Mika Koivisto

Current

Senior Consultant at Liferay, Inc.

Past

Senior Technical Architect at Logica
Lead developer at Spray Network Oy (Lycos Europe)
Web Developer at New Communication Group NCG Oy

Web Technician [Computer assistant IV] at Western Washington University / Academic Technology & User Services

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Education

Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
Sun Java Certificates (SCJP + SCWCD)
Western Washington University

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Mika Koivisto’s Summary

I am experienced hands-on software architect with more that 8 years of professional software development experience. I am expert in enterprise portals and content management systems. I have excellent working knowledge of open source frameworks and advanced programming practices such as aspect-oriented programming. I believe in team work and agile methodologies such as scrum.

I am open source enthusiast and Liferay Enterprise Portal contributor and Liferay advisory board member.

Mika Koivisto’s Specialties:

- Enterpise Java
- Portals: Liferay, IBM WebSphere Portal, Bea WebLogic Portal, JBoss Portal, eXo Platform, GridSphere
- Content Management: MOSS 2007, Fatwire, Alfresco, Magnolia, OpenCMS, IBM Workplace Web Content Management (IWWCM)
- Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services
- Java Business Integration: ServiceMix

Mika Koivisto’s Experience

Senior Consultant

Liferay, Inc.

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2009 — Present (4 months)
Senior Technical Architect

Logica

(Public Company; LOG; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2001 — March 2009 (7 years 4 months)

I've worked with many companies such as IBM, Finnair, M-real and Sanoma, as well as government agencies. My task have varied including pre-sales, consulting, lead developer and chief architect positions.
Lead developer

Spray Network Oy (Lycos Europe)

(Computer Software industry)

November 1999 — December 2001 (2 years 2 months)

Technical lead responsible of one of the top 5 community portals in Finland that was part of Lycos Europe portal network. Lead the design of the portal core in J2EE and designed many services including a webmail for 300 000 active users. Designed a SMS platform for developing SMS services including the basic ringtones and logos to more interactive ones.
Web Developer

New Communication Group NCG Oy

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 1999 — June 2000 (8 months)

Developed Artic.net portal which was acquired by Spray Network at 2000
Web Technician [Computer assistant IV]

Western Washington University / Academic Technology & User Services

(Educational Institution; Computer Software industry)

October 1997 — October 1998 (1 year 1 month)

Webmaster’s assistant. Developed web applications with Perl and CGI

Mika Koivisto’s Education

Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu

BEng , Computer Engineering , 2003 — 2008
Sun Java Certificates (SCJP + SCWCD)

2002 — 2002

Sun Certified Programmer for Java Platform 1.4 [310-035]
Sun Certified Web Component Developer for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition [310-080]
Western Washington University

1996 — 1998

Activities and Societies:

Western Computer Users Group WCUG, ACM