About

Finding new solutions
to old problems

At Eventornado, we bring people with big ideas together to build exciting projects and create new solutions using the power of technology.
From Europe to Africa, we’ve worked hand-in-hand with over 100 hackathons, helping them to bring their event to life in the most efficient, fool-proof way.
With all the moving parts behind running a hackathon (clunky spreadsheets with thousands of data input cells and collaborators, we’re looking at you), running a hackathon can be one big nauseating headache.
No more complicated data. No more manual, tedious and repetitive tasks. No more cumbersome processes.
One event. One platform
Finding new solutions to old problems

Our Values

Our customers consider us their second pair of hands. That’s because we’re not an elusive service provider that hands you a platform and leaves you to get on with it. We’re with you every step of the way from your initial idea to beyond the event. To be able to do that to the absolute best of our ability, we follow and refer to a few important values:
Our values
Do what’s right
Do what’s right
Kindness comes first. We lead with empathy, understanding and constantly strive to make life easier for one another
Be there for our customers
Be there for our customers
We’re not a service provider that gives you a platform and sets you on your way. We’re an extension of our customer’s team, and we do everything we can to make sure our hackathon organizers have everything they need to do their best work.
Find solutions fast
Find solutions fast
Whether we’re ironing out the details of our latest feature or helping a customer with a technical issue, we get to the bottom of things as quickly as we can. We find solutions and we move fast.
Find solutions fast
We built a platform that takes care of every fiddly detail of your hackathon, so you can focus on creating a fantastic event

Team

Find solutions fast
Kai Isand
CEO
Responsible for: all things to do with building value for our customers
Before Eventornado: Kai has 8 years of experience in the hackathon field. She was organising events everywhere from Eastern Europe to Middle East with the hackathon company Garage48. The last event she was hands on with was The Global Hack organised to fight Covid-19 - it gathered over 12 000 participants worldwide and Kai was leading the 50+ volunteer organising team. She has always been part of community initiatives that support creating new ideas - Latitude59 startup conference, government innovation lab AccelerateEstonia, just to name a few.
Loves: The buzz of the hackathon and because of that still often mentors and hosts at events. If there’s any free time, she loves to take their sail boat out with her partner or just cuddle at home with her dog.
Find solutions fast
Marie Rosalie Hanni
Marketing lead
Responsible for: all things related to crafting the Eventornado message and making sure we are engaging with our customers in all the right ways
Before Eventornado: Marie has been working since she can remember and is a self-taught marketer, photographer, construction enthusiast and event manager. In addition to working on marketing projects as a freelancer, she has also co-founded and built up a co-working space and a youth centre in her home town, both focused on developing the local tech scene.
Loves: Marie is one of those lucky ones with many talents. She is a talented photographer capturing among other things the life of a local rally team. She loves music and will casually participate in bands and choirs if the opportunity presents itself. She also loves building and construction and will always have some kind of construction project on the side.
Find solutions fast
Kaari Tõke
Customer Success lead
Responsible for: all things related to our customer journey from onboarding clients to leading them through to a successful hackathon
Before Eventornado: Kaari has done a trip around the Sun before heading back home. Bringing with her a degree in event management and experience in marketing, event & festival management, she is ready to test out her skills and to deep-dive into the early-stage startup world.
Loves: Kaari loves to laugh. Period. She also loves to be active, drink good coffee, explore the best spots of Tallinn, and her secret trick to always being happy is drinking a healthy shot every day. She also has a passion for music and you can spot her DJing, if you know where the cool kids hang out.
Founders

Edgar Aronov Co-founder

Before Eventornado: Edgar has almost a decade of experience helping government entities distribute grants, run hackathons and build collaboration tools. He was also one of the key organizers of the MBR Space Settlement Challenge, managing over half a million dollars worth of research grants for space-related research in record time.


Loves: A camping trip with friends in Estonia, weightlifting and his two adorable cats (that look suspiciously like twins)

Martin Henk Co-founder & CTO

Responsible for: All things visionary, leading our developers and technical operations


Before Eventornado: Martin was the technical co-founder and Head of Product at Pipedrive, a powerful CRM tool used by over 90,000 organizations around the world. Martin knows his way around the tech sphere—he’s supported and invested in over 20 start-ups before founding Eventornado.


Loves: Long walks, listening to audiobooks, swimming in the sea with his family, come rain or shine.

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