Education
Aalto University School of Science
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Munkkiniemen yhteiskoulu
High school, Nordplus International Science Olympiad in Physics (2017 & 2018), MAOL Four Sciences Competition in Physics (2017 & 2018), grant for overall success from Lions Club (2019)
Work
Token Terminal
Early Employee, Senior Data Engineer
Grew ARR from $500k to $6M, we became the first crypto data provider on Bloomberg Terminal, led blockchain research, led platform team, created petabyte-scale data infrastructure
OpenVAA
Student Developer
Designed and implemented AI/ML features for an open-source voting advice application advancing democratic participation
Angomon
Co-Founder
Created #1 trending NFT (digital collectibles) collection, sold out in 2 minutes, project later acquired
Aalto University Department of Computer Science
Teaching Assistant, Programming 1
Sievo
Software Engineer
Analytics Core team, worked on Sievo's procurement data platform
Finnish Air Force
Pilot Reserve Officer (LentoRUK)
Graduated at the top of the class, offered career as fighter pilot (Lentoupseerin koulutusohjelma)
Skills & Interests
Languages
Finnish: Native, English: Fluent, Swedish: Conversational, French: Conversational, Spanish: Elementary
Hobbies
Basketball, surfing, former gymnast and national-level track and field athlete
Contact
samilaakkonen2@gmail.com