Urho Konttori Co-Founder & CEO Distance Technologies As the CEO and co-founder of Varjo, Urho Konttori redefined the boundaries of virtual and mixed reality, bringing professional-grade XR technologies to industries from design and simulation to defense and aerospace. His earlier work at Microsoft and Nokia included pioneering both hardware and software breakthroughs, such as spearheading development of a Linux-based mobile operating system.

At Varjo, his leadership built one of the most respected XR companies in the world, acclaimed for creating headsets with unmatched fidelity and impact. Now, as CEO and co-founder of Distance, Urho is once again at the forefront of European deep tech—driving the company’s mission as Europe’s counterpart to the new wave of defence and dual-use technology platforms focusing on superhuman perception through computational optics, 3D lightfield systems and visual AI.