Ville Takanen
Head Of Tech Advisory at Futurice
Helsinki Metropolitan Area Finland
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Top SchoolVille Takanen is an experienced technology leader with 11 years in senior roles and a 20+ year technical career spanning hands-on development, product delivery and advisory work. As Head of Tech Advisory at Futurice he helps organisations adopt pragmatic AI and engineering practices—calling out how many teams "vibe-code" their way through agent-driven projects. He’s co-founder of an analog game studio and a long-time partner on front-end and LAMP projects, bringing a rare mix of creative product design and solid web engineering. Past leadership roles from VP Engineering to Director of Technology show a track record of scaling teams, shaping tooling and embedding Agile/Lean practices. Based in Helsinki, he blends psychology-informed people leadership with practical, delivery-focused tech strategy.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Psychology, Bachelor's degree, Psychology at University of HelsinkiHelsingin yliopisto
English, Swedish
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Github Skills (18)
rpg10
tabletop10
frontend7
firebase6
vite6
dev-server5
svelte4
typescript4
web-development4
hmr4
vuex2
react2
firestore2
vue2
web-components1
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
11thdeg/cyan-elements
Aug 2022 - Oct 2023
Contributions:6 PRs, 304 pushes, 11 branches in 1 year 2 months
villetakanen/myrrys-2025
Feb 2025 - Jul 2026
Contributions:8 PRs, 107 pushes, 8 branches in 1 year 5 months
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