Jari Huilla
CTO at Kipinä Software
Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
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Top SchoolJari Huilla is a seasoned technology leader and CTO based in Tampere, Finland, with 13 years of professional experience building digital products and leading agile teams. He progressed from hands-on full-stack and web development to project leadership and tech director roles at Vincit, and now heads technology at Kipinä Software, blending strategic guidance with practical engineering. Jari excels at matching teams and customers with the right tools and processes, having led teams of up to eight while still shipping code. His background includes early R&D at Nokia and a B.Sc. in Computer Software Engineering from Tampere University of Technology, giving him a strong mix of research-driven problem solving and product delivery. Notably, he has a history of transitioning between individual contributor and leadership roles, which keeps him grounded in both technical detail and organisational strategy.
13 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Software Engineering at Tampere University of Technology 1965-2018Abitur Mathematics programme, Abitur Mathematics programme at Päivölän kansanopisto
Finnish, English, Swedish
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Github Skills (12)
handlebars8
jquery8
rails-i18n7
mustache7
safari6
crawler6
javascript6
templating6
select26
rendering6
activerecord4
event-driven4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
huijar/nodewol
Jan 2013 - Jan 2013
Contributions:17 commits in 17 days
huijar/globalize
Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:6 pushes, 2 branches in 3 months
railstranslationrubyactiverecord-modelstandard-library
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