Summary
Antti Pettinen is a seasoned cybersecurity leader and hands-on DFIR practitioner with over a decade of experience blending technical architecture, incident response, and people leadership across enterprise and product environments. Holding a PhD in Computer Science with roots in computational neuroscience and systems biology, he brings uncommon quantitative rigor and systems thinking to cyber defense and SOC development. He has led solutions engineering and SOC transformation at Nixu (now DNV Cyber) and previously architected global infrastructure and developer platforms at FREE NOW. Known as a generalist who codes and builds tools, Antti pairs business acumen with practical engineering to turn complex security challenges into operational capabilities. Based in Tampere, he balances deep academic pedigree with pragmatic delivery—and, beyond work, mostly identifies as "just dad" on GitHub.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 5/5, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 5/5 at Tampereen teknillinen korkeakoulu
Finnish, English, Swedish, German