Heikki Mehtänen is a pragmatic developer and CEO with 15 years of hands-on experience spanning software development, sysadmin, networking and infosec. He has led API and tooling initiatives at large organizations, driven DevOps transformations and built automation for API management and release pipelines. As founder/CTO of multiple startups including Kokokeko Oy and Fiarna Oy, he combines product-building instincts with a taste for proofs-of-concept and bold experiments. Known for strong code aesthetics and a pedantic eye for quality, he nonetheless prioritizes shipping practical solutions and automating tedious work. He thrives in teams that value learning from failure and has repeatedly delivered developer productivity gains and infrastructure migrations at scale. Based in Nummela, Finland, he pairs deep operational knowledge with a founder’s persistence to turn wild ideas into working systems.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Undergraduate, Undergraduate at Jokelan lukio
Bachelor's degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Bachelor's degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu - Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
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