Education
Aalto University School of Science Fall 2020 – Present
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Munkkiniemen yhteiskoulu Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
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)
Selected Work
Token Terminal 9/2022 – 2/2026
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 9/2024 – 5/2025
Student Developer
Designed and implemented AI/ML features for an open-source voting advice application advancing democratic participation
Angomon 9/2021 – 6/2023
Co-Founder
Launched a 3,500-piece NFT collection on Solana in November 2021; sold out in 2 minutes for ~$350k in primary sales, $2M secondary GMV, ~$100k in royalties; #1 popular collection on MagicEden for several days; project later acquired
Aalto University Department of Computer Science 9/2021 – 12/2021
Teaching Assistant, Programming 1
Sievo 5/2021 – 11/2021
Software Engineer
Analytics Core team, worked on Sievo's procurement data platform
Finnish Air Force 7/2019 – 6/2020
Pilot Reserve Officer (LentoRUK)
Selected as a fighter pilot through a year-long, five-stage process; graduated near the top of class; declined a 13.5-year operational contract to pursue engineering and entrepreneurship
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