Aki Karkkainen

Current

• Web Developer at Qwentes Kantor S.A.

Past

• Web Integrator Consultant at Belgacom Skynet
• Web Designer/Developer at Kordell & Kordell
• Web Developer & Communications Officer at European Cockpit Association (Brussels, Belgium)

• Support Technician at TechTeam Europe (Brussels, Belgium)
• Web Developer at Ciel & Logis (Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France)
• Web Designer at Jyvaskyla Summer Jazz (Jyvaskyla, Finland)
• Project Worker at Arena Partners (Jyvaskyla, Finland)
• Freelance Musician/Music Teacher at various employers in Finland and Sweden

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Education

• Jyväskylän yliopisto
• Sibelius-Akatemia - Sibelius-Akademin

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Industry

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Websites

• My Blog
• My Company
• Twitter

Aki Karkkainen’s Summary

I am particularly interested in working for web agency, where I can apply my experience, skills and passion in building accessible and standards compliant websites, using a wide range of web technologies.

Aki Karkkainen’s Specialties:

Standards compliant website development, XHTML, CSS, XML, SQL, unobtrusive JavaScript, various CMSs and publishing platforms (Joomla!, WordPress, MODx etc.), ERD, Photoshop, usability, accessibility, typography.

Knowledge about relational database (MySQL) design & management, PHP, Microformats, Flash, Desktop publishing applications (InDesign, PageMaker, Scribus), Gentoo & Ubuntu Linux etc. - always eager to learn more.

Aki Karkkainen’s Experience

• Web Developer

  Qwentes Kantor S.A.

  (Internet industry)

  October 2008 — Present (10 months)

  - Developing and integrating websites for numerous clients (following
  accessibility and usability best practises) using XHTML, CSS, JavaScript (including popular libraries), XML, PHP and MySQL
  - Working occasionally with custom CMSs to maintain/customize websites
  - Assisting in ColdFusion, Oracle and Flash development

• Web Integrator Consultant

  Belgacom Skynet

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  April 2008 — September 2008 (6 months)

  - Developing and integrating web portal components using XHTML, CSS and JavaScript (following technical and functional analysis & graphic design)
  - Adjusting graphical elements if necessary for accessibility & usability reasons

• Web Designer/Developer

  Kordell & Kordell

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Printing industry)

  January 2008 — April 2008 (4 months)

  - Designing, producing and maintaining various corporate websites
  - Contributing to overall web communications strategy
  - Ensuring the content is accessible and that the sites are built according to web standards

• Web Developer & Communications Officer

  European Cockpit Association (Brussels, Belgium)

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Political Organization industry)

  May 2004 — December 2007 (3 years 8 months)

  - Designing/implementing site structure, interaction and layout (Joomla! CMS, XHTML, CSS)
  - Website administration and development on LINUX-Apache-MySQL-PHP platform
  - Preparing a monthly newsletter (html/pdf) (Desktop publishing: Scribus)
  - Preparing manuals and documentation

• Support Technician

  TechTeam Europe (Brussels, Belgium)

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2003 — April 2004 (1 year 2 months)

  - B2B technical support for custom applications and for web applications in English, Swedish and Finnish
  - Helping customers with the installation, configuration and problem solving of the product
  - Updating current customer information into the database
  - Logging the incidents in the database

• Web Developer

  Ciel & Logis (Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France)

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)

  June 2001 — August 2001 (3 months)

  - Creating and administrating an Access database
  - Entering business partner data into the database
  - Translating the website from French into Finnish
  - Web development using XHTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Photoshop

• Web Designer

  Jyvaskyla Summer Jazz (Jyvaskyla, Finland)

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Music industry)

  January 2001 — May 2001 (5 months)

  - Interaction design
  - Definition and technical design
  - XML-database design and creation
  - Development using PHP, HTML, CSS, XML, Flash, Photoshop
  - Sound editing using SoundForge and Cool Edit Pro

• Project Worker

  Arena Partners (Jyvaskyla, Finland)

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

  November 2000 — March 2001 (5 months)

  - Development of an XML-based personalization plan as a recommendation for an online newspaper

• Freelance Musician/Music Teacher

  various employers in Finland and Sweden

  (Music industry)

  January 1991 — August 1999 (8 years 8 months)

  Various music related activities, including playing gigs (freelance) and teaching.

Aki Karkkainen’s Education

• Jyväskylän yliopisto

  MSc (Econ.) , Information Systems Science (Economics and Business Administration), Multimedia and Web Design , 1999 — 2002

  The degree includes 5 months of Master’s studies at the Université de la Sorbonne nouvelle Paris III, Paris, France in Spring 2002.
  
  Master's thesis title: “Spatial sound in a user interface as a method to deliver hidden information and to relieve visual burden”.

• Sibelius-Akatemia - Sibelius-Akademin

  drums, piano, (jazz) harmony and composition 1993 — 1999

  This period includes one year music studies at the School of Music and Musicology, Gothenburg, Sweden in 1997-1998.

Additional Information

Aki Karkkainen’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company
• Twitter

Aki Karkkainen’s Interests:

open source, web design/development, art, cinema, music, reading, skiing, travelling

Aki Karkkainen’s Honors:

Employee of the Month, 2003

Aki Karkkainen’s Contact Settings

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