Our People

Catch up with Karita Sall, VP Global Communications at Veriff

Karita Sall is a seasoned executive in Communications, Public Relations, and Marketing. With deep expertise in brand strategy, change management, and crisis comms, Karita has consistently helped businesses grow and evolve. As a leader, Karita has always been passionate about working with impactful global businesses and inspiring people to develop new talents. Read more about Karita’s

Catch up with Chris Hooper, Director of Brand at Veriff

Chris Hooper is a former journalist who switched to B2B tech marketing more than 15 years ago. He oversees all of Veriff’s content and thought leadership, customer stories, and organic channels and has a keen interest in technology and innovation and using the power of brand to grow businesses. Learn more about Chris’s journey and why

Meet Julia Monteiro, Veriff’s Senior Account Executive

At Veriff, we’re driven by a mission to make the online world safer, and that attracts exceptional talent. Today, we’re thrilled to introduce you to Julia Monteiro, our Senior Account Executive with a focus on Latin America market. Her previous background, coupled with her keen understanding of team dynamics and a passion for innovation, makes her a

Meet Fabricio Mazzari, Veriff’s Marketing Manager LatAm

Fabricio Mazzari is Veriff’s Marketing Manager for Latin America, with a focus on driving growth in one of our key regions. Drawn to our mission of building trust online, Fabricio brings two decades of diverse marketing experience and passion for continuous learning to the team. His career has spanned multiple industries, from electronic payments to diplomatic missions,

Meet Vivian Rebrin, Veriff’s Recruiter

Vivian is a Recruiter at Veriff focusing on the Latin America market. Drawn to Veriff’s global mission, Vivian brings a diverse background in both recruitment and marketing to the team. Her career journey has taken her across continents and industries, giving her a unique perspective and a knack for connecting with international talent. From building

Meet Gabriel Barbabela, Veriff’s Lead Growth Product Manager

Gabriel Barbabela serves in the expansion team as the Lead Growth Product Manager at Veriff, building new ways for companies to fight fraud globally. His current focus is on building a trust network that companies can rely on to verify their users quickly and accurately. Specialized in product strategy, he is a former tech entrepreneur, consultant,

Meet Iryna Bondar: Insights on digital identity fraud prevention

Following her graduation, Iryna joined Veriff in 2019 as a Verification Specialist. However, she decided to take on a new challenge within the company and tackle the whole world of online fraud. We talked about her career path, moving to Tallinn, and everyday life at Veriff. To get readers up to speed, let’s talk about life in

Navigating success in Latin America with Nico Lutz

Nico brings a unique background and perspective, having transitioned from regulatory compliance consulting to the world of identity verification solutions. Let’s hear from him about his role, the opportunities in LATAM, and what excites him about the future. Q: Can you start by introducing yourself and sharing a bit about your background?  Nico: Absolutely. My name is

Meet Mike O’Callaghan, Veriff’s Vice President of Verifications

Welcome to the team, Mike! Can you tell us a little bit about how you learned about Veriff and what drew you to the company? Thank you so much. It’s great to be working with such a welcoming group of people. I’ve been tracking Veriff for several years and  was drawn to  the company because of their

Meet Mari Roostik, a headteacher turned Veriff intern

Welcome to the team, Mari! Tell us a little about yourself. I am originally from a town called Rakvere in Estonia, where I lived until I finished high school. Not a strictly straight-A student, but I was eager to organize events in my school, tried to make all my peers act and dance since that

From academia to the startup world

To get readers up to speed, let’s talk about your professional life. How did you choose this career path? As a child, I would tell my parents that I wanted to be an observer. At the time, I had no clue how it would translate into a career path, but I remember that I loved

Meet Jason Butler: Our Senior Recruiter Growing Veriff In The U.S.

