Valtteri Lahti
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Matthew Bond
Valtteri is an extremely thoughtful person to work with. This might sound an unusual way to word a recommendation, but it summarises him across the three things he's great at : communication, people and analytics. Valtteri fuses these three disciplines - the coldness and objective truth of the data, with a great understanding of people and the way they relate to each other and things. This means, in practice, that we have several cutting edge analytic visualizations that help us develop a better product - not just upward pointing graphs to sell it! It's not just in data visualization that this combined understanding shines, it's also throughout the team. Whether it's building the team by spontaneous flossing or helping to put critical issues on the table calmly and with the utmost respect, Valtteri manages to achieve it with aplomb.
Matthew Bond
Valtteri is an extremely thoughtful person to work with. This might sound an unusual way to word a recommendation, but it summarises him across the three things he's great at : communication, people and analytics. Valtteri fuses these three disciplines - the coldness and objective truth of the data, with a great understanding of people and the way they relate to each other and things. This means, in practice, that we have several cutting edge analytic visualizations that help us develop a better product - not just upward pointing graphs to sell it! It's not just in data visualization that this combined understanding shines, it's also throughout the team. Whether it's building the team by spontaneous flossing or helping to put critical issues on the table calmly and with the utmost respect, Valtteri manages to achieve it with aplomb.
Matthew Bond
Valtteri is an extremely thoughtful person to work with. This might sound an unusual way to word a recommendation, but it summarises him across the three things he's great at : communication, people and analytics. Valtteri fuses these three disciplines - the coldness and objective truth of the data, with a great understanding of people and the way they relate to each other and things. This means, in practice, that we have several cutting edge analytic visualizations that help us develop a better product - not just upward pointing graphs to sell it! It's not just in data visualization that this combined understanding shines, it's also throughout the team. Whether it's building the team by spontaneous flossing or helping to put critical issues on the table calmly and with the utmost respect, Valtteri manages to achieve it with aplomb.
Matthew Bond
Valtteri is an extremely thoughtful person to work with. This might sound an unusual way to word a recommendation, but it summarises him across the three things he's great at : communication, people and analytics. Valtteri fuses these three disciplines - the coldness and objective truth of the data, with a great understanding of people and the way they relate to each other and things. This means, in practice, that we have several cutting edge analytic visualizations that help us develop a better product - not just upward pointing graphs to sell it! It's not just in data visualization that this combined understanding shines, it's also throughout the team. Whether it's building the team by spontaneous flossing or helping to put critical issues on the table calmly and with the utmost respect, Valtteri manages to achieve it with aplomb.
Credentials
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Radiation Safety Officer:The use of unsealed sources in industry, research and education
STUK - Säteilyturvakeskus
Experience
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Psyon Games
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Finland
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Entertainment Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder & COO
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Dec 2021 - Present
Chasing the vision of building a better world by increasing the public understanding of science with the help of games. In other words I'm running the operations of the world's leading applied games company. Connecting business and development with a purpose. Hands-on leadership in a culture of creativity, autonomy and pro-activity. Responsible for process development, communication and culture, maintaining and scaling business operations and steering the products. Working directly with clients & partners.
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Chief Of Operations
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Feb 2021 - Dec 2021
Running the operations of the company. Connecting business and development and managing teams. Responsible for process development, QA, localization, communication and culture. Working directly with clients & partners.
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Producer
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Jan 2019 - Feb 2021
An operative leader running the product development. Responsible for the product and team's operations. A data driven decision maker who understands the big picture and breaks it down to manageable tasks. Maps dependencies, prioritizes, allocates resources.
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Analyst & Science communicator
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Jun 2016 - Dec 2018
As an analyst I extract the value from any raw data, be it game testing results, ad campaign results or general user data. Besides statistics I also take part in designing marketing strategies to ensure that our effort of reaching out to the public always helps us learn about our audience. This systematic approach to user acquisition and growth has cumulative profit: every time we learn something new, it also deepens our previous understanding. So in addition to gaining new insight it helps us self reflect and thus sharpen the focus of our actions.I'm also responsible for the science communication of our company. This includes- creating scientifically oriented media content- proofreading materials from a scientific and pedagogical point of view- establishing and maintaining connections to science communities, organizations and people- providing scientific advisory for game design- communicating the idea of science entertainment
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Peliosuuskunta Expa (Expa Game Business Co-operative)
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Finland
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Computer Games
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chairperson of the Board
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Jun 2021 - Present
Nurturing and accelerating the game industry of Central Finland. Bringing together companies, universities, the public sector and other industries to create new opportunities and growth around the digi & game industry. Developing education with universities, creating collaborations with digi & game industry companies, enabling and advancing public funding projects, and above all, building the local community of professionals, students, teachers, researchers, hobbyists and more!We operate our 1000 m2 headquarters Digi & Game Center at Matarankatu 2 Jyväskylä. It is home to 15 companies, the seat of learning for hundreds of students, and the second living room for everyone interested in games and digital culture.As chairperson of the board in Expa I am also the lead of IGDA Jyväskylä hub.
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Wanda O Rly
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Finland
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Business Consulting and Services
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Educator & Performer
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Sep 2020 - Present
Making the most of myself by bringing together all of my skills, experience and creativity in a single concept. Helping organizations grow, creating content and engaging in creative projects, performing and hosting events. Science communication, social and ecological sustainability, people & the planet, life & work. Making the most of myself by bringing together all of my skills, experience and creativity in a single concept. Helping organizations grow, creating content and engaging in creative projects, performing and hosting events. Science communication, social and ecological sustainability, people & the planet, life & work.
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SolarCleantec
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Finland
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Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
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Development Manager
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May 2013 - May 2016
I was responsible for the development of Solar-Arena.com solar energy calculation software.Along the way this included:- inventing the software concept and its features- management of the development team- design and implementation of underlying physics models- design and implementation of computational algorithms- other software development tasks- applying the software for the needs of customers and third party projects- sales and PR I was responsible for the development of Solar-Arena.com solar energy calculation software.Along the way this included:- inventing the software concept and its features- management of the development team- design and implementation of underlying physics models- design and implementation of computational algorithms- other software development tasks- applying the software for the needs of customers and third party projects- sales and PR
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University of Jyväskylä
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Finland
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Assistant Teacher
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Jan 2015 - May 2015
Assistant teacher in the advanced level university courses Digital Electronics 1 and Digital Electronics 2. I was responsible for composing the weekly exercise kits, instructing the weekly demonstrations, providing exercise solutions and general student guiding. Assistant teacher in the advanced level university courses Digital Electronics 1 and Digital Electronics 2. I was responsible for composing the weekly exercise kits, instructing the weekly demonstrations, providing exercise solutions and general student guiding.
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Education
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2014 - 2017
University of Jyväskylä
Master of Science (MSc), Physics -
2009 - 2014
University of Jyväskylä
Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics -
2006 - 2009
Cygnaeus-lukio
Finnish matriculation examination, General education, focusing in science and music.
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