Advisors
Hannu Naukkarinen
Senior Advisor
Dr. Hannu Naukkarinen (MD) is the leading Senior Advisor at Dream Broker, whose main responsibility is to offer consultancy in strategic management, organisational support, and leadership alignment for the top management of Dream Broker Corporation and Companies.
Dr. Naukkarinen (MD) Ph.D. , holds a Ph.D. in Psychiatry and medicine, MD in General Medicine specialist in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry and has completed a thesis in Psychosomatics. He is providing support and coaching to top management and personnel within companies. Since the latter part of 2022, he has been providing his extensive knowledge in leadership, mentoring, coaching, occupational healthcare, management strategies, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic planning to support Dream Broker’s vision of becoming a globally successful online video software powerhouse.
Dr. Naukkarinen is a graduate of Helsinki University. Since the beginning of his professional career, he accumulated a diverse range of qualifications and extensive expertise in the fields of medicine, psychiatry, consulting, and music therapy. With a Doctorate in Medicine and Surgery (D.Med.Sc.), he has excelled as a psychiatry specialist, earning recognition as a psychiatry docent and trainer.
Dr. Naukkarinen has held positions as a professor at the University of Oulu, University of Tampere, and University of Helsinki, including lecturing and providing training in Finland and abroad. His expertise extends to pharmaceutical industries, the European Medicine Evaluation Agency (EMEA), the Patient Injury Center, Patient Insurance Center, and Insurance Court. With a commitment to occupational healthcare and wellbeing, he has supervised at several hospital districts, and provided his expertise to many institutions like the Finnish National Opera, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, and Noiro.
Dr. Naukkarinen's qualifications span a wide spectrum, including psychotherapy certifications from Valvira and Kela, and roles as a private doctor, medical centre doctor,
proficient trainer, therapist, medical expert, and consultant over the years. Having served as a psychiatrist for 20 years at HYKS Lapinlahti Hospital, Dr. Naukkarinen has a profound understanding of mental health. He had also been deeply involved in administrative roles with special training in hospital admisitration, such as Deputy Results Director at HYKS Psychiatry Clinic, Lapinlahti Hospital HUCH, including a 10-year tenure as Deputy Director of Psychiatry, HUS. He is also the Chief Educational Physician (Psychiatry) in the Kymenlaakso welfare area (KymenHVA), occupational healthcare specialist in psychiatry for Mehiläinen, and has responsibilities with providing corporate psychological well-being support at EMC (Executive Medical Centre) and Premium Clinic at Terveystalo.
As a lifelong musician, Dr. Naukkarinen attained his Diploma in solo line cello from the Sibelius academy in 1979. He has practiced the piano from the age of 5, the violin from the age of 7 and the cello from the age of 10. As part of his secondary career as a Music teacher, he has taught the cello at music schools, music camps, the Helsinki Conservatory of Music and Sibelius Academy. Dr. Naukkarinen also performed as a cellist with the Pro Barocco Orchestra, Helsinki City Orchestra, Lohja City Orchestra and Polytechnic Orchestra. His passion for the use of music in the field of medicine is evident through his lifelong experiences as a musician, as well as his special qualification and training in the area. He contributes significantly as a founding member of the Finnish Music Medicine Association.
Dr. Naukkarinen is a recognised scientist with publications in the American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research, Biological Psychiatry, and an expert guest speaker for public forums and programs (television, radio, magazines). He has been a deputy member of the Board of Forensic Psychiatric Affairs of the Institute of Health and Welfare, Finland. With experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Dr Naukkarinen has been acting as Finland's chief researcher in international drug trials and an expert consultant for companies (e.g. MedAvante) organising drug trials. He is also the CEO and Chairman of the Board of NeuCon Ltd Oy, that offers specialist medical services.
Dr. Naukkarinen's remarkable journey as a medical professional highlight his dedication, broad expertise, and significant contributions to medicine, psychiatry, and academics, in the public and private sector. He offers daily advice supporting the managerial and strategic capabilities of Dream Broker, allowing the company to succeed in highly competitive international markets. Additionally, he is an active contributor to the Lapinlahti Foundation, alongside Dream Broker’s initiatives in supporting mental health and well-being. Additionally, he has actively contributed to help rescue the old Lapinlahti mental hospital cultural heritage.
Public Profiles and Information
Association Memberships
Research Articles Published
- Antisocial Violent Offenders with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Demonstrate Akathisia-Like Hyperactivity in Three-Channel Actometry
- Clozapine decreases the level of anxiety and aggressive behaviour in patients with therapy-refractory schizophrenia
- Left Prefrontal Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Schizophrenia
- Treatment improves serotonin transporter binding and reduces binge eating
- Human impulsive aggression: a sleep research perspective
- Deramciclane in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder: a placebo-controlled, double-blind, dose-finding study
- Identification of New Sequence Variants in the Leptin Gene
- Sleep among Habitually Violent Offenders with Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Treatment of out-patients with complicated benzodiazepine dependence: comparison of two approaches
- Quantitative electroencephalographic measures in homicidal men with antisocial personality disorder
- Reduced serotonin transporter binding in binge eating women
- Role of the Serotonin Transporter Promoter Polymorphism in Anxiety-Related Traits
- Modified activity of the human auditory cortex during auditory hallucinations.
