Frans Ekman

CTO at Arkkeo
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(386) 825-5501
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Helsinki, FI

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Alexey Solomatin

Along with my colleagues I worked with Frans for a very long period of time. Frans is a great technical lead, bright and sharp, very responsible and reasonable specialist. I would recommend him for any IT related venture.

Hannele Hakkarainen

Frans is a highly competent, easy-to-work-with software professional who produces high quality results.

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Experience

    • Finland
    • Technology, Information and Internet
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • CTO
      • Feb 2017 - Present

    • Finland
    • Technology, Information and Internet
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Partner & Chief Architect
      • Jul 2013 - Feb 2017

      After having ramped up the development organisation, I took a purer technical role as chief architect; ensuring the scalability and robustness of the platform to manage the ever growing traffic and data.

    • Head of Development / CTO
      • May 2010 - Jul 2013

      - Member of the founding team + built the first prototype - Recruiting and leading a world class development team (10+ developers) - Planning the company’s technology strategy, platform architecture and development guidelines - Planned processes to ensure that business goals were met without compromising quality.

    • Founder & CEO
      • Jun 2007 - Jan 2011

      A privately held company developing web based software. The company's own products are: - The Pix'n'Pals photo sharing community - Pix'n'Pals StoreFront (e-commerce solution for print labs) - Pix'n'Pals PhotoProducts (image content monetisation service for photo sharing communities and other websites) - EasyKuva (closed April 2012) A privately held company developing web based software. The company's own products are: - The Pix'n'Pals photo sharing community - Pix'n'Pals StoreFront (e-commerce solution for print labs) - Pix'n'Pals PhotoProducts (image content monetisation service for photo sharing communities and other websites) - EasyKuva (closed April 2012)

    • Research Assistant
      • Sep 2007 - May 2008

      - Master's Thesis on Mobility Models for Mobile Ad Hoc Network Simulations - Working Day Movement Model. 1st SIGMOBILE Workshop on Mobility Models for Networking Research, Hong Kong, May 2008 - Master's Thesis on Mobility Models for Mobile Ad Hoc Network Simulations - Working Day Movement Model. 1st SIGMOBILE Workshop on Mobility Models for Networking Research, Hong Kong, May 2008

    • Computer Games
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Lead Game Engineer
      • Feb 2005 - Sep 2006

      My job was to manage a team of 4-8 Game Engineers porting mobile games to different handsets and ensure that the games were designed portable and scalable from the beginning. Additionally, I helped developing frameworks, guidelines, tools, etc. to achieve this goal. I got the "Employee of the quarter" award for excellent project management.

    • Game Engineer
      • Sep 2004 - Jan 2005

      Post-production work: Porting games to different platforms

    • Build Engineer
      • May 2004 - Aug 2004

      Summer job. Post-production work: Porting mobile games to different platforms and building customized versions for clients. Summer job. Post-production work: Porting mobile games to different platforms and building customized versions for clients.

    • Game Developer
      • Apr 2003 - Oct 2003

      Programming games "Grave of Pharaoh" and "Formula PitStop" for mobile phones. (freelance) Programming games "Grave of Pharaoh" and "Formula PitStop" for mobile phones. (freelance)

Education

  • Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan
    Master of Science, Telecommunications
    2000 - 2008

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