Iikka Niinivaara

Current

Developer at Dodreams Ltd

Past

Web Wizard at The WayWeSee Studios
Web Developer at University of Helsinki
Front-end developer at E-Sports Nordic

Ruby on Rails Developer at E-Sports Nordic / GTW Group
Service Desk Expert at Finnish Defence Forces
Java programming trainee at Vetokonsultit Oy

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Education

Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan
University of Helsinki
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Iikka Niinivaara’s Summary

I'm a web application developer with experience in wide variety of technologies. Ruby on Rails is my pièce de résistance, but I have also worked on Django, PHP and Java projects. I breathe functional programming, so JavaScript is one of my favorite languages. Back-end JavaScript seems like a very tempting idea. Recently I have begun several personal projects in Haskell.

I'm also a fairly experienced Linux administrator (Gentoo, Debian, Fedora, CentOS) with a bit of experience in admining a Windows domain as well.

To balance the practical programming side of software development, I have completed numerous courses in different aspects of theoretical computer science as well as studies in software engineering, including software modeling, architectural patterns and software development processes.

In addition to my technical skills I have started augmenting my field of know-how towards management and marketing skills through extended minor studies in Industrial Engineering.

Iikka Niinivaara’s Specialties:

Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Python, Django, Unobtrusive JavaScript, Java, PHP, Haskell, (My/Postgre)SQL, (X)HTML, XML, CSS, Linux.

Iikka Niinivaara’s Experience

Developer

Dodreams Ltd

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2009 — Present (7 months)

Taking part in building a production version of a play-for-money tournament system utilizing Live for Speed auto-racing simulation game for MTV3 tv station. Responsible for integrations with different payment gateways and other web-site features in Ruby on Rails as well as user interface features in JavaScript. http://www.maailmannopeinkansa.fi/
Web Wizard

The WayWeSee Studios

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

June 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 8 months)

Designed architecture for and implemented 90% of an innovative crowd-funding movie production site in Ruby on Rails with search features implemented with Sphinx and user interface augmented with JavaScript. http://www.waywesee.com/
Web Developer

University of Helsinki

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

May 2008 — October 2008 (6 months)

Designed and developed a groundbreaking web service for B2B collaboration. The development started as a university course project, and continued on freelance basis. My main responsibility was developing the Ajax libraries for front-end - back-end interaction in JavaScript as well implementing searching functionality in the back-end with Django and Sphinx.
Front-end developer

E-Sports Nordic

(Privately Held; E-Learning industry)

March 2008 — August 2008 (6 months)

Participated in building a proof-of-concept prototype of a revolutionary online play-for-prize tournament system based on Frets on Fire game. Developed a really fancy DHTML/JavaScript tournament bracket, with a mini-map, zooming capabilities, etc.
Ruby on Rails Developer

E-Sports Nordic / GTW Group

(Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2007 — March 2008 (11 months)

Almost single-handedly developed Nordic365, a video blogging site in Chinese about the Nordic countries. Implemented the software in Ruby on Rails and JavaScript.
Service Desk Expert

Finnish Defence Forces

(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Defense & Space industry)

March 2005 — September 2005 (7 months)

After basic training, I completed my military service at the Defence forces Education Development Centre as a help desk employee. I was responsible for the phone and email support for the Education Portal (www.milnet.fi). I also took part in the testing of the portal. In addition, as a part of my duties I managed the local LAN and its related services. At the end of my service I was promoted to Private First Class.
Java programming trainee

Vetokonsultit Oy

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2001 — August 2001 (4 months)

Developing a data transfer routine in Java.

Iikka Niinivaara’s Education

Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan

Full minor studies , Industrial Engineering , 2009 — 2010 (expected)
University of Helsinki

MSc , Computer Science , 2004 — 2010 (expected)
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