Ilkka Rinne
Interoperability Architect, Founder at Spatineo
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolIlkka Rinne is an interoperability architect and founder with over two decades of experience designing scalable web architectures, data models, and user-friendly interfaces for international projects. Based in Helsinki, he has led Spatineo since 2011, combining hands-on software design with customer-focused interoperability work and stewardship in standards bodies like OGC, ISO and the EU INSPIRE community. He excels at synthesizing complex systems into clear architectures, identifying weak points and pragmatic solutions that balance optimal UX with realistic implementation effort. His background spans systems architecture roles in meteorology and government information services through to founding a company that operationalizes geospatial interoperability. Colleagues know him for strong presentation and interpersonal skills and a persistent curiosity that drives both conceptual innovation and practical delivery. An active contributor in expert international groups, he brings rare domain depth in geospatial standards alongside broad technical fluency.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., M.Sc. at University of Helsinki
German, Swedish, English, Finnish
Github Skills (95)
wps10
wfs10
tac10
api10
maps10
wcs10
java10
wms10
aviation10
geoserver10
schematron10
ogc9
data-management9
metadata9
iso9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
fmidev/fmi-avi-messageconverter
Mar 2017 - Dec 2020
API classes for aviation weather message handling
Contributions:16 releases, 21 reviews, 318 commits in 3 years 9 months
apiaviationaviation-weatherhandlingmessage
sykefi/ry-tietomallit
Sep 2021 - Nov 2022
Ryhti-hankkeen piiriin kuuluvien rakennetun ympäristön tietomallien dokumentaatiosivusto
Contributions:335 commits, 98 PRs, 72 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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