Ari Palosaari
Self-Employed Freelancer at Self-employed
Finland
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Top SchoolAri Palosaari is a seasoned IT consultant and self-employed freelancer based in Finland with 26 years of experience spanning embedded systems, IT management, project leadership and database administration. He combines hands-on technical problem solving—demonstrated by low-level contributions to DVB-T drivers and IoT/embedded projects—with client-facing consulting on cloud apps, SaaS and security for diverse customers. Previously he managed internal IT at Dell and led database teams and technical projects at Accenture, IBM and other firms, bringing both operational rigor and delivery focus. Comfortable moving between code, infrastructure and vendor management, he is known for pragmatic creativity and a willingness to learn new technologies quickly. His open-source fixes for DVB-T frontends reveal a deep comfort with hardware-adjacent software and debugging across drivers and I2C interfaces. Ari’s background in computer science from the University of Oulu underpins a career that blends technical depth with practical consulting outcomes.
26 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services at University of Oulu
English, Swedish, German, Finnish
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Github Skills (15)
c1710
i2c10
kernel10
linux-device-driver10
video4linux10
embedded10
driver10
c1110
linux-kernel10
dvb10
kernel-mode10
sys10
dvb-t10
c-programming9
usb9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jonsmirl/mpc5200
Nov 2006 - May 2011
Digispeaker
Role in this project:
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT Developer
Embedded Systems Engineer / IoT DeveloperContributions:148 commits in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Ari's primary contributions involve fixing bugs and adding support for various DVB-T USB devices within the `mpc5200` repository, specifically focusing on the `af9015` driver. They addressed compile warnings, added support for new hardware IDs (including KWorld, AverMedia, and Genius devices), and fixed issues related to the second FE and control messages. Their work also includes improvements and bug fixes in the zl10353 frontend driver related to I2C control and Intel CE6230/CE6231 support.
merbanan/linuxtv
Sep 2013 - Feb 2014
Contributions:91 commits in 5 months
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