Anssi Ylönen
Group Manager at Digia
Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolAnssi Ylönen is a pragmatic software leader and Group Manager with 14 years of experience in project and service management at Digia, grounded in early C/C++ development. He blends Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban and ITIL practices to coach both traditional and self-organizing teams, support Product Owners, and line-manage a 30+ strong software expert group while focusing on growth and lifecycle thinking. Anssi pairs hands-on curiosity—evident from notable open-source demo work on the popular libtcod roguelike toolkit, including world generation and weather simulations—with a passion for transparency and trying new approaches. His bookshelf and favorite poem (Ithaca) hint at a reflective, improvement-oriented management style that values clean code and humane leadership.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Information Technology at Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakouluLievestuoreen lukioBachelor of Science (B.S.), Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Information Technology at Jyväskylä Polytechnic
Github Skills (9)
c-language10
c-library10
cprogramming-language10
cpp-library9
pathfinding8
data-structure7
data-structures7
algorithm7
algorithms7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
libtcod/libtcod
Feb 2012 - Feb 2018
A collection of tools and algorithms for developing traditional roguelikes. Such as field-of-view, pathfinding, and a tile-based terminal emulator.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:9 commits in 6 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Anssi contributed significantly to the `libtcod/libtcod` repository by adding several demos, including a world generator, a radiosity engine, a frost effect, a weather simulation with day/night cycle, and water ripple effects. Their work involved expanding the sample code base and integrating various features from the library, as indicated by their code contributions. The user also fixed mouse event handling in some demos, suggesting active involvement in improving the project's functionality and usability.
pathfindingterminal-emulatorlibtcodroguelikedevroguelike-library
anylonen/AnyloPelaa
May 2017 - May 2021
Contributions:70 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
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