Meet the Ailuna Team!
We’re based far and wide, including the UK, Germany, Lithuania, USA and Denmark, with (probably) the most sustainable little island in the world, Samsø. Meet the team behind Ailuna!

Lars Ronning
Founder & CEO
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25 years of US & EMEA B2B and B2C startup and growth experience, having helped create billions in shareholder value, realised through 5 IPOs & 3 M&A
Owns cottage on carbon neutral island
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Helene Ronning
Co-founder & Head of user engagement
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Helene created original Ailuna vision together with Lars. She is green roofing solutions expert & has 5x startup experience
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Karl-Ludwig Wachler
CTO
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Karl has 10+ years experience in AI, machine learning, mobile, web, social and location based services development and enterprise level technologies / infrastructures / solutions
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Axel Augstein
CIO
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Axel has 10+ years experience in AI, machine learning, mobile, web, social and location based services development and enterprise level technologies / infrastructures / solutions
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Katrina Collins
Head of Product
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Katrina analyses, deconstructs and re-analyses data to help the development team build the best possible products for our users, as well as working with the design and UX team to make sure everyone gets the very best experience.
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Frederikke Balslev
Customer Success Manager
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Frederikke has an interdisciplinary approach based on working with and studying sustainability the past 4 years and 2 years experience with B2B customer success and client relations.
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Justina Vyšniauskienė
Head of Digital Media
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With 3x startups experience Justina now has 8 years on her digital marketing & media managing plate. She is responsible for developing the social media strategy and content creation on various online platforms.
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Denis Efremov
UI/UX Design Lead
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Denis has 10+ years experience in UI/UX design & work in the internet industry. Strong IT, product design an prototyping skills

Philipp Barylla
Lead Developer & Development Team Lead
About Philipp
Philipp joined Ailuna after being involved with the development and launch of several other apps over the past 6 years, and is now the lead developer of Ailuna!

Andrés Cortés
Product Development Coordinator
About Andres
Andrés’ background is as a mechanical engineer and he considers himself to be a technology enthusiast. He’s also worked in the past as a process engineer so he really understands what it takes to design and build a product that works for people.

Steve Harke
Product Developer
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Steve studied computer science at university, and then spent 6 years working in-house for an ad agency. Software development is Steve's passion and he has a particular interest in game development.

Alex Taradi
Product Developer
About Alex
Alex is part of the team that codes the Ailuna app. He is a working student, so studies Computer Science alongside supporting the team with coding projects.

Anne Blau
UX/UI Design
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Anne works closely with the Ailuna development team on UI and UX Design to make sure that the design supports the usability of the app. Anne loves to combine clean design and functionality.

Tim Walker
Sustainability Program Design
About Tim
Tim left a 10+ year career in corporate retail to pursue a greener life. In 2021 he graduated university with a degree in Environmental Science, and is now researching and creating content for Ailuna when he isn't on his allotment living the good life

Ruth Walton
Sustainability Program Design
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Ruth is researching and writing content for the Ailuna app. She also helps with growing the Ailuna community through her network of sustainability and ethical living contacts.
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Gemma Annan
Sustainability Program Design
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Gemma has a background in conservation, managing elephant conservation projects in Thailand & 6 years experience working in sustainability. She is researching and writing content for Ailuna.
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Sonja Teszler
Copywriter
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Sonja is a highly skilled copywriter with 5+ years of experience. She is creating authentic, engaging, and fun copy for the app and marketing content.

Fred Freemantle
Business Development
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25 years experience in business development for large technology vendors and startups.

Claus Lundholm
Website & IT support
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Concept design, Website & IT support

Sajid Varda
Business Development
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Emmie Fulton
Behavioral Scientist
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Ailuna’s behavioural scientist Emmie is working hard behind the scenes to help make the app something that will help people develop positive long term habits. Emmie has a deep understanding of the psychology behind lifestyle change and what will help our new habits stick.
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CB Bhattacharya
Sustainability and Ethics
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CB is a world-renowned expert in business strategy innovation aimed at increasing both business and social value. His research and teaching focuses specifically on how companies can use corporate identity, corporate social responsibility and sustainability to strengthen stakeholder relationships.
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Paul Weald
Customer Experience
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30+ years in Customer Experience and a Business Advisor to six start-ups. Focused on helping companies solve the problem that, when it comes to sustainability, employees and customers must be engaged or change will not happen fast enough.
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Karen Gallantry
SaaS Scaling
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B2B SaaS scaling. IAM
& marketing tech.
Tech for good, sales &
GTM leadership.
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Collin Pauley
Corporate Strategy, Scaling & Ethics
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Colin specialises in leading phased growth. He has launched the BBC Good Food & Cooking brand of live events, established his own software companies and built global teams at high profile technology companies such as Active Network and iZettle.
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Renée LaPlante
Product & Impact Strategy
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Renee's wealth of knowledge and experience including people performance, communications, leadership and program development stems from a 20-year background in corporate roles in advertising, technology, NPOs and today as an independent consultant.
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Keith Williams
Marketing & Business Strategy and Consumer Experience
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Keith’s professional background is in helping to build and scale software and technology tools and global consumer platforms, including Active Network and JustGiving, and he brings with him a huge range of skills and knowledge, as well as technology and leading business partnerships.
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Adrienne Gaboury
Social Impact Strategy & Communications
About Adrienne
Adrienne serves as a strategic advisor to purpose-driven leaders and organizations. She is a trained B Corp Leader, who, after accumulating wide-ranging professional experience and perspectives from diverse roles in global corporations, SMEs, non-profits, and start-ups, truly believes business can be a force for good.
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