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Name: Lauri Kolmonen
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Tel. +358 400 258 180
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Who?

I am a 29 year old software developer, entrepreneur and web enthusiast from Finland. I've been interested in computers and software for about two decades. Like many nerds, I started by falling in love with arcade games at young age, then moved on to implement my own, and eventually study computer science. After graduating and working many years I software industry, I'm currently concentrating on my own company, Provano Oy.

As a person I am easy-going and have good sense of humor. Good social skills, a high level of self-motivation and ability to effectively adjust myself to new situations can be regarded as my key strengths. I am a fast learner and good at solving problems. That is probably the reason why I decided to become an engineer :)

Education

  • Master of Science in Telecommunications Management and Software, Helsinki University of Technology, The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, 2009

Certifications

  • Certified Scrum Master, 2011

Work experience

Provano 1.4.2012 -

Starting from April 2012, I am working as a full-time freelancer / entrepreneur, running my own company Provano Oy. The 10-year part-time hobby has now become a full-time profession. I'm constantly looking for new opportunities and interesting ventures, where I can use my expertise to build wonderful new things.

Futurice 1.6.2007 - 31.3.2012

I worked at Futurice as a senior software engineer. As a part of my career at Futurice, I also spent one year working in Berlin as a consultant in customer premises. During the five years, I attended multiple agile software projects, where I was responsible of implementing services with various technologies like server-side Java, PHP (Drupal), Ruby on Rails and many others, such as HTML5 and JavaScript.

Tellabs 29.5.2006 - 31.5.2007

My duties included designing and implementing a regression testing framework for speeding up the development cycle of a complex network management system. Techniques included Java, PHP and SQL.

HUT, Telecommunications Software and Multimedia Laboratory 1.1.2006 - 31.5.2006

My duties included working with telecommunications and mobile programming in Telecommunications Software and Multimedia Laboratory in Otaniemi, Espoo

Accenture Technology Solutions 30.5.2005 - 30.9.2005

Worked as a team member on the Mobile Innovations 2005 project. My responsibilities included designing and planning, implementation (programming with Java) and presenting the results. The main focus was on developing server-client applications using J2ME/J2EE, XML and WebServices.

HUT, Laboratory of Information Processing Science September 2003 - January 2004 Course assistant: T-93.211 - Introduction to Programming T

Responsible for guiding and teaching students in weekly programming exercise sessions and at the end of the course giving advice on a larger programming project. The programming language used on the course was Scheme.

Language proficiency

Finnish (native), English (Excellent), Swedish (Good), French (Basics)

Honors

  • IBM Best Student Recognition Event - LaGaude, Nice, France, Summer 2007
  • Quality award finalist (ranked second) on a software development project course at Helsinki University of Technology (sponsored by Accenture)

Interests

Gym, swimming, jogging, literature, programming, web site development