Antti Poikola
Executive Director at MyData Global
Helsinki, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolAntti Poikola is a strategic leader with 16 years of experience shaping Finland’s data economy, now serving as Executive Director of the Finnish Data Center Association to position Finland as Europe’s hub for sustainable, responsibly run data centers. He co-founded MyData Global and Open Knowledge Finland, driving international movements for human-centric data rights and open data while bridging research, policy and practical implementations. Antti has led national initiatives such as Finland’s AI Accelerator and Gaia-X hub work, advising governments and industry on data spaces, RDI ecosystems and predictable policy frameworks. His background in engineering and academic research gives him a rare blend of technical fluency and ecosystem-building skill, evidenced by authoring influential white papers and guiding large multi-stakeholder projects. Known for turning advocacy into measurable institutional growth, he has repeatedly translated grassroots communities into stable organisations and policy impact.
16 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Electrical and Communication Engineering, Master of Science Electrical and Communication Engineering at Helsinki University of TechnologyMatriculation exam, Matriculation exam at Helsingin Normaalilyseo
English, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish
Github Skills (53)
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data-mesh9
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react8
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open-data8
java8
data-platform8
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
apoikola/connected-city
Feb 2015 - Aug 2015
Contributions:2 releases, 18 commits, 16 pushes in 5 months
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