Heli Hyvättinen
Co-founder & CEO at Kitsas Ltd.
Kouvola, Kymenlaakso, Finland
Summary
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Top SchoolHeli Hyvättinen is a co-founder and CEO who has led family-run software company Kitsas Ltd. since 2019, moving from part-time founder to full-time CEO in 2022 while simultaneously pursuing an M.Sc. in Computer Science. She pairs entrepreneurial leadership with a long-standing interest in tech—having built mobile software as a hobby—and a strong foundation in environmental policy from earlier research roles and a master’s in Environmental Science and Policy. Comfortable bridging technical, research and governance perspectives, she has experience in academia, public-sector projects and hands-on IT support. Her career path reflects deliberate career shifts, including a lengthy period focused on family life before returning to studies and entrepreneurship, signaling resilience and thoughtful prioritization.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Valkealan lukioBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Helsinki
Finnish, English, Swedish, French, German
Github Skills (8)
finnish10
azerothcore3
crossword3
ssa3
dm3
loops3
react2
javascript2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
helihyv/heksareitinhaku
Jul 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:1 release, 66 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
artoh/TipLibrary
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
University of Helsinki, Software engineering course work
Contributions:6 PRs, 123 pushes, 8 branches in 17 days
engineering-coursedatabase-accesscourse-workengineeringjava
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