Arto Kaitosaari
Senior Software Architect at Nitor
Helsinki, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolArto Kaitosaari is a Senior Software Architect based in Helsinki with over a decade of experience designing enterprise information management, document management and archiving solutions using Microsoft 365, Azure, SharePoint and .NET. He combines hands-on backend engineering and test automation with architecture and consulting, having progressed from systems analyst and project manager roles into senior and principal architect positions. At Nitor and prior firms he has led integrations and O365-centered architectures while improving developer productivity through robust configuration, caching and token provider patterns. An active contributor to Microsoft 365 PnP projects, he has implemented extensibility and unit-tested features in popular .NET components and integrated SharePoint-based configuration providers. Known for pragmatic, test-focused improvements, he brings both deep platform knowledge and a knack for preserving subtle content behaviors in complex document libraries.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Computer Science, B.Sc., Computer Science at Turun yliopisto - University of TurkuMatriculation examination, Matriculation examination at Lahden Yhteiskoulu
Finnish, English, Swedish, German, Russian
Github Skills (17)
unit-testing10
javascript10
extensibility10
net10
configuration-management10
dotnet10
sharepoint10
asp-net10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
caching9
object-oriented-programming9
test-automation9
web-framework8
tokenizer8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
pnp/PnP-Sites-Core
Sep 2015 - Nov 2017
Microsoft 365 Dev PnP Core component (.NET) targeted for increasing developer productivity with CSOM based solutions.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:10 commits, 7 PRs, 19 comments in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Arto primarily focused on enhancing the extensibility and token provider capabilities within the .NET Core framework. They implemented new features for external token definitions and integrated unit tests to validate the behavior of token providers. Additionally, the user addressed specific content type handling in document libraries, ensuring the "Folder" content type is preserved during content type removal. These contributions reflect a strong focus on core framework functionality and testing.
dotnetcore-componentpnpdevproductivity
pnp/PnP
Feb 2016 - Mar 2016
SharePoint / Office 365 Developer Patterns and Practices - Archived older solutions. Please see https://aka.ms/m365pnp for updated guidance
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 4 PRs, 5 comments in 7 days
Contributions summary:Arto focused on enhancing the configuration management capabilities within the project. They implemented asynchronous configuration providers, created a caching configuration provider to improve performance, and integrated a SharePoint list as a configuration source. These changes involved modifying JavaScript code and adding tests to validate the new features. Furthermore, there was refactoring and bug fixing within the configuration files.
intunecdspower-platformoffice-365sharepoint
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