Niilo Alfthan
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Tuukka Jarvenpaa
If you need to work with someone who conforms to the common view, follows blindly and does not challenge, stay away from Niilo. On the other hand if you want somebody with his own vision, readiness to challenge the existing thinking and courage to speak up, Niilo is the right guy.
Benoît Rouger
Niilo is a wonderful designer & manager. Patient, smart, diplomatic and with a great eye for great design he also has the skill to get a team enthusiastic and motivated. He finds new working methods to develop his team's skills and combining talents of different people into a seamless working environment. He puts his heart and passion at work and wants to deliver the best.
Benoît Rouger
Niilo is a great designer, dynamic and open minded. It's an excellent experience to work with him. He masters the designer tools and adapts perfectly to the process. He brings his design input by linking it with the brand and the strategy in place.
Tuukka Jarvenpaa
If you need to work with someone who conforms to the common view, follows blindly and does not challenge, stay away from Niilo. On the other hand if you want somebody with his own vision, readiness to challenge the existing thinking and courage to speak up, Niilo is the right guy.
Benoît Rouger
Niilo is a wonderful designer & manager. Patient, smart, diplomatic and with a great eye for great design he also has the skill to get a team enthusiastic and motivated. He finds new working methods to develop his team's skills and combining talents of different people into a seamless working environment. He puts his heart and passion at work and wants to deliver the best.
Benoît Rouger
Niilo is a great designer, dynamic and open minded. It's an excellent experience to work with him. He masters the designer tools and adapts perfectly to the process. He brings his design input by linking it with the brand and the strategy in place.
Tuukka Jarvenpaa
If you need to work with someone who conforms to the common view, follows blindly and does not challenge, stay away from Niilo. On the other hand if you want somebody with his own vision, readiness to challenge the existing thinking and courage to speak up, Niilo is the right guy.
Benoît Rouger
Niilo is a wonderful designer & manager. Patient, smart, diplomatic and with a great eye for great design he also has the skill to get a team enthusiastic and motivated. He finds new working methods to develop his team's skills and combining talents of different people into a seamless working environment. He puts his heart and passion at work and wants to deliver the best.
Benoît Rouger
Niilo is a great designer, dynamic and open minded. It's an excellent experience to work with him. He masters the designer tools and adapts perfectly to the process. He brings his design input by linking it with the brand and the strategy in place.
Tuukka Jarvenpaa
If you need to work with someone who conforms to the common view, follows blindly and does not challenge, stay away from Niilo. On the other hand if you want somebody with his own vision, readiness to challenge the existing thinking and courage to speak up, Niilo is the right guy.
Benoît Rouger
Niilo is a wonderful designer & manager. Patient, smart, diplomatic and with a great eye for great design he also has the skill to get a team enthusiastic and motivated. He finds new working methods to develop his team's skills and combining talents of different people into a seamless working environment. He puts his heart and passion at work and wants to deliver the best.
Benoît Rouger
Niilo is a great designer, dynamic and open minded. It's an excellent experience to work with him. He masters the designer tools and adapts perfectly to the process. He brings his design input by linking it with the brand and the strategy in place.
Experience
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TAIO
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Finland
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Executive Officer
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Sep 2020 - Present
Super excited to open this new chapter in my life! We are busy working with our clients as we speak but we will tell more what we do and who we are as we move on! Super excited to open this new chapter in my life! We are busy working with our clients as we speak but we will tell more what we do and who we are as we move on!
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Codemen Oy
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Finland
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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CDO
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Apr 2018 - Present
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Independent Consultant
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Jan 2018 - Apr 2018
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BON Games
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Finland
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Computer Games
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Art Director - Co-founder
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Mar 2017 - Jan 2018
http://transitking.com http://transitking.com
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Fragment Production Ltd
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Finland
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Computer Games
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Art Director
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Feb 2015 - Mar 2017
https://store.steampowered.com/app/352550/Urban_Empire/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/352550/Urban_Empire/
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Microsoft
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United States
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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Senior Design Manager, Windows Phones Industrial Design. (Lumia Product Range)
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May 2014 - Nov 2014
Senior Industrial Design Manager for Microsoft Windows Phones (Lumia product family). Member of the Microsoft Phones Industrial Design Leadership team. Senior Industrial Design Manager for Microsoft Windows Phones (Lumia product family). Member of the Microsoft Phones Industrial Design Leadership team.
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Nokia
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Finland
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Design Manager, Smartphones
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Jul 2010 - Apr 2014
While working as a design manager I have been running diverse set of projects in very different set of conditions for success. This varies from a creation of a product range for the company I am working on to very tight deadline and execution focused critical products for the company success. The product range is still in the making but e.g. Nokia 808 is one of the examples of time driven projects being run by my team.
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Head of Portfolio, Mobile design
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Jan 2010 - Jun 2010
During the short time of leading the entire design portfolio of Nokias products my main responsibility was to oversee the design portfolio as a whole and maintain the brand character and logic in the product range.
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Head of Portfolio, Nseries design
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Jan 2008 - Dec 2009
Nseries range was the flagship range of products for Nokia at the time and together with the team responsible for it we created the both the design strategy and execution for products like N95 8GB, N96, N82, N78, N81, N79, N85. My responsibility was the creation of the design strategy and product planning together with the business planning.
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Strategy & Portfolio Specialist
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Jun 2006 - Dec 2007
A role in managing the design portfolio and product strategies in a major consumer electronics manufacturer.
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Industrial Designer (Senior)
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Oct 2000 - Jun 2006
Worked as a industrial designer in variety of projects, mostly in concepting projects and ventures for Nokia but also shipped products like Nokia 6131 as part of our mainstream product portfolio.
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University of Lapland
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Finland
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Higher Education
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300 - 400 Employee
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Research Assistant
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Jan 1999 - Sep 2000
I was working on a project with smart textiles and wearable computers. The work got presented in many international PR events plus in a IEEE conference. I was working on a project with smart textiles and wearable computers. The work got presented in many international PR events plus in a IEEE conference.
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Designer
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Jul 1998 - Jul 1999
Worked as a texture artist, modeller and graphic designer for a small company specializing in 3D content creation to internet portals. Worked on a variety of clients in Finland while studying my MA. Worked as a texture artist, modeller and graphic designer for a small company specializing in 3D content creation to internet portals. Worked on a variety of clients in Finland while studying my MA.
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Bally Design
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United States
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Design intern
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Sep 1997 - Jun 1998
A normal design intern position. A good year in overall. A normal design intern position. A good year in overall.
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Education
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1994 - 2001
Lapin yliopisto
MA, Fine Arts -
1989 - 1993
Muurolan lukio
Matriculation examination, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates
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