Co-founder at Microtask Ltd.
Finland
- Current
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- Co-founder at Microtask Ltd.
- Board member at Recoil Games
- Board member at Fake Graphics
- Board member at Ardites Ltd.
- Technical Advisory Board Member at Movidia
- Board Member at Cowboy Rodeo
- Chairman of the Board and Partner at Lots Ltd
- Owner at Raw Jay (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Principal System Software Engineer at NVIDIA
- Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at Hybrid Graphics, Ltd.
- Head of Visual Research at Hybrid Graphics, Ltd.
- Lead Programmer at Hybrid Graphics, Ltd.
- Education
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- Helsingin yliopisto
- Helsingin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu (SYK)
- International School of Geneva
- Lycée franco-finlandais d'Helsinki
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Ville Miettinen’s Summary
I have a long background in programming (started in '82) and computer graphics. Because in the early 90's it was impossible to study computer graphics at any of the Finnish universities, we founded our own company, Hybrid. The company acted as one of the key hubs for CG research in Helsinki, and over the years we created several well-known products, dozens of conference and journal papers, worked on hundreds of projects with customers in the games and mobile industries, produced several PhDs and many MScs, spun off a couple of new companies (Umbra, Fake Graphics, AILab), and, most importantly, had loads of fun doing it. In the spring of 2006 we sold the company to NVIDIA, and I spent 18 months mostly helping convert Hybrid into NVIDIA's Helsinki office.
On Valentine's Day 2008 we launched our new company, Lots. Lots is a tender loving sweat equity investment company on speed. Our business is to lavish love and order on hand-picked Nordic media/graphics tech companies who have innovative products or services. Since its opening, Lots has exited two of its customer companies (one to Silicon Valley, one to Canada), participated in several financing rounds, joint ventures, and launched a start-up of its own.
Ville Miettinen’s Specialties:
Brainstorming, consulting, business development, technical sales & marketing, project management, standardization (mobile 3d graphics standards, e.g., Khronos APIs OpenGL ES, OpenVG, OpenCL, OpenKODE, and JCP standards: JSR 184 (M3G), JSR 239, JSR 297), computer graphics (rendering, mobile graphics, visibility optimization, occlusion culling, software rasterization, GPU design), programming (C, C++, assemblers, program optimization, software design, compilers), HDR photography.
Ville Miettinen’s Experience
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Co-founder
Microtask Ltd.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
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Board member
Recoil Games
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
November 2008 — Present (9 months)
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Board member
Fake Graphics
(Graphic Design industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
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Board member
Ardites Ltd.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
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Technical Advisory Board Member
Movidia
(Privately Held; Semiconductors industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
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Board Member
Cowboy Rodeo
(Computer Games industry)
December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)
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Chairman of the Board and Partner
Lots Ltd
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)
Founding partner at Lots (Love Of Technology Strategies) Oy, an early-stage sweat equity investor for graphics and media technology startups in the Nordic region.
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Owner
Raw Jay (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years)
Research, analysis and consulting services in the field of computer graphics, especially mobile graphics and multimedia (OpenGL ES, OpenVG, OpenMAX, OpenKODE, JSR 184 (M3G), JSR 239).
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Principal System Software Engineer
NVIDIA
(Public Company; NVDA; Computer Hardware industry)
March 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 6 months)
Helped convert Hybrid into NVIDIA Helsinki.
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Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder
Hybrid Graphics, Ltd.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2003 — March 2006 (3 years 3 months)
As Hybrid's CTO I was primarily responsible for our product planning and technology roadmaps. During these years I also did a lot of technical sales and marketing work, traveled extensively ("Chief Traveling Officer"), and participated in industry standardization activities.
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Head of Visual Research
Hybrid Graphics, Ltd.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2000 — January 2003 (2 years 11 months)
Responsible for research and development of all Hybrid's products, and running all engineering activities.
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Lead Programmer
Hybrid Graphics, Ltd.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
December 1994 — March 2000 (5 years 4 months)
Lead a number of medium-sized software projects, and participated actively in the actual programming. During these years the company's main products were the SurRender3D graphics middleware and dPVS visibility optimizer.
Ville Miettinen’s Education
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Helsingin yliopisto
Computer Science, Theoretical Philosophy 1994 — 2004
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Helsingin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu (SYK)
1992 — 1994
- Activities and Societies:
- Treasurer of the Student Body
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International School of Geneva
1991 — 1992
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Lycée franco-finlandais d'Helsinki
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Ville Miettinen’s Interests:
Traveling, photography, literature, gastronomy, snowboarding, gym, scuba diving, running
Ville Miettinen’s Honors:
Khronies Award (2007)
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