Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DETAILS
| Full name | Lasse Joonas Savolainen |
| Date & place of birth | 19 September 1980 Helsinki, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Marital status | Single, engaged |
| Place of residence | Helsinki |
EDUCATION
| 1999-2003 |
Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Computing (Application Development). Final thesis on "MySQL vs. PostgreSQL - Selecting a database for PHP applications". |
| 2 April 2002 - 13 April 2002 | International Summer School: Application development on the Internet. Manchester, England. |
| 1999 | Matriculation Examination (Finnish equivalent of A-level examinations). Overall Eximia papers (second highest grade) with general mathematics being Laudatur (highest grade). |
| 1996-1999 | High School in Iitti, Finland |
| 1987-1996 | Lower & upper comprehensive school in Iitti, Finland |
SKILLS
- Expert in front-end / client-side web development with techniques such as (X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, AJAX, JSON, XML, XSLT, Photoshop, Web Standards etc.
- Well experienced with designing and developing the server-side as well, with techniques / programming languages such as PHP, SQL (including database design), MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SOAP, VB.NET, C#.
- Expert in Content Management Systems. Developing web sites / intranets for clients using various CMS systems such as Microsoft Sharepoint, NAS 4 & 5, SDL Tridion, OpenCMS, Typo3, CMSMS, Joomla, MODx, Drupal etc. - as well as designing and developing a basic CMS of my own in my first job.
- Knowledgeable about usability and Search Engine Optimization.
- Experience with different revision control / version management systems such as SVN and Perforce.
- A lot of experience on complicated system migration and integration projects.
- Experience administering and using both Linux and Windows environments including web servers such as Apache and IIS.
- Experience with Scrum and Agile development, as well as the traditional project model.
- I am an excellent problem solver and debugger, so co-workers often come to me for help when they're stuck.
- Equipped with Finnish honesty and loyalty.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Work title | Web Developer |
| Employer | Paf (Gaming company) |
| Period | March 2010 - Present |
| Work description | Working mostly with SDL Tridion and OpenCMS content management systems. Some of the techniques used in the work include XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, C# / .NET, XML, XSLT, etc. Paf is an international company with almost 20 different nationalities amongst the employees and English is the official company language, which is used in all internal communication, documentation and most of the meetings. |
| Work title | Senior Web Developer |
| Employer | Endero Oy (#1 largest digital agency in Finland) |
| Period | April 2007 - March 2010 |
| Work description | Developing and maintaining dynamic web sites and intranets with various content management systems, mostly on various Microsoft-based platforms and CMS systems such as Sharepoint and NAS 5 (a .NET based CMS by Systems Garden Oy), but also LAMP-based systems such as Typo3. Also leading the Site Building virtual team, and so spreading the happy message of things like web standards to other web developers in our company. |
| Work title | Owner / Web Developer / Consultant |
| Employer | Self-employed |
| Period | March 2009 - Present |
| Work description | Some on-the-side web development projects and consultancy using my own company name. |
| Work title | Systems Specialist |
| Employer | TDC Song Oy |
| Period | August 2006 - April 2007 |
| Work description | Developing and maintaining various business support systems with high amounts of data and integration with other systems. Mostly PHP/PostgreSQL and front-end development work. |
| Work title | Web Developer |
| Employer | Helsingin Sähköinen Toimisto Oy |
| Period | December 2004 - July 2006 |
| Work description | Developing and maintaining dynamic and static websites for a large number of customers. |
| Work title | Systems Developer |
| Employer | Nevicom Oy |
| Period | June 2002 - July 2003 |
| Work description | Design and development of several database-driven websites and products. |
In addition to my official work experience, I have created web sites as side projects in my free time ever since high school (probably around 1998).
Also, I was selected and trained as a Military Police during nine months of mandatory military service (from 2003 to 2004).
CERTIFICATIONS
70-630 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Configuring
70-541 Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - Application Development
AWARDS
Kontakti 2009 competition Honors for "VR Aikaa Itselle" campaign
LANGUAGES
| Finnish | Native language |
| English | Fluent written & spoken |
| Swedish | Working knowledge |
| German | Some basics |
REFEREES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Please ask for contact information of people who can be contacted to give me a reference. Some recommendations can also be found from my LinkedIn profile.
OTHER INTERESTS
Singing, songwriting, fishing, snooker/pool. Living.