- Intoxication and violent women
- The Relationship between Stress and Severe Obesity: A Case-Control Study
- Fluoxetine Normalizes Increased Cardiac Vagal Tone in Bulimia Nervosa
- Predictors of Benzodiazepine Discontinuation in Subjects Manifesting Complicated Dependence
- Energy substrate metabolism among habitually violent alcoholic offenders having antisocial personality disorder
- Long-term outcome after benzodiazepine withdrawal treatment in subjects with complicated dependence
- Urinary excretion of bufotenin (N,N-dimethyl-5-hydroxytryptamine) is increased in suspicious violent offenders: A confirmatory study
- Urinary excretion of free bufotenin by psychiatric patients.
- Symptom severity and quality of life after benzodiazepine withdrawal treatment in participants with complicated dependence
- Mutation screening of the 5-hydroxytryptamine7 receptor gene among Finnish alcoholics and controls
- Interf eron-α as Adjuvant Treatment in Chronic Schizophrenia
- The use of clozapine in treatment-refractory schizophrenia
- No association of CCK and CCKB receptor polymorphisms with alcohol dependence
- Blood concentrations of vasopressin, neuropeptide FF and prolactin are increased by high-dose right unilateral ECT
- Plasma endogenous opioids and dexamethasone suppression test in depression
- An Abundant Proneurotensin Polymorphism, 479A>G, and a Test of Its Association With Alcohol Dependence in a Finnish Population
- Anxiety Disorders / Ostrobothnia Project, Vaasa 21.2.2008
- Music Therapy in Finland
- Music Therapy in Schizophrenia
- The Relationship between Depression and Severe Obesity: A Case-Control Study
- The Relationship between Stress and Severe Obesity: A Case-Control Study
- Severe obesity, emotions and eating habits: A case-control study
- Body Image Disturbance and Dissatisfaction, Scorn and Stigma in Severely Obese Individuals, a Case-Control Study
- American Journal of Psychiatry
- Psychiatry Research
- Biological Psychiatry
- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
Books Authored
Doctoral Dissertations Reviewed
News Article Interviews
Academia Interview
Hannu Naukkarinen
Senior Advisor
Dr. Hannu Naukkarinen (MD) is the leading Senior Advisor at Dream Broker, whose main responsibility is to offer consultancy in strategic management, organisational support, and leadership alignment for the top management of Dream Broker Corporation and Companies. Dr. Naukkarinen (MD) Ph.D. , holds a Ph.D. in Psychiatry and medicine, MD in General Medicine specialist in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry and ...
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Ahti Haukilehto
Senior Advisor
Ahti Haukilehto is a Senior Advisor at Dream Broker. He offers consultancy for technologies and software development for Dream Broker Corporation and Companies. Mr.Haukilehto holds MSc in Computer Science, MCPD: EAD, MCSD (.NET), MCBMSS, MCT, senior consultant in .NET architecture. Additionally, he is AWS Certified and a Certified AWS Trainer. He is also the author of the book: Visual C#.NET - Trainers Kit, IT-Press (2003). Since the latter part of 2022, Mr. Haukilehto has been providing his extensive knowledge to further develop the technological vision and supplement the know-how of Dream Broker technology and software development. Mr. Haukilehto is amongst the most elite and revered developers in Finland, having held the title of Microsoft Regional Director and representing Microsoft developers in Finland towards Redmond for over two decades, until 2015. Throughout the past decades, he has been helping to develop, troubleshoot and support some of the largest and critical systems in Northern European civil infrastructure. Mr. Haukilehto is a graduate from Aalto University, previously known as the Helsinki University of Technology. Since the beginning of his professional software developer career, he has been heavily involved in the frontlines of the Finnish enterprise software development scene. In 1999, Mr. Haukilehto co-established FCS Partners Oy, which later merged with Sovelto Oy, to become one of the largest technology and business leadership training companies in Finland. Alongside FCS Partners Oy, he held an integral role in forming several other successful IT sector start-ups over the years. As a professional software developer, Mr. Haukilehto has been focusing on the introduction and integration of the latest technologies into multiple public sector software projects in Finland and Norway. Alongside his career as a professional developer, Mr. Haukilehto has been sharing his knowledge in the art of programming and working as a trainer for advanced level software development to thousands of developers in Finland. Mr. Haukilehto offers daily advice to the technology units of Dream Broker. His expertise has also boosted the technological capabilities of Dream Broker products, applications, and their integration towards other enterprise systems. He brings extensive knowledge and international experience of technology enterprises, as well as invaluable knowledge of the IT and software scene throughout Northern European markets.
Ahti Haukilehto
Senior Advisor
Ahti Haukilehto is a Senior Advisor at Dream Broker. He offers consultancy for technologies and software development for Dream Broker Corporation and Companies. Mr.Haukilehto holds MSc in Computer Science, MCPD: EAD, MCSD (.NET), MCBMSS, MCT, senior consultant in .NET architecture. Additionally, he is AWS Certified and a Certified AWS Trainer. He is also the author of the book: Visual C#.NET ...
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