Curriculum Vitae

Jani Mikkonen

E-mail
jani@mikkonen.info
Home Address
Stenbäckinkatu 6 A 4,
FI-00250 Helsinki, Finland
Telephone
+358 50 552 5586
Date of birth
12.06.1977
Nationality
Finnish

Summary

I've been working in the industry since 1997. I'm a seasoned professional of Internet technologies with passion for Open Source and web standards.

I have extensive experience of internet, intranet, extranet and mobile internet design, development and administration.

Specialties

Accessibility, agile processes, frameworks and content management systems (custom, Drupal, WordPress, Zend, Yii...), mobile development, rich user interface design / development, SEO and web standards. (PHP, SQL, NoSQL, XML, XSL, HTML5, CSS3, JS...)

Experience

White Sheep Isobar (02/2011 - Present)
Senior Developer

Valve (06/2007 - 02/2011)
Developer

Taivas Ego (03/2004 - 06/2007)
Technical Designer
Also known as Ego Taivas Media Lab, EGO and Mainostoimisto Ego.

Valve (03/2002 - 05/2003)
Technical Designer

Abel & Baker (01/2001 - 02/2002)
Technical Producer

Grey Interactive (06/1999 - 12/2000)
Senior Site Builder

Satama Interactive (10/1997 - 06/1999)
Senior Site Builder

Clients

ABL, American Express, Arla Ingman, Atmos, BBDO, DNA, Elisa, Entetrainer, Extremeduudsonit, Finnair, Finpro, Forum, Fujitsu, Gb Glace, Greenpeace, Helsingin kaupunki, Helsingin Sanomat, Honka, IBM, ICECAPITAL, Igglo, Ihmemaa, Kesko / Plussa, Kolumbus, Konecranes, Mainostajienliitto, Mehiläinen, MikroMikko, MTV3, Nissan, Nokia, Nordea, Novo Group, Oikotie, Osuuspankki, Ovi Maps, Peab Seicon, Pepsi, Peugeot, Philips, Polar Electro, Posti, Puustelli, Radio City, RAY, SAP, Sato, Skype, SmartTrust, Sokos, Sonera, Suomen Palautuspakkaus, S-ryhmä, Tele Finland, TeliaSonera, The Finnish News Agency (STT), Subtv, Suomen Asiakastieto, Suomen Palautuspakkaus, Takamaki, Tapiola, Teboil, Tero Saarinen Company, Tietoenator, Toyota, UniCafe, Veikkaus, WidSets, Wärtsilä, YH-Suomi, YIT...

Education

1996 – 1998
Helsinki Polytechnic, Engineer
Electrical Engineering (unfinished)
1993 – 1996
Länsi-Lapin ammattioppilaitos, Mechanic
Electrical Engineering

Languages

Finnish
Native
English
Fluent
Swedish
Satisfying

Military Service

Helsinki Air-Defense Regiment (HelItR), Tuusula (2003 – 2004)

Special training
Gun layer, 35ItK88
Military rank
Gunner

Hobbies

Web, Tech, Travel, Skiing, Scuba Diving, Underwater Photography, High Fidelity, Music, Movies and Home Theater.

Certificates

dotMobi Mobile Web Developer

Web Developer (BCIP)

Web Designer (BCIP)

Related

Twitter profile

LinkedIn profile

Zerply profile

Vizualize.me profile

PEAR profile

GitHub profile

Awards

2011

Effie Awards – Bronze Effie
Google yourself! (Aegis Media)

2008

Grand One – Best Infodesign, 1st place
www.widsets.com (Nokia)

2007

Davey Awards – Silver
www.widsets.com (Nokia)

2006

Grand One – Grand Prix
www.igglo.fi (Igglo)

Grand One – Best Consumer Website, 1st place
www.igglo.fi (Igglo)

2005

Grand One – Best B-to-B service, 1st place
www.wartsila.com (Wärtsilä)

2003

Huippusuora – Best Electric Direct, 2nd place
Tapiola Tupajamit (Tapiola)

2002

RE:spekt – Best Campaign, 1st place
Tapiola Tupajamit (Tapiola)

2001

RE:spekt – Best Website, 2nd place
Duudsonien kotisivut (Extremeduudsonit)

Suomen tiedottajaliitto – Best Intranet, Honorable Mention
Sonera Intranet (Sonera)

2000

M&M Gran Prix – Best B-to-B service, Honorable Mention
www.sonera.fi (Sonera)

1999

Vuoden Huiput – Best B-to-B service, Honorable Mention
www.smarttrust.com (Sonera SmartTrust)