Mikko Väänänen

Developing Kenno, a modern property management and enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, tailored for rental housing companies and property managers in Finland.

My role is to design and develop key modules of the system such as ledger, contracts management, invoicing, housing, and debt collection while developing both GraphQL and REST APIs to support seamless frontend and backend integration.

Developing and maintaining customer portal Aina for Elenia, the second largest distribution system operator in Finland. Aina is a platform for customers of Elenia to manage their electricity contracts and consumption.

My role was to design and develop new features such as a landing page with interactive widgets, combined graphs for consumption and production metering points, and energy price calculations. I also implemented new integrations for e.g., customer and metering data.

Redesigning a web application for a client in healthcare.

Maintained and developed a web application for a client in public sector for food import/export certifications.

Developed a web application for process industry. The application was used to monitor and control industrial processes by operators.

I developed e.g., a user interface for controlling sequences, a series of steps and conditions which can be used to automate industrial processes.

Developed and maintained an award-winning (Best Mobile Service in Android One category at Slush, 2018) HSL mobile application and its backend services. The HSL application integrated ticket purchasing and management, a journey planner, and personalized news into a beautiful app.

I focused especially on the ticket purchasing feature on the app and backend. I also took care of migrating from the old municipal regions to new ABCD zones in the HSL area in April 2019 on the HSL app and backend domain.

Maintained and developed Accountor Go, a financial web application and a related mobile app for SMBs. This was a part time role while working full time on another project.

As a single developer in this project I took care of the infrastructure, maintenance and development of the app as well as the support for the customers and accountants.

Maintained and developed Accountor Go, a financial web application and a related mobile app for SMBs.

As a single developer in this project I took care of the infrastructure, maintenance and development of the app as well as the support for the customers and accountants.

• Role: Led a team in the phones development within the Windows and Devices Group.
• Main Responsibilities: Ensured smooth deliveries from technology and quality teams through CI, automated tests, to system integration and release.
• Additional Duties: Implemented improvements to enhance delivery speed, reliability, and quality.

• Primary Role: Develop, maintain, and optimize the build system for products based on the Nokia X Software Platform (derived from AOSP).
• Major Task: Design and implement variant build support to facilitate efficient creation of product variants for diverse markets and operators.

I developed content image support on top of the AOSP build system. This enabled our product programs and technical sales to create product variants for different markets and operators efficiently and easily.

• 1999-2002: Software developer for Nokia’s Series 40, specializing in the WAP stack.
• 2002: Transitioned to a global integration team, managing contributions from multiple R&D sites.
• 2007: Key player in collaborations with third-party baseband software suppliers.
• 2010-2011: Led the integration with SmarterPhone, resulting in a major overhaul of the Nokia Series S40 UI framework.
• 2013: Led a team to revamp the Nokia Series S40 build system using the Python-based WAF framework, achieving better performance, maintainability, and reliability than the previous build system implemented with GNU Make.

I worked as a specialist in a number of high-profile integration projects that shaped the future of the whole S40 platform. I also developed a new build system for the S40 platform that was superior to the old one in terms of reliability, speed, efficiency, and features.