Taavi Kotka


Taavi Kotka is an IT visionary and previously the Chief information officer of the Estonian Government known for leading e-residency program. Between years 2005-2012, Kotka was the CEO of Nortal, one of the largest software development companies in the Baltic states. Taavi Kotka proposed "10 million e-residents by 2025" on idea contest by Estonian Development Foundation in 2014.
In April 2015, the Vice President of European Commission, Andrus Ansip, assigned Taavi Kotka to be his Special Adviser on Digital Single Market issues and e-Governance.

Biography

Kotka started his career as a programmer, rising to be a Managing Director of the largest software development company in the region – Webmedia, one of largest software development companies in Baltic states.. As an engineer, he has been the brainpower behind many Estonian e-government innovative initiatives like e-residency, data embassies, country in the cloud, no-legacy policy, VAT fraud detection etc. He is also a special advisor to European Commission vice-president Andrus Ansip on European Digital Single Market.

Education

Master of Science of Engineering and PhD Studies in Tallinn University of Technology.
He was the president of the Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications and he was elected as an Entrepreneur of the year in 2011.

Awards