Jason has been working in recruitment for more than 10 years and has seen the job market through good and challenging times. We had a chat with him about his experience, thoughts on the current job market, and who he is hiring right now.  First and foremost, welcome to the team! How did you find

Reaching $1.5 billion in a year with Veriff CFO Amish Moody

Amish was shortlisted for Estonia’s CFO of the Year Award for his work during the past year with us, and was recognized with an Impactful CFO Award due to widespread acclaim from both Veriff’s team and the public. We had a chat with Amish to learn more about his time at Veriff so far, what

Meet Mert Celik – a conversation with our engineering team lead

Mert Celik is an Engineering Team Lead at Veriff. He joined the company in May 2019 as Senior iOS Engineer, after completing a Master’s degree in Software Engineering. Born in Turkey, Mert moved to Estonia in 2014 and lives there to this day. We recently had a chat about his career to date, international student life

“Working at Veriff is a lot of fun – no two days are the same”

Krister Kasemaa is a 22-year old Estonian student at the University of Manchester, studying Aerospace Engineering. He just finished his internship at Veriff, which started from Product and finished in the Verification Automation team. During his internship, he worked on lots of amazing projects and helped the team reach a few milestones. We took some time

Growing Veriff with Luke Govier, Head of Talent Acquisition

Luke Govier joined Veriff just a few weeks ago, and will be based in London with our growing team there. We wanted to pick his brain about why he joined Veriff, why he enjoys growing companies, and what can be the pitfalls of a scale-up business. As someone experienced in talent acquisition, are you instinctively judging an

“Working with the diverse Veriff team is really exciting for me”

Mostafa is a Senior Software Engineer at Veriff. He is originally from Egypt and moved to Estonia a few years ago to study Cyber Security Engineering at Tallinn University of Technology. Mostafa joined Veriff in October 2019 to build and maintain our automation platform for machine learning. Before that, he worked with multiple Estonian tech

Moving to Estonia with a little help from Veriff

Mahwish Naim, a Senior Account Manager in Veriff was recently interviewed for an article in Postimees. We thought the interview was awesome, so we’ve reproduced it in English below. Enjoy a fascinating insight into the life of one of our many Veriffians who’ve come to call Estonia home. What is your profession and when did you come to

A Headteacher Interning at a Start-Up – How Did It Work Out?

They say time flies, and in a start-up, it’s definitely the case.  Back in February, we wrote about the Educational Leaders Internship Programme, remember? Siret Paasmäe, the headteacher of Tallinn Järveotsa Gymnasium, joined the Veriff team to look into the daily life of a fast-growing startup. Even though Siret’s mentor was our VP of Engineering, Tiit

How does the Verification department operate in Veriff? – An interview with Amber de Wolde

Here in Veriff, we build tools that make the digital world safer and build trust on the internet. But a lot is going on behind the scenes – our team works hard daily to provide a product that is useful for customers. For that, we need to make sure that different departments cooperate with each other to accomplish

Focusing On The Positive Results In Unexpected Benefits

The past year has been full of challenges, not only because life in a startup can have its ups and downs but also because we were pushed into a new reality due to the global pandemic. General uncertainty and constant change has its impact on people’s daily lives. Veriff decided to make it a priority to

“A problem-solver mindset helps our company scale and come up with effective solutions daily”

Ugur is the Technical Support Engineer at Veriff. He is originally from Turkey and moved to Estonia to join the company back in 2019. His everyday work involves collaborating with different departments and making sure that our technical setup is all in order. His engineering career started in Turkey, where he attended university and worked in

Changing The Online World For Good With Veriff

Building trust is an essential thing in today’s digital world. More and more services are available online, and we need to verify our identity every day. In this online world, consumers face the threat of identity theft daily. Solutions that prevent these online crimes are quiet heroes, helping make the internet a safer place. Veriff is

Setting Goals and Achieving Big Results in Sport and Professionally

Henri is the Extraction Team Lead at Veriff. He joined the company back in 2019 and has experienced working in different positions since then. We had a nice chat about his career path, international student experience in Switzerland, life at Veriff, and his hobbies. The conversation was both interesting and insightful. Enjoy! To kick things off

Design & Research Collaboration at Veriff

In the first two blog posts, we talked about the importance of understanding the problem in the design process and how the time between research and development should be split 50-50. We also talked about how we measure design and rely on quantitative data. To give you more food for thought – in this post,

Veriff’s First Hackathon – Two More Exciting Entries

We’ve already covered Veriff’s first hackathon in two blogs – an interview with Kalev Rundu, who spearheaded the hackathon, and another interview with the winning team, Canary Releases. This time, we speak to two other teams, whose ideas are already being implemented and celebrated within Veriff. We interviewed Ibrahim Al-Taie, whose team started work on our soon-to-be-released

A Headteacher Interning at a Start-Up – Only in Estonia!

