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Oulu, Northern Ostrobothnia, Fi

New York, Ny, Us

Oakland, Ca, Us

Responsible for driving Pandora’s Voice Mode initiative from inception to market. Worked closely with Product and Science leads to define the feature set.

Oakland, Ca, Us

Managed a team of 10 full stack engineers in the Strategic Partnerships, Automotive and Consumer Electronics group. Worked closely with Product Management to define roadmap and plan work. Worked with external partners to define, scope and manage project deliverables.

Oakland, Ca, Us

Led a team of 8 full stack Engineers responsible for supporting Pandora's Automotive integrations.

Led Engineering efforts for new platform and partnership development. Worked closely with Product and external Partners to identify opportunities and build compelling experiences.

Responsible for the development of video streaming technologies for the Vdio Video on Demand product. Area of responsibility extended from Streaming Server and DRM License Server configuration to client video player implementations for iOS and web, QoS monitoring and Analysis tool development.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Team Architect and Package Owner for Nokia Helix Component. Improved quality by hardening the test strategy, ensuring no submission was untested thereby reducing the defect injection rate. Worked with subcontractors to ensure a smooth and steady workflow between the London and Bangalore teams. Studied and followed industry trends, operator requirements and competitor offerings to identify threats and opportunities. Worked closely with external partners and internal customers to align roadmaps, drive requirements and manage deliveries of work. Led the analysis and triage of errors and dedicated time to mentoring and supporting individual engineers within the team.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Key member of a specialist team formed to work on a sensitive technology transfer project crucial to a wider business strategy. Spent 6 months in California studying the Helix DNA Client Video engine with the task of bringing the technology back to London. Drove the infrastructure and working practices setup to support this new technology in London and Bangalore.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Responsible for the development and maintenance of databases and persistent storage technologies. Worked with internal customers to analyze and resolve SQL database performance issues. Selected to work on three Advance Development Projects and worked closely with Chief Architects on these intensive short term projects.

Implemented and documented the software development process, carried out project planning and scheduling and was responsible for the recruitment of the engineering team. Oversaw the development of embedded C software as well as numerous research and diagnostic tools developed for Win32 platforms.

Responsible for the design and development of hardware and software for a range of embedded, Win32 and WinCE based projects. Collaborated with a client's research team to develop a complex real-time algorithm.