonian programmer and businessman (born 1972)
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Ahti Heinla (born 2 May 1972)[1] is an Estonian computer programmer and businessman. He is one of the developers of Skype.[2]
He was also an organizer of Let's Do It 2008, a civic action with 50,000 volunteers participating in cleaning up the countryside of Estonia in one day.
He was awarded the Order of the White Star, 5th class, in 2007,[1] and is a recipient of the 2008 Estonian Volunteer of the Year national award.
He has been a member of the board at the nature protection NGO Estonian Fund for Nature since 2006.
Heinla speaks Estonian, English and Spanish.[3]
In 2013 and 2014, he participated on NASA Centennial Challenge as team leader for Team Kuukulgur.[4]
Heinla and Janus Friis founded Starship Technologies in 2014, to develop small self-driving delivery robots. He is the CEO and CTO.[5]
Heinla was educated at the Gustav Adolf Gymnasium and studied physics at the University of Tartu for two years.[1]