Veriff’s team recently welcomed a new member, as Siret Paasmäe joined our ranks. The always cheerful and positive woman found her way to the Veriff team through the unique Educational Leaders’ Internship Program. For the second year running, school leaders are undertaking full-time internships in companies with well-established management cultures like Veriff. And no, the school will not

The Veriff Hackathon Winners – Canary Releases

Veriff’s first ever Hackathon took place in December 2020, and you can read all about the online event elsewhere on our blog. Here though, we speak to Siim Tiilen and Kateryna Porshnieva who were part of the winning team, that built ‘Canary Releases’. We ask them all about the idea itself, how they used their 48

Veriff’s First Hackathon – An Interview with Kalev Rundu

Veriff’s first ever hackathon took place from the 2nd-4th December 2020, and was a storming success. We spoke to the driving force behind it, Kalev Rundu, all about the experience and what happens after the competition. Veriff has successfully completed its first hackathon ever. Kalev, you as the initiator, please tell me how this idea was

How We Measure The Impact of Design

At Veriff, our approach to design is systematic as well as data-driven. That means our design language is consistent, we use design systems and patterns, we measure the impact of our design and we make decisions based on the data we have collected. Communicating the value of design is something that often proves challenging, in any organization. It is

Kaarel Kotkas talks to SafetyDetectives

Kaarel Kotkas, CEO of Veriff, met with Aviva Zacks of Safety Detectives for an interview about his cybersecurity journey and how it got started with some blue twine. You can see the original interview on the Safety Detectives website. Safety Detective: What got you interested in cybersecurity and what do you love about it? Kaarel Kotkas: People usually get

An interview with Kaarel & Janer about 5 years in Veriff

In recognition of Veriff’s 5th Birthday, we spoke with our founder Kaarel Kotkas and co-founder Janer Gorohhov, about their personal journeys across the last five years and what they see for themselves in the future. It was an entertaining, enlightening, and at times very humorous conversation. Enjoy! To start, Kaarel, what did you feel on the

Kaarel Kotkas Described as a Visionary

Kaarel is the visionary in Veriff’s team always inspiring others. He has always set goals for himself, yet with time his projects as well as his goals became bigger. He says that “no” as an answer is far better than no answer at all because you have no idea what’s behind the silence. He is a team

Veriff’s a Lighthouse in Identity Verification Sector

Only at the age 26, Kaarel has built a 230-people global company that recently closed 15,5 million USD financing round. Kaarel has never worked in big corporations and has always built projects and companies based on his own understanding and what he wants the company to be. Veriff is his 12th project: “I recommend everybody

Everything you do should come straight from the heart

First of all, thank you for taking the time to talk to me today. To get our readers up to speed, could you first tell us a bit about yourself? For example, I know you’re originally from Georgia (the country). What brought you to Estonia? You may or may not know, but there’s a pretty

5 Ways Startups Can Make a Positive Environmental Impact

When running a startup, growing your product and recruiting new customers can take all of your focus and time. Becoming a sustainable company might not be your top priority.  Parallel to that, there is a false assumption that it’s expensive to become an eco-friendly brand. Yet going green can help cultivate a better brand image, gain more

Veriff to Be Carbon Neutral by 2030

Despite growing at break-neck speed, Veriff is still only a small part of a greater whole when it comes to our role in protecting the planet. For mankind to make an impact on our environmental footprint we need to collaborate, and that is what the the Tech Green Pledge is all about. This week, Veriff signed the

The People of Veriff: We’re 300 Now!

“And check in with this piece when we’re a team of 260 to see how it went, and whether we stuck to the plan.”  These were the last lines of my last blog post from February when Veriff added its 100th team member. Well, I followed my instructions and had a read through the post this morning.

Veriff’s Team Grows 17 Times in One Year

40 percent of Veriff’s employees come from abroad making Veriff one of the most international companies in Estonia. People from Veriff’s team hold a citizenship from more than 40 different countries. The largest communities in Veriff are from Brazil, Georgia, Nigeria, Russia and the United States. Unlike many tech companies, the male-female balance in Veriff